William d'Aubigny, 2nd Earl of Arundel

William d'Aubigny, 2nd Earl of Arundel (b. [1138-1150], d. 24 December 1193), also called William de Albini III,^[1] was the son of William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel and Adeliza of Louvain, widow of Henry I of England.^[2]

William d'Aubigny
2nd Earl of Arundel
Died	24 December 1193
Buried	Wymondham Abbey
Spouse(s)	Matilda de Saint-Hilaire
Issue	William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel
Father	William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel
Mother	Adeliza of Louvain

He married Matilda (or Maud) de St. Hilary, daughter of Jean or James de St. Hilary and Aveline and widow of Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford, and among their children was William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel. The Duke of Norfolk's Archives Assistant Librarian Sara Rodger wrote that William "did have three sons, William who succeeded him as Earl in 1196, and Alan and Geoffrey, of whom we know nothing". His daughter, Matilda d'Aubigny, may have married William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey; if so, she died young and childless. She is also given as the wife of Gille Brigte, Earl of Strathearn. A 16th-century rendering of the Progenies Moubraiorum attributes to William de Mowbray a different wife rather than Avice, Agnes, daughter of William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel, of the elder branch of the d'Aubignys, but she is not found in contemporary records.^[3] In 1176/7 he was created Earl of Sussex and in 1190 he inherited the earldom of Arundel. He is buried at Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk, England.^[4]

References

1. Brown, R. Allen (1988). Castle Rising Castle. London, UK: English Heritage. p. 15. ISBN 185074159X.
2. Aubigny, William d' [William de Albini; known as William d'Aubigny Pincerna], first earl of Arundel (d. 1176), magnate by Graeme White, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
3. Tait, James; Thomas, Hugh M. "William de Mowbray". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19461. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
4. "Person Page".

Peerage of England
Preceded by William d'Aubigny	Earl of Sussex Earl of Arundel 1176–1193	Succeeded by William d'Aubigny