Stephen of Aumale
Stephen of Aumale[1] (before 1070–1127) was Count of Aumale from 1082 to 1127.
He was son of Eudes de Blois, Count of Troyes and Count of Meaux, and Adelaide of Normandy, countess of Aumale, and sister of William the Conqueror. Stephen probably succeeded his mother as Count in 1082/4.
In the rebellion of 1095 against William Rufus, the object of the rebels was to place Stephen on the English throne. Stephen was the first cousin of brothers William Rufus, King of England and Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandie. The leaders were Robert de Mowbray and Guillaume III of Eu, Count of Eu. Stephen was sentenced to imprisonment, but escaped from England.[2] Stephen's father was imprisoned in 1096 for complicity.
In 1096 Stephen joined the First Crusade, with Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandie.
Following the death of King William Rufus, Steven in 1102 was given back the land holding that had been confiscated from his father in 1096 and became lord of Holderness, Yorkshire, England.
In 1118, when William Clito rebelled against Henry I of England, Stephen supported him, with Baldwin VII of Flanders.
[edit] Family
He married Hawise, daughter of Ralph, seigneur de Mortimer, and Mélisende. Their children were :
- Guillaume le Gros (c 1101 † 1179), Count of Aumale; married Cecily of Skipton
- Étienne le Gros (Stephen), (c 1112) mentioned 1150 ; married the daughter of Roger Mortimer
- Enguerrand or Ingelran de Aumale, (c 1105) mentioned 1150 ;
- a daughter who married Richard de Gerberoy ;
- Adèle, who married Robert, seigneur de Briquebec ; then Ingelger de Bohun;
- Mathilde, who married Gérard de Pinkeny, vidame of Amiens ;
- Agnès, (c 1117 † post 1170) who married Adam I de Brus, (c 1117 † 1143) Lord of Skelton then Guillaume II de Roumarein 1144 (c 1114 † 1151).
