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Adelicia of Louvain-Queen of England
25th Great Grandmother
Another Queen of England popped into my family tree a few days ago. Though she had no children with King Henry I, after his death she remarried her royal butler, a man named William d’Aubigny, who was made 1st Earl of Arundel in her right, and with him had seven children including my 24th Great Grandfather, William IV d'Aubigny 2nd Earl of Arundel & Sussex.
Meet another of my 25th Great Grandmothers and Grandfathers.......
Adelicia of Louvain is your 25th great grandmother.
You
→ Marlene Grace Repinski
your mother → Raymond Harold Dietz
her father → Grace Elizabeth Dietz
his mother → Henry Allen Pope
her father → Thomas Paschal Pope
his father → Thomas Faunce Pope
his father → Mitchell Pope
his father → Elnathan Pope, Jr.
his father → Rebecca Pope
his mother → Rebecca Mitchell (Cushman)
her mother → Rev. Isaac Cushman, Sr.
her father → Rev. Thomas Cushman
his father → Deacon Robert Cushman
his father → Thomas Coucheman
his father → Joan Cushman
his mother → Elizabeth Crofte
her mother → Elizabeth Seymour (Darrell)
her mother → Lady Margaret Stourton
her mother → Margery Stourton
her mother → Joan Wrothesley
her mother → Joan de Wrottesley
her mother → Sir Roger Bassett, Knight
her father → Margaret de Somery, of Dudley
his mother → Nicole d'Aubigny, Lady
her mother → William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel
her father → William IV d'Aubigny 2nd Earl of Arundel & Sussex
his father → Adelicia of Louvain
his mother
Adeliza of Louvain, Lady Louvain, Queen of England, Countess of Arundel, Lincoln & Sussex
25th Great Grandmother
Adeliza of Louvain was born circa 1103 as the daughter of Godfrey, Count of Louvain and his first wife, Ida of Namur.
We don’t know what kind of education she received, but we know that she was skilled in embroidery as she made a standard for her father in silk and gold. She was described by her contemporaries as “the fair maid of Brabant” and “a maiden of great beauty and modesty.”
She was chosen as a bride for King Henry I of England, who was a widower who had lost his only legitimate son in the White Ship disaster. The 18-year-old Adeliza arrived in England in January 1121 to marry the 52-year-old King of England. They married at Windsor on 24 January 1121, and she was crowned Queen of England the very next day.
The age gap must have been difficult for Adeliza, but she attempted to share in his interests. She spent much time travelling with Henry, to have as many opportunities as possible to get pregnant. This stopped around 1131 when they probably realised that it wasn’t going to happen. She even wrote to a churchman for advice and comfort relating to their childlessness.
Adeliza had a very limited political role as Queen of England. She was never made regent but was present at several councils. She was known to be present when Henry named his daughter Matilda as his heir.
She was widowed on 1 December 1135. She was not with him when he died, but she did attend the burial at Reading Abbey on Christmas day. She retired from court and moved to Arundel Castle in Sussex.
Around 1139, Adeliza married again to William d’Aubigny, a royal butler. It was probably a love match, and they went on to have at least seven children. William supported King Stephen throughout the anarchy while Adeliza offered her stepdaughter Mathilda Arundel as a base from which to establish her claim to the throne. It is unclear if she had further contact with Mathilda.
By 1150, Adeliza had taken the veil and retired to the monastery of Affligem in Flanders, and she was most likely already in ill health. She died there on 24 March 1151.
It is unclear where she is buried exactly. Some say she was interred next to Henry I in Reading Abbey while other say she was buried in Affligem Abbey. Affligem Abbey has her mentioned on a tomb stone, while not much remains of Reading Abbey.
William d'Aubigny-Earl of Arundel, Earl of Lincoln, Earl of Sussex
25th Great Grandfather
William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, also known as William d'Albini, (c. 1109 – 25 September 1176) was son of William d'Aubigny "Pincerna" (Master Butler of the Royal household) of Buckenham Castle and Maud Bigod, daughter of Roger Bigot.
The younger William was an important member of Henry I of England's household. After Henry's death he married the widow Queen consort Adeliza in 1138, and became Lord of Arundel in her right.
He was loyal to Stephen of England, who made him first Earl of Lincoln and then Earl of Arundel (more precisely, Earl of Sussex).
In 1143, as Earl of Lincoln he made two charters confirming a donation of land around Arundel in Sussex to the abbey of Affligem in Brabant (representing his wife Adeliza of Louvain), with William's brother, Olivier, present.
He fought loyally for King Stephen, but in 1153 helped arrange the truce between Stephen and Henry Plantagenet, known as the Treaty of Wallingford, which brought an end to The Anarchy.
When the latter ascended the throne as Henry II, he confirmed William's Earldom and gave him direct possession of Arundel Castle (instead of the possession in right of his wife he had previously had). She had died in 1151. He remained loyal to the king during the 1173 revolt of Henry the Young King, and helped defeat the rebellion.
William died October 12, 1176 and is buried at Wymondham Abbey which his father, William, founded in the year 1107.
I and my family then descend down a line from their son William, the 2nd Earl of Arundel, and then his son William, the 3rd Earl of Arundel.
Stay tuned for more family history stories........
Sources for this Post
* https://www.historyofroyalwomen.com/adeliza-of-louvain/adeliza-louvain-fair-maid-brabant/?fbclid=IwAR1xVcwLWXwwtwXZ_cC6AzpvssLSCrOea5gTw-KudwDI__Tn7FEVDIIaHCs
* Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Lines 1-22, 18A-22, 139-26, 194-25, 149-26. * Remfry, P.M., Buckenham Castles, 1066 to 1649 (ISBN 1-899376-28-3)
* https://www.geni.com/people/Adelicia-of-Louvain/6000000000170996982
* https://www.geni.com/people/William-Stronghand-d-Aubigny-1st-Earl-of-Arundel/6000000003146957203?through=6000000000170996982
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_d%27Aubigny%2C_1st_Earl_of_Arundel
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wymondham_Abbey
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