Stephan of Aumale

Stephan von Aumale (French: Étienne ; † after 1128) was a Count of Aumale from the House of Blois . He was a son of Count Odo II of Champagne and Adela of Normandy. His uncle was Wilhelm the Conqueror .

Stephan's father was once born by his uncle, Count Theobald III. ousted from Champagne by Blois and then joined the court of his brother-in-law in Normandy . From this he received after the conquest of England in 1066 the county of Aumale in Normandy and the barony of Holderness in England.

After the death of Wilhelm the Conqueror, Stephan and his father sided with Wilhelm II Rufus against the claims of his older brother Robert Kurzhose , who ruled Normandy. This resulted in the loss of Aumale, which Robert occupied. Around 1095, Stephan and his father fell out of favor with Wilhelm Rufus after a conspiracy by Count Robert de Montbray and Wilhelm II of Eu against the king was uncovered in 1095 . The conspirators wanted to overthrow Wilhelm and replace him with Stephan. His father was locked in a dungeon, Stephan himself fled to Normandy and now joined Robert Kurzhose, from whom he got Aumale back.

Together with Robert Kurzhose, Stephan took part in the first crusade . After their return, he received the barony of Holderness back from King Henry I of England in 1102 , for which he took his side against Robert Kurzhose, against whom he fought in the Battle of Tinchebray in 1106. In 1118, however, he supported the uprising of the Norman nobility against Heinrich Beauclerc and was a supporter of the pretender Wilhelm Clito and his ally, King Ludwig VI. of France . Stephan submitted to his cousin in time, which is why he got away with impunity.

He was married to Hawise, a daughter of Ranulph de Mortemer .

• Wilhelm († July 20, 1179), Count of Aumale and Earl of York
• Stephan († after 1150)
• Ingelram († after 1150)
• Agnes;
  • ∞ first marriage to William de Roumare (* around 1117, † 1151), son of William de Roumare, 1st Earl of Lincoln
  • ∞ second marriage to Adam de Bruce , Baron of Skelton († 1143)
• Adelise, † probably before 1168
  • ⚭ first marriage with Robert II. Bertrand, † after 1100, Seigneur de Bricquebec ( House of Bastembourg )
  • ⚭ second marriage to Ingelger de Bohun ( Bohun house )

literature

• François Clément: L'Art de verifier les dates historiques, des chartes, des chroniques et autres monuments, depuis la naissance de Notre-Seigneur ; 1818