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Biography of Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle and Essex -1214

Paternal Family Tree: Blois

Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle and Essex was born to William of Blois 1st Earl Albemarle 1st Earl York and Cecily Skipton Countess Aumale and York.

On 20th August 1179 [her father] William of Blois 1st Earl Albemarle 1st Earl York (age 78) died. His daughter Hawise succeeded 2nd Countess Albemarle. Earl York extinct. The succession of the Earldom of York is somewhat unclear; it may have been created for life only, or for male succession only.

In 1180 William Mandeville 3rd Earl Essex Count Aumale and Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle and Essex were married. She by marriage Countess Essex. He by marriage Count Aumale. She the daughter of William of Blois 1st Earl Albemarle 1st Earl York and Cecily Skipton Countess Aumale and York (age 42). He the son of Geoffrey Mandeville 1st Earl Essex and Rohese Vere Countess Essex and Hertford.

On 14th November 1189 [her husband] William Mandeville 3rd Earl Essex Count Aumale died at Rouen, France [Map]. He was buried at Mortemar Abbey. Earl Essex extinct.

In 1190 [her mother] Cecily Skipton Countess Aumale and York (age 52) died.

After 3rd July 1190 William Forz 2nd Earl Albemarle and Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle and Essex were married. He by marriage Earl Albemarle 1C 1127. She the daughter of William of Blois 1st Earl Albemarle 1st Earl York and Cecily Skipton Countess Aumale and York.

In 1195 [her husband] William Forz 2nd Earl Albemarle died.

After 1195 Baldwin Béthune Count Aumale (age 37) and Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle and Essex were married. She the daughter of William of Blois 1st Earl Albemarle 1st Earl York and Cecily Skipton Countess Aumale and York.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1212 [her husband] Baldwin Béthune Count Aumale (age 54) died.

On 11th March 1214 Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle and Essex died. Her son [her son] William succeeded 3rd Earl Albemarle 1C 1127.

[her daughter] Alice Béthune Countess Pembroke was born to Baldwin Béthune Count Aumale and Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle and Essex.

[her son] William Forz 3rd Earl Albemarle was born to William Forz 2nd Earl Albemarle and Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle and Essex.

Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle and Essex -1214 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle and Essex -1214

Kings Scotland: Great x 3 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Royal Descendants of Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle and Essex -1214

Queen Jane Seymour

Brigadier-General Charles FitzClarence

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Queen Consort Camilla Shand

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Ancestors of Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle and Essex -1214

Great x 4 Grandfather: Odo Blois I Count Blois

Great x 3 Grandfather: Odo Blois II Count Blois

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bertha Welf Queen Consort France

Great x 2 Grandfather: Stephen Blois II Count Troyes and Meaux

Great x 4 Grandfather: William IV Auvergne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ermengarde Auvergne Countess Blois

Great x 1 Grandfather: Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness

Great x 2 Grandmother: Adele Unknown

GrandFather: Stephen Blois Count Aumale

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard "Good" Normandy II Duke Normandy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gunnora Countess Ponthieu

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy

Great x 1 Grandmother: Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu

Father: William of Blois 1st Earl Albemarle 1st Earl York

Great x 1 Grandfather: Ranulph Mortimer

GrandMother: Hawise Mortimer Countess Aumale

Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle and Essex

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Duncan I of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Malcolm III of Scotland

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Duncan II of Scotland

GrandFather: William FitzDuncan

Great x 2 Grandfather: Gospatrick Earl Northumbria

Great x 1 Grandmother: Ethelreda of Northumbria

Mother: Cecily Skipton Countess Aumale and York