Biography of William Mandeville 3rd Earl Essex Count Aumale -1189
William Mandeville 3rd Earl Essex Count Aumale was born to Geoffrey Mandeville 1st Earl Essex and Rohese Vere Countess Essex and Hertford.
Around 1166 [his brother] Geoffrey Mandeville 2nd Earl Essex died. Geoffrey Mandeville 2nd Earl Essex was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. His brother William Mandeville 3rd Earl Essex Count Aumale succeeded 3rd Earl Essex.
In 1177 William Mandeville 3rd Earl Essex Count Aumale travelled to the Middle East.
In 1180 William Mandeville 3rd Earl Essex Count Aumale and Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle aka Aumale and Essex were married. She by marriage Countess Essex. He by marriage Count Aumale. She the daughter of William of Blois 1st Earl Albemarle aka Aumale 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.
Gesta Regis Henrici 1189. Also present were William, Earl of Aumale and Essex, Hamelin (age 59), brother of King Henry, Earl of Warenne, John (age 22), brother of King Richard, Earl of Mortain and Gloucester, Robert, Earl of Leicester, Richard (age 35), Earl of Clare, Waleran (age 35), Earl of Warwick, William de Aubigny (age 50), Earl of Sussex, [his uncle] Aubrey (age 73), Earl of Oxford, William (age 38), Earl of Salisbury, William Marshal (age 42), Earl of Striguil, and David (age 36), brother of the King of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon.
Willelmus comes Albemarliæ et Essesse, Hamellinus frater regis Henrici comes Warennæ, Johannes frater regis Ricardi, comes Meretonæ et Gloucestriæ, Robertus comes Leicestriæ, Ricardus comes de Clara, Wallerannus comes de Warwic, Willelmus de Aubeni comes de Suthsex, Albricus comes1, Willelmus2 comes de Salesbiria, Willelmus Marescallus comes de Strignil, David frater regis Scotiæ comes de Huntendona.
Note 1. De Vere, earl of Oxford.
Note 2. William of Evreux, son of Patrick, 1168-1196.
On 06 Jul 1189 King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England (age 56) died at Chinon Castle [Map]. William Mandeville 3rd Earl Essex Count Aumale was present. He was buried at Fontevraud Abbey [Map]. His son King Richard "Lionheart" I of England (age 31) succeeded I King England.
On 03 Sep 1189 King Richard "Lionheart" I of England (age 31) was crowned I King England by Archbishop Baldwin Avigo (age 64) at Westminster Abbey [Map]. William Mandeville 3rd Earl Essex Count Aumale carried the Crown. The Coronation of Richard I was marred by violence against London's Jewish population. Prior to his Coronation Richard had issued a proclamation forbidding Jews to attend. When some did a riot broke out, which spread.
Gesta Regis Henrici 1189. 03 Sep 1189. And after them went William de Mandeville, Earl of Aumale and Essex, carrying the golden crown in his hands. Then came Richard (age 31), Duke of Normandy, with Hugh (age 64), Bishop of Durham, walking on his right, and Reginald, Bishop of Bath, walking on his left, while a silk canopy was carried over them. The entire throng of earls, barons, knights, and others, both clerics and laypeople, followed all the way to the courtyard of the church, and thus into the church up to the altar.
Et post illos ibat Willelmus de Mandevilla comes de Albemarla et de Exessa, portans coronam auream in manibus suis. Deinde venit Ricardus dux Normanniæ, et Hugo Dunelmensis episcopus a dextris illius ibat, et Eeginaldus Bathoniensis episcopus a sinistris illius ibat, et umbraculum sericum portabatur super illos. Et omnis turba comitum et baronum et militum et aliorum, tarn clericorum quam laicorum, sequebatur usque in atrium ecclesiæ, et sic usque in ecclesiam ad altare.
On 14 Nov 1189 William Mandeville 3rd Earl Essex Count Aumale died at Rouen, France [Map]. He was buried at Mortemar Abbey. Earl Essex extinct.
After 03 Jul 1190 William Forz 2nd Earl Albemarle aka Aumale and [his former wife] Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle aka Aumale and Essex were married. He by marriage Earl Albemarle aka Aumale. She the daughter of William of Blois 1st Earl Albemarle aka Aumale 1st Earl York and [his former mother-in-law] Cecily Skipton Countess Aumale and York.
After 1195 Baldwin Béthune Count Aumale (age 37) and [his former wife] Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle aka Aumale and Essex were married. She the daughter of William of Blois 1st Earl Albemarle aka Aumale 1st Earl York and [his former mother-in-law] Cecily Skipton Countess Aumale and York.
On 11 Mar 1214 [his former wife] Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle aka Aumale and Essex died. Her son William Forz 3rd Earl Albemarle aka Aumale succeeded 3rd Earl Albemarle aka Aumale.
Father: Geoffrey Mandeville 1st Earl Essex
Great x 1 Grandfather: Eudo Dapifer
GrandMother: Margaret Dapifer
William Mandeville 3rd Earl Essex Count Aumale
Great x 1 Grandfather: Aubrey I de Vere
GrandFather: Aubrey II de Vere
Great x 1 Grandmother: Beatrice Unknown