William de Forz (died 1195)
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– 1195
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Who was William de Forz (died 1195)?
William de Forz (died 1195) was a minor Anglo-Norman noble, by origin from Fors in Poitou.
He became by the right of his wife second Count of Aumale following his marriage to Hawise, sole heiress of William le Gros, 1st Earl of Albemarle, and William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle was their son.
Philip Augustus took control of Aumale in the 1190s, thus depriving the Anglo-Norman Earls of Albemarle of their continental land-holdings.
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- Also known as
- William de Forz
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- Nationality
- France
- Died
- 1195
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on July 23, 2013
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