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Birth:          ABT 1130 of Leicestershire, England
Death:          26 Jun 1170 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_Count_of_Eu
John, Count of Eu, (died 26 June 1170), son of Henry I, Count of Eu, and Marguerite, 
daughter of William, Count of Sully, who was brother of Stephen, King of England. 
John was Count of Eu and Lord of Hastings.

John obtained from Étienne d'Angleterre (later Stephen, King of England) the honors 
of Tickhill and Blyth, being a descendant of his original owner, Roger de Busli, by his 
paternal grandmother Beatrice. John lost his holdings after his capture by Ranulf de 
Gernon, the 4th Earl of Chester, at the Battle of Lincoln in February 1141.

In 1148, John returned to Hilaire, Bishop of Chichester, lands belonging to his diocese 
which his father had usurped during the troubled reign of Stephen. John had to take 
refuge in the summer of 1167 in Drincourt (now Neufchâtel-en-Bray) during the 
invasion of his estates by the troops of Louis VII, an ally of Thierry, Count of Flanders.

John married Alice, daughter of William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, and Adeliza of 
Louvain, the widow of King Henry I of England. John and Alice had three children:
Henry II of Eu, 6th Count of Eu, Lord of Hastings
Robert of Eu (d. 1191 in Acre)
Mathilde d'Eu (d. 1212), married to Henry d'Estouteville, Seigneur of Valmont.

Like his father, John became canon at the abbey of Eu, where he died on June 26, 
1170, after devoting the rest of his days to the monastic state. He was placed in the 
tomb of his father behind the altar. At the time of the destruction of the Abbey of 
Foucarmont in 1791, Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre and Count of 
Eu, had the remains of the counts Henriy and John reclaimed and move to the chapel 
of the fr:Château de Bizy.

John was succeeded as Count of Eu and Lord of Hastings by his son Henry upon his 
death. John was buried at Fécamp Abbey, where many of his sons and grandsons 
would also be interred.

Parents
D'EU Henri (ABT 1090 - 12 Jul 1140)
DE CHAMPAGNE Margaret (1095 - 15 Dec 1145)

Siblings
D'EU Hildesende (ABT 1120 - )
EU John (ABT 1130 - 26 Jun 1170)
D'EU Ida (ABT 1134 - BEF 1168)

Marriage To AUBIGNY Alice (ABT 1133 - 11 Sep 1188)
    m.  

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Parents
D'AUBIGNY William "Strong Hand" (ABT 1109 - 12 Oct 1176)
OF LOUVAIN Adeliza (ABT 1100 - 23 Apr 1151)

Children by AUBIGNY Alice ABT 1133 - 11 Sep 1188
D'EU Henry (ABT 1155 - 1191)

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