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Birth:          1072 Aubigny, Calvados, Normandy
Death:          Nov 1129 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_d%27Aubigny
Nigel de Daubeney, 3rd Baron of Thirsk, 1st Baron of Mowbray (1070-1129), also 
known inaccurately as Nigel d'Aubigny, was a Norman Lord and English Baron who 
was the son of Roger d’Aubigny (1036-1104) and Alice de Grandmesnil (1055-1100). 
His father was a avid supporter of Henry I of England. He was born at Thirsk Castle in 
Thirsk, North Yorkshire, Kingdom of England. He was the founder of the noble House 
of Mowbray.

Life[edit]

He is described as "one of the most favoured of Henry’s 'new men'".[2] While he 
entered the king's service as a household knight and brother of the king's butler, 
William d'Aubigny, in the years following the Battle of Tinchebrai in 1106 Nigel was 
rewarded by Henry with marriage to an heiress who brought him lordship in Normandy 
and with the lands of several men, primarily that of Robert de Stuteville, 2nd Baron of 
Thirsk.[1] The Mowbray honour became one of the wealthiest estates in Norman 
England. From 1107 to about 1118, Nigel served as a royal official in Yorkshire and 
Northumberland. In the last decade of his life he was frequently traveling with Henry I, 
most likely as one of the king's trusted military and administrative advisors . He died in 
Normandy, possibly at the abbey of Bec.[3]

Family[edit]

He married twice. His first marriage was in 1107 to Matilda de L'aigle (1075-1129), 
daughter of Richer de L'aigle, Lord of L'aigle (1041-1085), who had divorced the 
disgraced and imprisoned Robert de Mowbray, 14th Earl of Northumbria (1059-1125). 
She brought to the marriage with Nigel her ex-husband's Lordship of Mowbray in 
western Normandy. They had no children. His second marriage was to Gundred de 
Gournay (1097-1155), daughter of Gerard de Gournay, Baron Of Gournay (1066-1104) 
in 1118 and had one son by that marriage. Cousin of Robert de Mowbray.

Parents
D'AUBIGNY Roger (1052 - 1104)
DE MOWBRAY Amice (Avicia) (ABT 1052 - )

Siblings
D'AUBIGNY (ALBINI) William (ABT 1070 - 1139)
D'AUBIGNY Nele (Nigel) (1072 - Nov 1129)

Marriage To DE GOURNAY Gundred (ABT 1097 - 1155)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE GOURNAY Gerard (1066 - 1104)
DE WARENNE Edith (Ediva) (ABT 1076 - )

Children by DE GOURNAY Gundred ABT 1097 - 1155
D'AUBIGNY [CHG TO DE MOWBRAY] Roger (ABT 1119 - 1188)

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