Snippet 13 - The d'Aubigneys
Snippet of Family History - " We are born with a History, and we live to tell another Story " (Warren Maloney) Snippet 13 - THE d'AUBIGNEYS "Everyone should have a link with Royalty" (Snippet of the Saundry Family Line written by Warren Maloney in February 2019) English Royalty kicks up a gear when the Normans under William the Conqueror arrived in 1066. The Bastard from Normandy was the first of the Norman Kings. His fourth son, Henry Beauclerc , Henry I, took over the family business after his eldest brother’s death in 1100 and reigned until 1135. Henry I ’s 2 nd wife [1] , Adeliza van Leuven (1105-1151), became the 4th Queen of England (1121-1135), and is the 24 th Great Grandmother of the youngest of the Saundry line of the family [2] . Henry & Adeliza were childless. After Henry’s death, Adeliza , aged 30 years, married the Royal “ go-to ” nobleman, William d’Aubigny (1104-1176), and t...