Stephen unknown of Aumale
Country and Region of Origin
France
Haute-Normandie (RE) Seine-Maritime (D)
Haute-Normandie (RE) Seine-Maritime (D)
Specific Title
Count of Aumale
Role
Count (lay)
Gender and Marital Statusa
Male
Family
mother: William the Conqueror's sister.
Father: Odo of Champagne.
Crusades
Expedition
1st Crusade (1096-1099)
Contingent Leader
Robert Curthose of Normandy
Probability of Participation
Certain
Actions
Stephen had formerly sided with William II Rufus, king of England, in his conflict with Robert Curthose. He evidently ended any differences he might have had with Robert during the Crusade.
Sources
AA, pp. 98-99. RC, p. 642. WT, pp, 138, 191, 330. C. W. David, Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy (Cambridge, 1920), p. 228.
