638797312. Earl William of Yvery & 638797313. Auberic de Meulan
~1095, William born in Normandy, younger s/o 1277594624. Earl Ascelin Gouel de Perceval &
1277594625. Isabella de Bretevil.
~1100, Auberic born in Meulan, d/o 318232092. Earl Robert de Beaumont &
318232093. Isabel de Vermandois.
8/5/1100, Henry I
crowned King of England.
1116,
‘Hildeburgis [grandmother of William] mater Goelli de Ibriaco [father]’ donated
property to the abbey of Saint-Martin de Pontoise with the consent of ‘Goellus
… uxoremque suam Isabel [mother] filiosque suos Willelmum atque Robertum’ [brother].
1119, King Louis of France, supported by Amaury de Montfort, invaded Normandy. Louis 1st burnt Ivry. (S) Henry I, Green, 2006, P153.
1119, King Louis of France, supported by Amaury de Montfort, invaded Normandy. Louis 1st burnt Ivry. (S) Henry I, Green, 2006, P153.
1119, Waleran de Beaumont became Count of Meulan on the death
of his father. [Brother of Auberic.]
Aft. 1119, William’s father died. William’s brother Robert Goel
restored to the castle of Ivry by King Henry I.
1121, William “Lupellus” [which means little wolf, his father
was known as the wolf] succeeded his brother Robert Goel as Earl of the Norman
and English estates. [This eventually became “Luvel”, and then with the 2nd
son Ralph in England it became “Lovel”.] (S) Battle Abbey, Burke, 2009, P70.
1122-23, William alligned himself with his brother-in-law
Waleran, count of Meulan, in favor of William Clito, s/o of Duke Robert, as the
heir to Normandy.
4/1124, William defeeated, with his brother-in-law Waleran,
count of Meulan, near the borough of Turold against King Henry I. William, to
facilitate his escape, cropped his hair – as the English forces were cut. [Others
fighting on their side included Waleran’s brother Robert de Beaumont, both
brothers of Auberic; and Hugh of Chateauneuf-en-Thimerais and Hugh of
Montfort-sur-Risle, both married to sisters of Auberic.]
1124-25,
William went to England to take possession of lands in Norfolk and Suffolk. (S)
Medieval Miscellany, Whitehead, 1965, P198.
1130, William Luvel holding land in Oxfordshire, England. (S) Official Guides – Ancient Monuments, 1958, P3.
1130, William Luvel holding land in Oxfordshire, England. (S) Official Guides – Ancient Monuments, 1958, P3.
12/22/1135, Stephen
crowned king of England; usurping Empress Matilda, d/o King Henry I, and
starting a civil war in England and Normandy.
1137, William’s younger brother Roger le Begue captured by King
Stephen at Grossoeuvre in Normandy.
1138, William, supporting Empress Maud, besieged by King
Stephen, the castle eventually surrendered.
3/5/1139, ‘Willelmus Luvel de Ivreio’, lord of Breval and Ivry,
was at the court of Waleral de Beaumont. (S) Beaumont Twins, Crouch, 2008, P36.
9/30/1139, Empress Matilda landing at Arundel in Sussex,
invaded England [the civil war would continue for more than a decade.]
1143, Brian fitz Count kept his Christmas at Ivry.
1144, Geoffrey Plantagenet [father of future King Henry II]
subjugated all of Normandy.
1145, William Louvel of Ivrey a lay surety for a charter of Geoffrey
Plantagenet to Rouen. (S) Norman Frontier, Power, 2004, P393. [Others included
Robert de Beaumont, William de Vernon, and Roger de Tosney – barons of the
southeastern Norman marches.]
1147-51, William Louvel of Ivrey custos for Geoffrey
Plantagenet at Nonacourt. (S) Norman Frontier, Power, 2004, P393. [Geoffrey Plantagenet
died in 1151.]
1151, William Louvel of Ivry witnessed a charter of Henry, duke
of Normandy [future Henry II.] (S) Beaumont Twins, Crouch, 2008, P69. [Others
witnessing include Waleran, count of Meulan, and Henry de Ferrieres.]
1152, William and his brother Roger in conflict with King
Stephen.
1153, William defended his castle of Kary in Somersetshire
against William de Tracy. [Waleran, count of Meulan, was captured during this
period of stife, but released soon after.]
12/19/1154, Henry II
succeeded King Stephen of England.
1155, William died; having witnessed the development of two
main lordships: Anet-Breval and Ivry.
(S) A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited,
and Extinct, Burke, 1866, P331. (S) Historical Memoirs – Vernon, Stapleton,
1856, P29. (S) Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy, V4, Vitalis,
1856.
Children of William and Auberic:
i. Waleran of Yvery, born ? in England.
Waleran succeeded to the Norman lands of his father.
ii. Ralph Lovel (319398656), born ~1115 in England.
iii. William Lovel (973515264), born ~1120 in England.
William ancestor of the Lovels of Tichmersh & Viscount Lovel.