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Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick (1382–1439), military commander under Henry V in France, was created Count of Aumale for life only. In further creations in the English peerage after the Hundred Years' War, Aumale was spelled in the Latinised form Albemarle.
The counts of Aumale, who held the land of Holderness for two hundred years, came into England at the end of the Conqueror's reign. They came from Aumale in the north-eastern corner of Normandy, a small county grouped around a little town, a castle and a church.
Her daughter, the English queen Eleanor of Castile, was her successor in Ponthieu. Her son and co-ruler in Aumale, Ferdinand II, Count of Aumale, predeceased her, so she was succeeded by her grandson John I, Count of Aumale, deceased at the Battle of Courtrai, 11 July 1302.
Following lengthy deliberations in which credence was given to incriminating reports, Ferdinand abandoned his commander-in-chief, whereupon Wallenstein was murdered in the city of Eger (Cheb) in western Bohemia on 25 February 1634.
In 1263, Joan was recognized as countess of Aumale after the death of a childless Dammartin cousin. But her son Ferdinand died around 1265, leaving a young son known as John of Ponthieu. During her marriage to Jean de Nesle, Joan ran up considerable debts and also appears to have allowed her rights as countess in Ponthieu to weaken.
May 13, 2017 · count of Aumale, and Marie, countess of Ponthieu. Simon had held the title of count of Ponthieu in right of his wife only, and therefore, when she died in 1251, the title and land passed to her daughter. Joan was the second wife of King Ferdinand III of Castile. A year later, 1252, he died, and the crown passed to Alfonso, son by the first wife.
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Joan of Dammartin (French: Jeanne de Dammartin; c. 1220 [1] - 16 March 1279) was Queen consort of Castile and León by marriage to Ferdinand III of Castile. She also ruled as Countess of Ponthieu (1251-1279) and Aumale (1237-1279).
