Adelaide was the first countess followed by her son Stephen of Aumale as the second holder but first count.
This place-name is derived of the English noble surname Albemarle, which is the French version of the medieval latinization Albamarla of the town Aumale in Normandy, France.
The word Albemarle is the Latinised form of the French county of Aumale in Normandy (Latin: Alba Marla meaning "White Marl", marl being a type of fertile soil), other forms being Aubemarle and Aumerle.
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During the period in which England and France contended for the rule of Normandy (through the end of the Hundred Years' War), the kings of England not infrequently created peers as Counts and Dukes of Aumale.
After the death of his father in 1260, he became co-ruler in the County of Aumale with his grandmother Joan .
It had also included the county of Aumale, but this had recently been lost to the French, along with the rest of Normandy.
Aumale | Stephen of Aumale | Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale | Henri d'Orléans, duc d'Aumale |
The books passed to his son, Henri d'Orléans, duc d'Aumale and formed part of the collection which he bequeathed to the Institut de France along with the Château de Chantilly.