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unusual facts about county of Aumale



William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle

It had also included the county of Aumale, but this had recently been lost to the French, along with the rest of Normandy.


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Earl of Albemarle

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.

John I, Count of Aumale

After the death of his father in 1260, he became co-ruler in the County of Aumale with his grandmother Joan .