William d'Aubigny (rebel)

William d'Aubigny or D'Aubeney or d'Albini, Lord of Belvoir (died 1 May 1236) was a prominent member of the baronial rebellions against King John of England.

D'Aubigny was the son of William d'Aubigny II of Belvoir and Maud FitzRobert and the grandson of William d'Aubigny and Cecily le Bigod, daughter of Roger Bigod and Adeliza de Tosny daughter of Robert de Tosny Lord of Belvour and was heir to Domesday Book landholder Robert de Toeni, who held many properties, possibly as many as eighty.

D'Aubigny stayed neutral at the beginning of the troubles of King John's reign, only joining the rebels after the early success in taking London in 1215.

In the war that followed the sealing of the charter, he held Rochester Castle for the barons, and was imprisoned (and nearly hanged) after John captured it.

[2] He died on 1 May 1236, at Uffington, Lincolnshire and was buried at Newstead Abbey and "his heart under the wall, opposite the altar at Belvoir Castle.