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Birth:          ABT 1080 of Mello, Oise, France

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberic_I,_Count_of_Dammartin
Aubry de Mello (d. after 1162), Count of Dammartin, based on his marriage to Adela, 
daughter of Hugh I, Count of Dammartin. It is believed that Aubry was the son of 
Gilbert de Mello and Richilde de Clermont, daughter of Hugh, Count of Clermont-en-
Beauvais, (d. 1101) and Margaret, daughter of Hilduin IV, Count of Roucy

History[edit]

The precise history of Aubry de Mello is difficult to trace due to the large number of 
nobility of the same name in both France and England at the time. It is useful to look 
at the full history of the Count of Dammartin to try to understand the different options.

Renaud II, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvasis, first married Adelaide, Countess of 
Vermandois, and second Clémence, the widow of Alberic II, Count of Dammartin. 
Shortly after the death of Renaud II, Louis VII the Younger, King of France, assumed 
direct control over the county of Dammartin. This is indicated by a charter dated 1176, 
under which King Louis VII exchanged property with Paris Hôtel-Dieu and had later 
returned the castle and grange of Dammartin to Alberic II (postquam vero Alberico 
predictum castrum cum predicta grangia reddidimus).

The precise circumstances and dating of the king’s acquisition of Dammartin are 
unknown, but it may have been triggered by a disputed succession. Renaud had 
presumably retained the county for life (de iure uxoris), but his sons by Clémence 
would have had no hereditary right of succession. The nearest known direct heiress to 
the county appears to have been Adela, widow of Lancelin, Lord of Dammartin. A 
charter dated 1175 hints that the inheritance of Dammartin was disputed.

The question remains as to why was Alberic was chosen to receive the County of 
Dammartin. Mathieu suggests that he was the king’s candidate and belonged to the 
Dammartin line in order to prevail over challenges from other claimants. His theory is 
that Aubry de Mello was the same person as the English Aubry I de Dammartin, son of 
Odo I de Dammartin who had emigrated to England. He bases this on the charter 
dated March 1187, under which Henry II of England granted manerium de Norton to 
comiti Alberico de Dammartin et Reginaldo filio suo, as the same property had been 
granted to other members of the English Dammartin family by his predecessor Henry 
Beauclerc. In addition, the sources quoted below indicate that Aubry held other 
English properties which were previously associated with the English Dammartin 
family.

Aubrey and Adela had at least one son:
Alberic II, Count of Dammartin

Aubry may be the same person as Albéric I de Mello and Dammartin, Grand Chambrier 
de France (Grand Chamberman of France) from 1122 to 1129 under Louis VI the Fat. 
Others characterize Albéric as Aubry’s son (but not the same person as Alberic II, 
Count of Dammartin).

Aubry was succeeded as Count of Dammartin by his son Alberic.

Parents
DE MELLO Gilbert (ABT 1050 - AFT 25 Feb 1084)
[DE CLERMONT] DE CREIL Richilde (ABT 1060 - )

Siblings
DE MELLO Aubrey (ABT 1080 - )

Marriage To DE DAMMARTIN Aelis (ABT 1084 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Hugh (Hugues) (ABT 1042 - 1103)
DE BULLES Roaide (Rohais) (ABT 1046 - )

Children by DE DAMMARTIN Aelis ABT 1084 - 
DE DAMMARTIN Alberic (Aubrey) II (1110 - 1183)

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