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In 1090 he took part with William II, and fortified his castle of Auma l e a g a i n st Duke Robert. By reason of his descent from the ducal house of N o r m a n dy he was chosen by Robert de Mowbray and his confederates as the p e r s o n o n whom to bestow the Crown, had they succeeded in their attempt t o d e t h r one William II in 1094. He went on Crusade in 1096 with Robert C ur t h o s e, Duke of Normandy, before which, 14 July 1096 , as Comes de Alb a m a r l a, he gave the Church of St. Martin at Auchy to the Abbey of St. L u c i e n a t Beauvais. He took the part of Henry I against Duke Robert in 1 1 0 4 , b u t in 1118 supported Baldwin a la Hache, Count of Flanders, and t h e F r e n ch King, in their invasion of Normandy on behalf of William Clit o n , s o n o f Duke Robert. He persisted in his rebellion, but was reduced t o s u b m i ssion in 1119.
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