William of FORZ #77715
ABT 1190 - 26 MAR 1242
BIRTH ABT 1190
DEATH 26 MAR 1242
Historical Notes
Forz was the son of William de Forz (died 1195), and Hawise, Countess of Aumale (died 11 March 1214), a daughter of William le Gros, 1st Earl of Albemarle. His father was a minor nobleman from the village of Fors in Poitou; the toponymic is variously rendered as Fors and Forz, or else Latinised to Fortibus.