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This place-name is derived from the English surname Albemarle.According to a 1905 publication by the United States Geologic Survey, based on research by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill history professor Kemp P. Battle, it was named specifically for General George Monck, the first Duke of Albemarle and one of the original proprietors of the colony of Carolina, which included the town.
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.
William de Forz, 4th Earl of Albemarle (died 1260) (Latinised as de Fortibus, sometimes spelt Deforce) played a conspicuous part in the reign of Henry III of England, notably in the Mad Parliament of 1258. [2] William married twice. His first wife was Christina (died 1246), daughter and co-heiress of Alan, Lord of Galloway. [2]
Albemarle Corporation, an American chemical company; Albemarle Gallery, an art gallery located in Mayfair, London; Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City, North Carolina; Albemarle Hotel, Manhattan, New York City, a former hotel; Museum of the Albemarle, in Elizabeth City, North Carolina; Albemarle, a convict ship of the Third Fleet to Australia
Earl of Albemarle is a title created several times from Norman times onwards. The word Albemarle is derived from 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 .
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The Dukedom of Albemarle (/ ˈ æ l b ə ˌ m ɑːr l /) has been created twice in the Peerage of England, each time ending in extinction. Additionally, the title was created a third time by James II in exile and a fourth time by his son the Old Pretender , in the Jacobite peerage .
Howard Saul Becker was born into a Jewish family [5] on April 18, 1928, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Allan Becker (April 2, 1902 – March 27, 1988) and Donna Becker (born Bertha Goldberg; December 31, 1904 – 1997). [2]