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Generation: 2
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4. | Robert of Caen "the Counsul", Earl of Gloucester was born about 1090 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France (son of Henry I "Beauclerc", King of England and Duke of Normandy and Sibyl Corbet); died on 31 Oct 1147 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in St James' Priory, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes:
Weis (1982) states he married Mable, the daughter of Robert FitzHammond.
Title(s):
He was created the Earl of Gloucester.
Robert married Maud FitzHamon. Maud (daughter of Robert FitzHamon, Count of Gloucester and Sybil de Montgomery) died in 1157. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Maud FitzHamon (daughter of Robert FitzHamon, Count of Gloucester and Sybil de Montgomery); died in 1157. Children:
- Maud FitzRobert was born about 1120; died on 29 Jul 1189 in Chester, Cheshire, England.
- 2. William FitzRobert, Earl of Gloucester was born on 23 Nov 1121; died on 23 Nov 1183; was buried in Keynsham, Somerset, England.
- Robert FitzRobert, Bishop of Worcester died on 9 Aug 1179.
- Harmon FitzRobert died in 1159 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France.
- Philippe FitzRobert died after 1147.
- Richard, Lord of Creully died in 1175.
- Mabel FitzRobert
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6. | Sir Robert "la Bossu" de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester was born in 1104 (son of Sir Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester and Isabel de Vermandois, Countess of Leicester); died on 5 Apr 1168; was buried in St. Mary de Pré, France (not found). Other Events and Attributes:
Notes:
Birth:
He was a twin.
History:
The twin brothers, Waleran and Robert, were brought up in the court of Henry I, and in November of 1119, the accompanied the King when he interviewed Pope Calixtus at Gisors. The twins astonished the Cardinals by their learning. At the king's death, they were both at his bedside.
In 1118, he succeeded as the Earl of Leicester after his father's death.
In 1122, he was knighted.
After the death of Henry I, Robert supported Stephen, and ended up at war with Roger de Tosny for a number of years. He returned to England with Stephen.
In 1155, he was appointed Justiciar by King Henry II and served until his death.
Robert married Amice de Montfort after Nov 1120. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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8. | Henry I "Beauclerc", King of England and Duke of Normandy was born in 1070 in Selby, Yorkshire, England (son of William I "the Conqueror", King of England and Maltilda of Flanders, Duchess of Normandy and Queen of England); died on 1 Dec 1135 in Lyons-la-Forêt, Normandy, France; was buried in Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: He was the first King of England to use and grant a coat of arms.
- Reign: From 1100 to 1135; King of England
- Title(s): 1106; He succeeded as Duke of Normandy in 1106 having captured his brother Robert and deposing him.
Notes:
Birth: Sewell gives his birth as about September 1068.
Name:
Title(s):
He succeeded as Duke of Normandy having captured his brother Robert and deposing him.
Died:
He died from the effects of a purgative given for indigestion after eating too many lampreys.
Henry married Sibyl Corbet. Sibyl (daughter of Robert FitzCorbet) was born about 1070; died about 1157. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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9. | Sibyl Corbet was born about 1070 (daughter of Robert FitzCorbet); died about 1157. Children:
- 4. Robert of Caen "the Counsul", Earl of Gloucester was born about 1090 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France; died on 31 Oct 1147 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in St James' Priory, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
- Reginald FitzRoy de Dunstanville, Earl of Cornwall was born between 1110 and 1115; died on 1 Jul 1175 in Chertsey, Surrey, England; was buried in Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire, England.
- Sybilla
- Rohese
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12. | Sir Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester was born about 1049 in Hastings, Sussex, England (son of Roger de Beaumont, Siegneur of Beaumont and Adeline de Meulan); died on 5 Jun 1118; was buried in Préaux Abbey, Les Préaux, Eure, Normandy, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: He was also Seigneur de Beaumont, Pont-Audemer, and Brionne; and Comte de Meulan.
- Military: 1066, Hastings, Sussex, England
- Title(s): Dec 1066
- Title(s): 1081
- Miscellaneous: 1098
- Military: 1104
Notes:
Military:
He was a companion of William the Conqueror at Hastings and distinguished himself in battle.
Title(s):
He was created the first Earl of Leicester.
Title(s):
He succeeded as the Comte de Meulan.
Miscellaneous:
After William I died, Robert supported William Rufus with whom he sided against Robert "Courtheuse" in 1098. When William Rufus died, he became a leading adviser to Henry I. When Ives de Grandmesnil died on Crusade, Robert obtained his estates which he had mortgaged to him. He therefore held about one quarter of the town of Leicester.
Military:
He was among the barons who joined with Henry I on his arrival in Normandy, and was part of the King's army at Tenchebrai on 28 September 1106. His castle at Meulan was besieged by Louis VI and carried by storm. He retaliated the next year with a plundering raid on Paris.
Robert married Isabel de Vermandois, Countess of Leicester in 1096, and was divorced in 1115. Isabel (daughter of Hugh Magnus de Crépi, Duke of France and Burgundy and Adelaide de Vermandois, Countess de Vermandois and Valois) was born in 1081 in Vermandois, Normandie, France; died in Jul 1147 in Church of St. Nicholas of Meulan, Meulan-en-Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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13. | Isabel de Vermandois, Countess of Leicester was born in 1081 in Vermandois, Normandie, France (daughter of Hugh Magnus de Crépi, Duke of France and Burgundy and Adelaide de Vermandois, Countess de Vermandois and Valois); died in Jul 1147 in Church of St. Nicholas of Meulan, Meulan-en-Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France. Notes:
Death: Weis (1982) and von Redlich (1941) give her death date as 13 February 1131.
Children:
- Waleran IV, Count of Meulan, Earl of Worcester was born about 1104 in Meulan-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France; died on 10 Apr 1166 in Les Préaux, Normandy, France; was buried in Préaux Abbey, Les Préaux, Eure, Normandy, France.
- 6. Sir Robert "la Bossu" de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester was born in 1104; died on 5 Apr 1168; was buried in St. Mary de Pré, France (not found).
- Hugh, Earl of Bedford
- Adeline
- Aubrée
- Isabel de Beaumont was born about 1104; died after 1174.
- Maud de Beaumont died after 1189.
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