Mabel de Beaumont

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• History: birth to death

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History:
Her name was also spelt Maud.

She was living 1 May 1204.

Family/Spouse: William de Vernon, Earl of Devon. William (son of Baldwin de Reviers, Earl of Devon and Adeliza de Baalum) was born in 1155; died on 10 Sep 1217; was buried in Christchurch Priory, Twynham (now Christchurch), Dorsetshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary de Vernon

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• Title(s): 1167; In 1167, he became the Count of Meulan.

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Death: Cockaney (1929) gives his death as October 1207 in the Holy Land. Weis (1982) simply as 1207.

Robert married Maud de Dunstanville in 1165 in Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: He was also the Count of Beaumont-sur-Seine, Sire de Pont-Audemer, Sire de Beaumont-le-Roger, and Sire de Brionne.
• Travel: 1119; The twin brothers, Waleran and Robert, were brought up in the court of Henry I, and in November of 1119, they 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.

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Birth:
He was a twin.

Waleran married Agnes d'Evreux, Dame de Gournay-sur-Marne about 1141. Agnes (daughter of Amauri III de Montfort, Comté d'Evreux and Agnes de Garlende) died on 15 Dec 1181. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Title(s): Apr 1141; In April 1141, he became the Earl of Corwall.
• Offices Held: 1173; In 1173, he became the Sheriff of Devon.

Reginald married Beatrice FitzWilliam. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 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

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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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Death: Weis (1982) and von Redlich (1941) give her death date as 13 February 1131.

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: He was also the Sire de Montfort l'Amaury.
• Rebellion: 1098; In 1098, he joined with William II against his brother, but lost. In 1118 he claimed the countship, however Henry I denied him the countship. Amauri then led a revolt against the king. They were later reconciled by Theobald, Count of Champagne. In 1123, Amauri joined Waleran Count of Meulan in a revolt, where he was captured. His capture, William de Grandcourt, refused to surrender him, and joined him in exile. By the end of the year, he was again reconciled to the king.

Amauri married Agnes de Garlende after 1118. Agnes (daughter of Anselm de Garlende, Seigneur de Garlande and Seneschal of France and daughter de Monthlhéry) died in 1181. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.

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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]