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Generation: 1
1. | Robert de Quincy (son of Saher de Quincy, Earl of Winchester and Margaret de Beaumont); died in 1217 in London, England. Other Events and Attributes:
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He was a Crusader.
Family/Spouse: Hawise of Chester, Countess of Lincoln. Hawise (daughter of Hugh de Keveliock, Earl of Chester and Bertrade d'Évreux de Montfort) was born in 1180; died in 1242/43. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Margaret de Quincy was born in 1208 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England; died before 30 Mar 1266; was buried in Clerkenwell Priory, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England.
Family/Spouse: Elen verch Llewelyn. Elen (daughter of Llewelyn ap Iorwerth "the Great", Prince of North Wales and Joan, Princess of England) was born about 1206 in Caernarvonshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Hawise de Quincy was born about 1250; died before 27 Mar 1285.
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Generation: 2
2. | Saher de Quincy, Earl of Winchester was born in 1155 (son of Robert de Quincy, Lord of Buckley and Fawside and Orabella de Leuchars); died on 3 Nov 1219 in Damietta, Egypt. Other Events and Attributes:
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History:
His singular christian name of Saher, or Saier, is a likely a corruption from the Saxon Segher, Sigher, or Seagar, a Conqueror. Eliza S. Quincy refers to him as "John de Quincy, created Earl of Winchester by King John, 1207."
In 1207, he was created the first Earl of Winchester.
In 1213, Saher de Quincy was one of the twenty-five sureties of the Magna Charta, for which he was excommunicated. He was a leader of the Barons who forced John to sign the Magna Charta.
Saher married Margaret de Beaumont in 1175. Margaret (daughter of Sir Robert ès Blanchemains de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester and Pernel de Grantmesnil) died on 12 Jan 1635/36. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
7. | Pernel de Grantmesnil (daughter of Hugh de Grantmesnil); died on 1 Apr 1212. Notes:
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She was the great-granddaughter of Hugh de Grandmesnil, but her parents have not been discovered.
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Weis (1982) states they were married about 1155.
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Generation: 4
12. | 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:
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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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