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Generation: 2
2. | Waleran IV, Count of Meulan, Earl of Worcester was born about 1104 in Meulan-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France (son of Sir Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester and Isabel de Vermandois, Countess of Leicester); died on 10 Apr 1166 in Les Préaux, Normandy, France; was buried in Préaux Abbey, Les Préaux, Eure, Normandy, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- 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.
Notes:
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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4. | 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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5. | 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:
- 2. 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.
- 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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6. | Amauri III de Montfort, Comté d'Evreux (son of Simon I de Montfort l'Amaury, Seigneur of Montfod l'Amauri and Agnes d'Évreux); died in 18 Apr 1137 or 19 Apr 1137; was buried in Abbey of Hautes-Bruyères, Saint-Remy-l'Honore, Île-de-France, France. 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]
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Generation: 4
8. | Roger de Beaumont, Siegneur of Beaumont was born about 1022 in Normandy, France (son of Humphrey de Vielles, Seigneur de Pont Audemer del la Haie and Aubrée de la Haye); died on 29 Nov 1094; was buried in Préaux Abbey, Les Préaux, Eure, Normandy, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: He was also the Seigneur de Brionne and Pont-Audemer. His name was also spelt Roger de Bello Monte.
- Military: 1066; He was a companion of William the Conqueror, having financed 60 ships for the invasion. During the invasion, he remained in Normandy as the main adviser to the Duchess Maud, who governed in William's absence.
- Miscellaneous: 1071; Morcar was placed in Roger's custody as a prisoner by King William in 1071.
- Religion: After 1090, Préaux Abbey, Les Préaux, Eure, Normandy, France; He became a monk at Préaux Abbey shortly after 1090.
Roger married Adeline de Meulan in 1040. Adeline (daughter of Waleran III de Meulan, Comte de Meulan and Oda de Conteville) was born about 1014 in Pont-Audemer, Normandie, France; died in 1081. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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9. | Adeline de Meulan was born about 1014 in Pont-Audemer, Normandie, France (daughter of Waleran III de Meulan, Comte de Meulan and Oda de Conteville); died in 1081. Children:
- 4. Sir Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester was born about 1049 in Hastings, Sussex, England; died on 5 Jun 1118; was buried in Préaux Abbey, Les Préaux, Eure, Normandy, France.
- Henry de Newburgh, Earl of Warwick was born about 1046; died on 20 Jun 1119; was buried in Préaux Abbey, Les Préaux, Eure, Normandy, France.
- Aubreye, Abess of Préaux
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10. | Hugh Magnus de Crépi, Duke of France and Burgundy was born in 1057 (son of Henry I, King of France and Anne of Kiev); died on 18 Oct 1102 in Tarsus, Asia Minor. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: He was also Marquis of Orleans; and Count of Amiens, Chaumont, Paris, Valois, and Vermandois.
- Military: 1096, Holy Land; He was one of the leaders of the First Crusade.
Notes:
Death: Sewell gives his death date as 1102.
Name:
Hugh married Adelaide de Vermandois, Countess de Vermandois and Valois after 1067. Adelaide (daughter of Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois and Adela de Vexin) was born about 1062; died between 1120 and 1124 in Meulan-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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13. | Agnes d'Évreux was born about 1030 (daughter of Richard, Count of d'Évreux and Godeheut). Children:
- Richard de Montfort died in 1092 in Conches Abbey, Conches-en-Ouche, Normandy, France; was buried in Épernon, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
- Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester was born in 1208; died on 4 Aug 1265 in Evesham, Worcestershire, England; was buried after 4 Aug 1265 in Eversham Abbey, Evesham, Worcestershire, England.
- William de Montfort, Bishop of Paris
- 6. Amauri III de Montfort, Comté d'Evreux died in 18 Apr 1137 or 19 Apr 1137; was buried in Abbey of Hautes-Bruyères, Saint-Remy-l'Honore, Île-de-France, France.
- Bertrade de Montfort l'Amaury was born about 1060 in Montfort l'Amauri, Île-de-France, France; died on 14 Feb 1117 in Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Pays de la Loire, France.
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