Sir Robert "la Bossu" de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: birth to death

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]

1. Sir Robert ès Blanchemains de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester was born before 1135; died in 1190 in Durazzo, Eastern Empire.
2. Isabel
3. Hawise de Beaumont was born in 1136; died on 24 Apr 1197.
4. Margaret

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]

Notes:

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 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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• 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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: In later life, he became a monk at St. Pierre-de-Préaux, where he was buried.

Humphrey married Aubrée de la Haye on Yes, date unknown. Aubrée was born about 984 in Pont-Audemer, Normandie, France; died on 20 Sep 1045. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: He was also known as Galeran III.

Waleran married Oda de Conteville. Oda (daughter of John of Tonsburgh, Earl of Comwyn, Baron of Tonsburgh) was born about 0994. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: He was also the Duke of Burgundy and the Count of Paris.
• Crowned: 1031; He was crowned the King of France in 1031.
• Reign: From 1031 to 1060; King of France (House of Capet)

Notes:

Birth: Weis (1982) gives his birth as 1005/11.

Name:

Henry married Anne of Kiev on 19 May 1051 in Rheims, Grand Est, France. Anne (daughter of Jaroslaw I Wladimiroswtsch, Grand Prince of Kiev and Ingegard of Sweden, Princess of Sweden) was born in 1036 in Kiev, Ukraine; died in 1075; was buried in Villers Abbey, Villers-la-Ville, Wallonia, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: She was also know as Anna Yaroslavna, Anne of Rus, Anne de Russie, or Agnes de Russie.
• Religion: 1059; In 1059 Henry began feuding with the Church over issues related to Gregorian Reform. During this time, Pope Nicholas II sent Anne a letter counselling her to follow her conscience to right wrongs and intervene against oppressive violence, while also encouraging her to advocate with her husband so that he might govern with moderation. According to Delorme, some historians have interpreted this letter from the Pope as being indicative of Anne's conversion to Roman Catholicism from Eastern Orthodoxy.
• Religion: say 1060; She founded the Abbey of St. Vincent at Senlis.
• Offices Held: 4 Aug 1060; When Henry I died on 4 August 1060, she became the Queen Regnant for her young son, Philip.
• Last Full Review: 25 Jun 2020

Notes:

Birth: Sewell (2008) gives her birth date as 1024.

Name:

Buried:
In 1682, the Jesuit antiquary Claude-Francois Menestrier announced that he had discovered Anne's tomb at the Cistercian Abbey of Villiers. The discovery was subsequently disputed, as Villiers was not built until the thirteenth century, although it's possible Anne's remains had been moved there at some point following her death. Whatever monument may have been there was destroyed in the French Revolution.

Notes:

Marriage Date: von Redlich (1941) and Weis (1976) and Sewell give their marriage date as 29 January 1044.

Married:
Henry was nearly twenty years older than Anne.

Notes:

Name:
He was also the Count of Vexin, and Valois.

Herbert married Adela de Vexin before 1043. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
She was the heiress of the countship of Valois.