Sir Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester

1049 - 1118  (69 years)

• Name	Robert de Beaumont
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	About 1049	Hastings, Sussex, England   [1, 2, 4]
  General Information	He was also Seigneur de Beaumont, Pont-Audemer, and Brionne; and Comte de Meulan.  [1, 2, 5]
  Military	1066 (Age 17)	Hastings, Sussex, England   [2, 6]
  He was a companion of William the Conqueror at Hastings and distinguished himself in battle.
  Title(s)	Dec 1066 (Age 17)  [2]
  He was created the first Earl of Leicester.
  Title(s)	1081 (Age 32)  [6]
  He succeeded as the Comte de Meulan.
  Miscellaneous	1098 (Age 49)  [6]
  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	1104 (Age 55)
  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. [6]
  Death	5 Jun 1118  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Burial	—	Préaux Abbey, Les Préaux, Eure, Normandy, France   [6]
  Siblings	2 Siblings
  + 1. Sir Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester,   b. About 1049, Hastings, Sussex, England d. 5 Jun 1118  (Age 69 years) ▻ first wife;   Isabel de Vermandois, Countess of Leicester,  m. 1096 + 2. Henry de Newburgh, Earl of Warwick,   b. Abt 1046   d. 20 Jun 1119  (Age 73 years) ▻ Margaret du Perche,  m. Abt 1046   3. Aubreye, Abess of Préaux
  Person ID	I3508	| Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2022

  
  

  Father	Roger de Beaumont, Siegneur of Beaumont,   b. About 1022, Normandy, France d. 29 Nov 1094 (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Adeline de Meulan,   b. About 1014, Pont-Audemer, Normandie, France d. 1081 (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	1040
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 18 years - She : ~ 26 years.
  Family ID	F2898	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	first wife
  Marriage	Yes, date unknown  [1]
  Family ID	F9154	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Isabel de Vermandois, Countess of Leicester,   b. 1081, Vermandois, Normandie, France d. Jul 1147, Church of St. Nicholas of Meulan, Meulan-en-Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	1096  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 47 years - She : ~ 15 years.
  Divorce	1115  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Waleran IV, Count of Meulan, Earl of Worcester,   b. About 1104, Meulan-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France d. 10 Apr 1166, Les Préaux, Normandy, France (Age 62 years)   2. Sir Robert "la Bossu" de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester,   b. 1104   d. 5 Apr 1168 (Age 64 years)   3. Hugh, Earl of Bedford   4. Adeline   5. Aubrée + 6. Isabel de Beaumont,   b. Abt 1104   d. After 1174 (Age 71 years)   7. Maud de Beaumont   d. After 1189
  Family ID	F2891	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2021

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - About 1049 - Hastings, Sussex, England Military - 1066 - Hastings, Sussex, England Child - Waleran IV, Count of Meulan, Earl of Worcester - About 1104 - Meulan-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France Burial - — - Préaux Abbey, Les Préaux, Eure, Normandy, France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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