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Sir Robert ès Blanchemains de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester

Male 1135 - 1190  (55 years)


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  • Name Robert ès Blanchemains de Beaumont 
    Relationshipwith Robert Alan Roy
    Birth Before 1135  [1, 3
    History birth to death 
    • He was also the Steward of England and Normandy.
    • In 1168, he succeeded his father as the third Earl of Leicester. [1, 4]
    • When Henry, son of Henry II revolted in 1173, Sir Robert joined him. The revolt was crushed, and Robert and his wife were made prisoners of the crown. While he was later restored, his main castle at Leicester was destroyed. [4]
    • At the coronation of Richard I on 3 September 1189, Sir Robert carried the Swords of State. [4]
    Death 1190  Durazzo, Eastern Empire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6
    • He died while returning from a Crusade.
    Siblings 3 Siblings 
    Person ID I3637  | Roy Line, Boudreau Line
    Last Modified 10 Dec 2019 

    Father Sir Robert "la Bossu" de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester,   b. 1104   d. 5 Apr 1168 (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Amice de Montfort 
    Marriage After Nov 1120 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 17 years - She : ??. 
    Family ID F1922  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Pernel de Grantmesnil   d. 1 Apr 1212  [1
    Marriage 1155 to 1159  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6
    • Weis (1982) states they were married about 1155. [1]
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 20 years - She : ??. 
    Children 
     1. William de Bréteuil
     2. Robert FitzPernel, Earl of Leicester   d. 20 Oct 1204
     3. Roger, Bishop of St. Andrews
     4. Arnice, Countess of Leicester
     5. Margaret de Beaumont   d. 12 Jan 1635/36
     6. Hawise
     7. Pernel
    Family ID F3012  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Dec 2019 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982).

    2. [S2000] ------------- Sources Below not Reviewed -------------.

    3. [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008).

    4. [S1449] Cokayne, George E. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the UK, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, volume VII , (London: The St. Catherine Press, 1929).

    5. [S278] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (web: http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html).

    6. [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941).