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Robert Earl of Leicester

Male Abt 1049 - 1118  (69 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Robert Earl of Leicester was born about 1049 in Meulan, Île-de-France, France; died on 5 Jun 1118; was buried in Préaux, Normandy, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • AFN: 9FTX-N3
    • Name: Robert de Beaumont
    • Name: Robert de Beaumont
    • UID: B41266EBD1B94AB2B531F175E160376DCE23

    Notes:

    MILITARY: Battles and Wars> Companion of William the Conqueror at the battle of Hastings 1066.

    TITLES: Earl of Leicester.
    TITLES: Count of Meulan.

    PROPERTY: Seigneur of Beaumont-le-Roger, Normandy, France.
    PROPERTY: Seigneur of Pont-Audemer {Pont-Audemer, Normandy, France}.
    PROPERTY: Seigneur of Brionne, Normandy, France.
    PROPERTY: Seigneur of Vatteville, Normandy, France.

    BURIAL: Place> In the chapter house at Préaux.

    Robert married Elizabeth of Vermandois about 1096, and was divorced in 1115. Elizabeth (daughter of Hugh Count of Vermandois and Adelaide Comtesse de Vermandois) died on 13 Feb 1131. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Hugh "le Pauvre" de Meulan, Earl of Bedford  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Meulan, Île-de-France, France; and died.
    2. 3. Adeline de Beaumont  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    3. 4. Maud de Beaumont  Descendancy chart to this point died after 1189.
    4. 5. Aubrée de Beaumont  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1099 in Beaumont, Normandy, France; and died.
    5. 6. Robert "le Bossu" [twin] Earl of Leicester  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1104 in Meulan, Île-de-France, France; died on 5 Apr 1168; was buried in Saint Mary de Pré Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, England.
    6. 7. Waleran [twin] de Beaumont, Count of Meulan  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1104 in Meulan, Île-de-France, France; died in Apr 1166 in Préaux, Normandy, France; was buried in Préaux, Normandy, France.
    7. 8. Isabel de Beaumont  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1106 in Meulan, Île-de-France, France; died after 1172.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Hugh "le Pauvre" de Meulan, Earl of Bedford Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born in Meulan, Île-de-France, France; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • AFN: GQP8-GN
    • UID: 513B51273117466D827D155CC6F4E23C4781

    Notes:

    KINSHIP: 3rd son.

    NAME: Correction> Shown as "Hugh de BEAUMONT, called 'Hugo Pauper'" in 'The Complete Peerage', vol. 2 p. 68; amended to {Hugh de} "MEULAN, styled also 'le Pauvre'" in 'The Complete Peerage', vol. 14 p. 79 [BEDFORD p. 68 line 27].

    HONORS: Knighted before 1138.
    TITLES: Alleged to have been created Earl of Bedford by King Stephen in 1138 {It is very doubtful that this creation ever took place}: 'The Complete Peerage', vol. 2 p. 69 and 'The Complete Peerage', vol. 14 p. 79 [BEDFORD: p. 69 line 1 and note (a)].
    TITLES: Extinct> At his death the title {Earl of Bedford, if it existed}, in all probability, became extinct.

    PROPERTY: Put in possession of the Castle and Barony of Bedford by King Stephen
    FINANCES: He appears to have lapsed into poverty, and even to have been degraded from his peerage three or four years later.


  2. 3.  Adeline de Beaumont Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • AFN: 11XT-BCF
    • UID: D029E6750BBF4E6CA4670A40BAEC02DFB479

    Family/Spouse: Hugh IV de Montfort, seigneur de Montfort-sur-Risle. Hugh and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Maud de Beaumont Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) died after 1189.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • AFN: GQP8-DB
    • UID: 8489C4478FEE47399E6EF28EED559629A2BB

    Notes:

    LIVING: 1189.

    Family/Spouse: William de Lovel, seigneur d'Ivry. William was born in Ivry-la-Bataille, Normandy, France; died in 1166. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 5.  Aubrée de Beaumont Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born about 1099 in Beaumont, Normandy, France; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • AFN: V9V0C3
    • UID: 367848B0A731496A93F4A58CA519D244BD70

    Notes:

    #21: Complete Peerage-v7-p520ped,526fn(c),-v11-p683fn(c)

    CONFLICT: #21-v11-683fn(c)> Daughter of Waleran, Count of Meulan (in actuallity, she appears to be daughter of Robert de BEAUMONT, Earl of Leicester, Count of Mel: see #21-v7-p520ped, and #21-v7-p526fn(c).

    Aubrée married Seigneur de Châteauneuf-En-Thimerais Hugh II about 1120. Hugh was born about 1090 in Chateauneuf, Thimerais, France; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 6.  Robert "le Bossu" [twin] Earl of Leicester Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born in 1104 in Meulan, Île-de-France, France; died on 5 Apr 1168; was buried in Saint Mary de Pré Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • AFN: 8HRJ-6W
    • Name: Robert "le Goczen" [twin]
    • Name: Robert [twin]
    • UID: 483C929A22A24DE5AB75217A63BAACA7D1DB

    Notes:

    NAME: Shown as "Robert de BEAUMONT" in 'The Complete Peerage', vol. 5 p. 127, 688; amended to just "Robert" in 'The Complete Peerage', vol. 14 p. 309 [ESSEX: p. 127 line 8], p. 340 [GLOUCESTER: p. 688 line 16].

    KINSHIP: Younger son.
    KINSHIP: Twin of Waleran de BEAUMONT, Count of Meulan.

    OFFICE: Steward of England; and of Normandy.
    OFFICE: Justiciar until death in 1168; Viceroy 1158-1163/1164 and 1165.

    HONORS: Knighted 1122.
    TITLES: Succeeded father, in 1118 as Earl of Leicester, title created 1107 ?.

    PROPERTY: Founded St. Mary de Pre at Leicester 1143; Abbey of Garendon; Priory of Lusfield; the monastery of Nuneaton; and the hospital of Brackley.
    PROPERTY: Through marriage acquired part of FitzOsbern inheritance in Normandy and England.

    BURIAL: Place> Probably St. Mary de Pré.

    Robert married Amice de Montfort in Nov 1120. Amice (daughter of Ralph seigneur de Montfort de Gael) was born in 1104 in , , Bretagne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Isabel of Leicester  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    2. 10. Countess of Gloucester Hawise of Leicester  Descendancy chart to this point died on 24 Apr 1197.
    3. 11. Margaret of Leicester  Descendancy chart to this point was born cal 1125; died after 1185.
    4. 12. Robert "és Blanchemains" de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1135 in , Leicestershire, England; died on 31 Aug 1190 in , Durazzo, Albania.

  6. 7.  Waleran [twin] de Beaumont, Count of Meulan Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born in 1104 in Meulan, Île-de-France, France; died in Apr 1166 in Préaux, Normandy, France; was buried in Préaux, Normandy, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • AFN: V9T7-17
    • Name: Waleran de Beaumont
    • UID: 2F65682095AF4BF69C20D9DC37C3DFE3CE28

    Notes:

    KINSHIP: 1st son.
    KINSHIP: Twin of Robert de BEAUMONT, Earl of Leicester.

    TITLES: Earl of Worcester.
    TITLES: Count of Meulan.

    DEATH: Date> 9 or 10 Apr 1166.

    Waleran married Maud de Blois in 1136. Maud and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Waleran married Agnes de Montfort about 1141. Agnes was born about 1122 in Evreux, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France; died on 15 Dec 1181. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 8.  Isabel de Beaumont Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born about 1106 in Meulan, Île-de-France, France; died after 1172.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • AFN: 8XJQ-BL
    • Name: Elizabeth de Beaumont
    • UID: 1F0D69F355F843B2A30848705F8CA603C1EB

    Notes:

    LIVING: 1172.

    KINSHIP: Investigate> She is said to be the maternal aunt of Malcolm and William, Kings of the Scots, see The Complete Peerage vol. 10 p. 351 fn. (i).

    KINSHIP: Investigate> Mother of an illegitimate daughter of Henry I, King of England, see The Complete Peerage vol. 10 p. 351 fn. (i).

    Isabel married King of England Henry I on Yes, date unknown. Henry was born in 1068; died on 1 Dec 1135 in Lyons-la-Forêt, Eure, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Isabel married Gilbert FitzGilbert, Earl of Pembroke about 1129. Gilbert (son of Gilbert FitzRichard, lord of Clare and Adeliz of Clermont) was born in 1100 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales; died on 6 Jan 1147; was buried in Tintern Abbey, Tintern, Wexford, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 9.  Isabel of Leicester Descendancy chart to this point (6.Robert2, 1.Robert1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • UID: 329D3DB7C970495C97377760F4FB64F891AA

    Isabel married Simon de St. Liz, Earl of Northampton and Huntingdon on Yes, date unknown. Simon was born after 1103; died in Aug 1153. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Isabel married Gervase Paynel, baron of Dudley after Aug 1153. Gervase died in 1194. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 10.  Countess of Gloucester Hawise of Leicester Descendancy chart to this point (6.Robert2, 1.Robert1) died on 24 Apr 1197.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • AFN: V9SW-XJ
    • Name: Hawise de Beaumont
    • UID: 112FEC1CF98E42B0A597886B9C759E9736E1

    Notes:

    #21: Complete Peerage-v6-p502,-v7-p520ped,530fn(e)

    TITLES: Marriage> Countess of Gloucester - see 'The Complete Peerage', vol 5 p. 694 fn. (j).

    SURNAME: Error> Mistakenly given the surname of "de BEAUMONT" in 'Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists', 7th ed. p. 66 line 63:26; reasons as to why the surname of de BEAUMONT should not be attached to members of this family are listed in 'The Complete Peerage' vol. 7 p. 527 fn. (a).

    Hawise married William FitzRobert, Earl of Gloucester about 1150. William died on 23 Nov 1183; was buried in Keynsham, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 11.  Margaret of Leicester Descendancy chart to this point (6.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born cal 1125; died after 1185.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Margaret of Leicester
    • UID: 91F809ABCA254FF0A1D29806C10F1BD43B09

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Date Calculated> Allegedly aged 60 years in 1185.

    LIVING: 1185.

    Margaret married Ralph V de Conches de Toeni, baron of Flamstead after 1155. Ralph (son of Roger III de Conches de Toeni, baron of Flamstead and Ida of Hainaut) was born in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England; died in 1162. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Ida de Tosny  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1156; died in 1226.
    2. 14. Roger de Tosny  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1160 in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England; died in Jan 1208.

  4. 12.  Robert "és Blanchemains" de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester Descendancy chart to this point (6.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born before 1135 in , Leicestershire, England; died on 31 Aug 1190 in , Durazzo, Albania.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • AFN: 9Q8B-16
    • Name: Robert de Beaumont
    • UID: 6181F2035C114C8FAD14E919FAB2F5B63991

    Notes:

    MILITARY: Crusader 1179

    TITLES: Earl of Leicester.

    DEATH: Date and Place> Shown as "on his return journey from Jerusalem in 1190" in 'The Complete Peerage', vol. 7 p. 533; amended to " 31 August 1190, at sea near Brindisi, or in Romania on his way to Jerusalem" in 'The Complete Peerage', vol. 14 p. 429 [LEICESTER p. 533 line 1].

    Robert married Petronilla de Grandmesnil about 1155. Petronilla was born about 1130; died on 1 Apr 1212. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 13.  Ida de Tosny Descendancy chart to this point (11.Margaret3, 6.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1156; died in 1226.

    Notes:

    KINSHIP: Investigate> Possible daughter of Ralph V de TONY, (died 1162), of Flamstead, Hertfordshire, by Margaret, daughter of Robert, 2nd Earl of Leicester.

    Birth: 1156 Norwich Norfolk, England
    Death: Mar. 7, 1226 Norfolk, England

    Ida de Tosny was Countess of Norfolk and the daughter of Ralph V de Tosny and his wife Margaret, a daughter of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, who fought at the Battle of Hastings with the Conqueror. Ida was a royal ward and mistress of King Henry, by whom she was mother of one of his illegitimate sons - William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury.
    Ida's ancestry was unknown for many years, but a charter by her eldest (illegitimate) son refers to his mother as the "Countess Ida" which pins her down to the wife of Roger Bigod.
    Around Christmas 1181, Ida de Tosny was given to Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk in marriage by Henry II, together with the manors of Acle, Halvergate and South Walsham, which had been confiscated from his inheritance after his father's death (Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk). Ida and Roger had a number of children including:
    Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk who married in 1206/ 1207, Maud Marshal, a daughter of William Marshal 1st Earl of Pembroke and Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke.
    William Bigod
    Ralph Bigod
    Roger Bigod

    Spouse:
    Roger Bigod (1144 - 1220)

    Family/Spouse: Roger le Bigod, Earl of Norfolk. Roger (son of Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk and Juliana de Vere) was born in 1150; died in 1221. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Mary le Bigod  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    2. 16. William le Bigod  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    3. 17. Ralph le Bigod  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    4. 18. Roger le Bigod  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    5. 19. Alice le Bigod  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    6. 20. Margaret le Bigod  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    7. 21. Hugh le Bigod, Earl of Norfolk  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1174; died on 18 Feb 1224.

    Family/Spouse: King of England Henry II Plantagenet. Henry (son of Geoffrey V "Le Bon" Plantagenet and Matilda (Maud) Empress Of Germany) was born on 5 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Maine, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 6 Jul 1189 in Chinon Castle, Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France; was buried on 8 Jul 1189 in Fontevrault-l'Abbaye, Maine-et-Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. William Plantagenet de Longespée, Earl of Salisbury  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1167; died on 7 Mar 1226 in Salisbury Castle, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.

  2. 14.  Roger de Tosny Descendancy chart to this point (11.Margaret3, 6.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1160 in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England; died in Jan 1208.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Roger de Toeni
    • Name: Roger IV de Conches de Toeni

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Date Approximated> Adult by 1189; born say 1160.

    CHURCH: Founded the nunnery of St. Giles in the Wood, near Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England.

    PROPERTY: Baron of Flamstead, Hertfordshire {Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England}.

    DEATH: Date> Probably Jan 1208/1209.

    Roger married Constance de Beaumont before 1190. Constance died after 1226. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



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