Beaumont, EARL OF LEICESTER [TWIN] Robert "Bossu" De

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Robert, Earl of Leicester, son of Robert and the younger twin of brother Waleran. The twins were brought up at the court of with great care on account of the Kings's gratitude to their father. They accompanied Henry I when he interviewed Pope Calixtus at Gisors, Nov 1119 where they were famous for the extent of their learning. Both brothers were present at the deathbed of King Henry.
In the anarchy which followed King Stephen's accession, Robert engaged in private warfare with his hereditary enemy, Roger de Tosny [Toeni], whom he captured with Waleran's assistance. In 1137 the twins returned to England with King Stephen. Meanwhile, during Robert's absence in England, his possessions in Normandy were overrun until he came to terms with Roger de Tosny (Toeni). In 1139 the two brothers took a leading part in the seizing of the bishops of Salisbury and at Oxford. About this time King Stephen gave Robert the town and castle of Hereford along with other possessions. However, the Empress Maud, King Stephen's rival, had made Miles of Gloucester Earl of Hereford. After the defeat of King Stephen in 1141, Robert appears to have made a truce with the Angevin party in Normandy. In 1143 the future King Henry II, the son of The Empress Maud, restored Robert's lands to him and granted him the Stewardship of England and Normandy in order to secure Robert's (and Robert's son and heir) support for his claim to the crown. Robert was with King Henry II at the siege of Thorigny, Oct 1154, and later attended Henry's Coronation in Dec 1156. After Henry's accession, Robert continued to rise in royal favor and was made Justiciar in 1155. He acted in The King's absence from England from 1158 to 1164 as Viceroy. He was present at the Council of Clerendon, 13-28 Jan 1163/64, and was the first to attest to the "Constitutions" to which he secured the assent of Thomas a Becket. He worked to reconcile Henry II and the archbishop during their famous dispute. In 1165, Robert again acted a Viceroy when the King left England. In the spring of 1165, he went to Normandy with the King, but was back in England after Nov 1167 when he retained the Justiciarship until his death two years later. Robert married, sometime after Nov 1120, Amice, daughter of Ralph, Seigneur of Gael and Montfort in Brittany, who was the son of Ralph, Earl of Norfolk by Emma, daughter of William Fitz Osbern. With his marriage to Amice, he acquired a large part of the Fitz Osbern inheritance in Normandy and England. He died 5 Apr 1168, and was buried in Leicester Abbey. Amice survied him and is said to have entered a convent at Nuneaton. He was kinighted in 1122, and was Justiciar of England, 1155-1168. Besides their son Robert, Amice and Robert had three daughters, Isabel who married, first Simon de Liz II, Earl of Huntingdon, and second, Gervase Paynel; Hawise who married William, Earl of Gloucester; and Margaret who married Ralph de Tonsy (Toeni), sometime after 1155. Source: ~Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, (Leicester), Vol. VII, pp. 527-530

Died:
Age: 64

Robert married De Gael, Amice in Nov 1120. Amice was born in 1100 in Of Norfolk, England; died in 1168 in of Convent of Nuneaton, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Harcourt, Robert "Blanchmains" was born in 1135 in Leicestershire, England; died on 31 Aug 1190 in Durrës, Albania.

Robert married Gael (Waiet), COUNTESS OF LEICF Amice De (Uta) after Nov 1120 in Of, Brittany, France. Amice (daughter of Waiet, SEIGNEUR OF GAEL & Earl o Ralph De and Fitzosborne, Emma (Avise)) was born about 1108 in Of, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Beaumont, Margaret De was born in in Of, Leicester, Leicestershire, England.
2. Harcourt, EARL OF LEICESTER Robert "Blanchmains" was born about 1121 in Of, Beaumont, France; died on 31 Aug 1190 in Durazzo Provence, West Albania.
3. Beaumont, Isabel or Elizabeth was born about 1121 in Of, Leicestershire, England; died after May 1188.
4. Beaumont, Roger De was born about 1128 in Of, Leicester, Leicester, England.
5. Leicester, Countess of Gloucester Hawise "De Beaumont" of was born about 1129 in Of, Leicestershire, England; died on 24 Apr 1197.
6. Beaumont, Gervace De was born about 1138 in Of, Leicester, Leicestershire, England.
7. Beaumont, Lade (Elizabeth) De was born about 1140 in Of, Leicester, Leicester, England.
8. Beaumont, William De was born about 1142 in Of, Hambleton, Buckinghamshire, England.
9. Beaumont, John De was born about 1144 in Of, Leicester, Leicestershire, England.
10. Beaumont, Geoffrey De was born about 1146 in Of, Leicester, Leicestershire, England.
11. Beaumont, Henry De was born about 1148 in Of, Leicester, Leicestershire, England.

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First Earl of Leicester

1st Earl of Leicester

Eldest son of Roger de Beaumont, Lord Pont Audemer and Adeline de Meulan. Grandson of Humphrey de Vielles and Aubreye de Haye, Waleran I Count de Meulent and his wife, Liegard. Older brother of Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick. Born between 1040 and 1050 at Normandy, France.

Husband of Elizabeth (Isabel) de Vermandois, daughter of Hughes Magnus and Adelaide, Countess of Vermandois. There was easily a thirty year difference in their ages. They were married in 1096 and had three sons and six daughters:
* Waleran IV de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Worcester, twin
* Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, twin
* Hugh de Beaumont. 1st Earl of Bedford
* Emma de Beaumont
* Adeline, wife of Hugh de Montfort & Richard de Granville
* Aubree, wife of Hugh de Chateauneuf
* Agnes, a nun
* Maud, wife of William Lovell
* Isabel, wife of Sir Gilbert de Clare and Herve de Montgomery

Sir Robert de Beaumont, described as being "the wisest man in his time between London and Jerusalem", and aged over fifty was determined to marry Isabel, aged about eleven. Bishop Ivo dismissed their request based on their being within a few degrees of kindred. Isabel's father was able to sway Bishop Ivo, and saw his daughter married by April of 1096 when he left on a crusade.

"A powerful English and French nobleman, honored as one of the wisest men of his age. Chroniclers speak highly of his eloquence, his learning, and three kings of England valued his counsel."

He accompanied William the Conqueror to England in 1066, where his service earned him more than 91 lordships and manors. When his mother died in 1081, Robert inherited the title of Count of Meulan in Normandy, also the title of Viscount Ivry and Lord of Norton. He did homage to Philip I of France for these estates and sat as French Peer in the Parliament held at Poissy. At the Battle of Hastings Robert was appointed leader of the infantry on the right wing of the army.

He and his brother Henry were members of the Royal hunting party in the New Forest, when William Rufus received his mysterious death wound, 2 August 1100. He then pledged allegiance to William Rufus' brother, Henry I of England, who created him Earl of Leicester in 1107.

On the death of William Rufus, William, Count of Evereux and Ralph de Conches made an incursion into Robert's Norman estates, on the pretense that they had suffered injury through some advice that Robert had given to the King; their raid was very successful for they collected a vast booty.

In 1115, Isabel was either carried away or willingly abducted by William de Warrene, revealing they had been lovers for some time. They were unable to marry until the death of Sir Robert, which occurred in 1118. According to Henry of Huntingdon, Robert died of shame after "a certain earl carried off the lady he had espoused, either by some intrigue or by force and stratagem."

Robert married Vermandois, Isabel (Elizabeth) De in 1096 in France. Isabel (daughter of France, COUNT OF VERMANDOIS Hugues "Le Grand" De and Vermandois, COUNTESS Adelaide of) was born about 1085 in Of, ValoisFrance; died on 17 Feb 1131 in St. Nicaise, Meulan, D-Sens, France; was buried in Lewes, Lewes District, East Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Age: 50

Roger married Meulent, COUNTESS OF MEULENT Adeliza (Adeline) in 1040 in Of, Ile De France, France. Adeliza (daughter of Beaumont, COUNT OF MEULAN Waleran and Conteville, Oda De) was born about 1014 in Of, Ponteaudemer, Normandy, France; died in 1081. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Nobility. Son of Henri I of France and his second wife Anna Iaroslavna of Kiev. He married Adelais de Vermandois who bore him nine children.

Hugues married Vermandois, COUNTESS Adelaide of about 1064 in Of, France. Adelaide (daughter of Vermandois, Herbert IV Count of and de Valois, COUNTESS Adela) was born about 1062; died between 1120 and 1124 in Meulan, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Countess of Vermandois, Vexin and Valois

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Adelaide married firstly Hugh Magnus, son of the Capetian King Henry I of France and younger brother of Philip I of France. By this marriage she had nine children:
•Matilda (fl 1110), married Ralph I of Beaugency
•Beatrice (living 1144), married Hugh III of Gournay
•Elizabeth of Vermandois, Countess of Leicester (d 1131)
•Ralph I (d 1152)
•Constance, married Godfrey de la Ferté-Gaucher
•Agnes (living 1125), married Boniface of Savone
•Henry (d 1130), Lord of Chaumont en Vexin
•Simon (d 1148)
•William, possibly married to Isabella, illegitimate daughter of King Louis VI of France.

In 1104, she married secondly Renaud II, Count of Clermont. By this marriage she had one daughter, Margaret, who married Charles I, Count of Flanders.
In 1102, Adelaide was succeeded by her son, Ralph I. Adelaide died in 1120 or 1124 and the Carolingian dynasty died out with her.

Humphrey married Haie, Aubreye De La about 1010 in Of, France. Aubreye was born about 984 in Of, Pontaudemer, Normandy, France; died on 20 Sep 1045. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Waleran married Conteville, Oda De about 1017 in Of, France. Oda (daughter of Conteville, Jean De and Conteville, Mrs-Jean De) was born about 994 in Of, Mellent, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henri married Yaroslavna, QUEEN OF FRANCE Anna Agnesa (Grand Duchess of Kiev) on 19 May 1051 in ,France. Anna (daughter of Kiev, Yaroslav I "The Wise" Grand Duke of and Olafsdotter Princess Of Sweden, Ingrid) was born in 1036 in Of, Kiev, Ukraine; died in in France; was buried in Abbaye De Villiers, La-Ferte-Alais, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois, Vexin and Valois

Herbert married de Valois, COUNTESS Adela. Adela was born about 990 in Of, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]