Clare, Baldwin De

Gilbert married Beaumont, Isabel (Elizabeth) De before 1130 in , Tunbridge, Kent, England. Isabel (daughter of Beaumont, Count of Meulan Robert De and Vermandois, Isabel (Elizabeth) De) was born in in Of, Leicester, Leicestershire, England; died about 1147. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gilbert married Clermont, Adeliza De before 1076 in England. Adeliza (daughter of Clermont (Creil, Mouchy), Hugh Count of and Montdidier, Countess of Clermont Margaret (Marguerite) De) was born about 1058 in Of, Northamptonshire, England; died in in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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

Richard married Giffard, Rohese about 1054 in England. Rohese (daughter of Giffard, Lord LONGUEVILLE Walter and Fleitel, Agnes Ermentrude) was born in 1034 in , Longueville, Normandy, France; died after 1133. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hugh married Montdidier, Countess of Clermont Margaret (Marguerite) De about 1065 in Of, Picardy, France. Margaret (daughter of Montdidier, COUNT OF ROUCY Hildouin Iv Count of and Roucy, Alice (Adela) De) was born about 1045 in Of, Montdidier, Somme, France; died about 1110. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.