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

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

Male 1104 - 1168  (64 years)

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  • Name Beaumont, Robert "Bossu" De  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Title EARL OF LEICESTER [TWIN] 
    Born 1104  , Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 5 Apr 1168  St Mary's De Pre, Leicester, Leics, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5] 
    • Age: 64
    Buried Leicester Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5] 
    Person ID I4877  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 

    Father Beaumont, Count of Meulan Robert De,   b. Abt 1046, Pont-Audemer, Beaumont, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1118, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Vermandois, Isabel (Elizabeth) De,   b. Abt 1085, Of, ValoisFrance Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1131, St. Nicaise, Meulan, D-Sens, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 1096  France Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F2116  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 De Gael, Amice,   b. 1100, Of Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1168, of Convent of Nuneaton, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married Nov 1120  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Harcourt, Robert "Blanchmains",   b. 1135, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1190, Durrës, Albania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F11599  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Gael (Waiet), COUNTESS OF LEICF Amice De (Uta),   b. Abt 1108, Of, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Aft Nov 1120  Of, Brittany, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Beaumont, Margaret De,   b. Of, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     2. Harcourt, EARL OF LEICESTER Robert "Blanchmains",   b. Abt 1121, Of, Beaumont, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1190, Durazzo Provence, West Albania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)  [natural]
     3. Beaumont, Isabel or Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1121, Of, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft May 1188  (Age > 67 years)  [natural]
     4. Beaumont, Roger De,   b. Abt 1128, Of, Leicester, Leicester, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     5. Leicester, Countess of Gloucester Hawise "De Beaumont" of,   b. Abt 1129, Of, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1197  (Age 68 years)  [natural]
     6. Beaumont, Gervace De,   b. Abt 1138, Of, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     7. Beaumont, Lade (Elizabeth) De,   b. Abt 1140, Of, Leicester, Leicester, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     8. Beaumont, William De,   b. Abt 1142, Of, Hambleton, Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     9. Beaumont, John De,   b. Abt 1144, Of, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     10. Beaumont, Geoffrey De,   b. Abt 1146, Of, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     11. Beaumont, Henry De,   b. Abt 1148, Of, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F1973  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1104 - , Leicester, Leicestershire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Aft Nov 1120 - Of, Brittany, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 5 Apr 1168 - St Mary's De Pre, Leicester, Leics, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Leicester Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • 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

  • Sources 
    1. [S327] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ancestral File (TM).

    2. [S27] Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

    3. [S27] Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
      Date of Import: Apr 18, 2000

    4. [S760] FindAGrave.com, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Robert de Beaumont

    5. [S826] Millennium File, Heritage Consulting, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;).
      Record for Robert III (Earl of Leicester) De Beaumont

    6. [S826] Millennium File, Heritage Consulting, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;).
      Record for Robert I (Earl Leics Count Meulan) De Beaumont


  

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