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• Occupation: Crusader

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Robert was 3rd Earl of Leicester, Lord of Hinckley, Breteuil and Paci, and
was on the 2nd Crusade in 1179. He died in Greece on his way home from a
pilgrimage. He was also Stewart of England.

Robert married Grantmesnil, Petronella ("Pernel") de about 1155. Petronella (daughter of Grantmesnil, Hugh de II) died on 1 Apr 1212. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Beaumont, Maud de

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 2nd Earl of Leicester

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Robert received his father's English fiefs in 1118, becoming Earl of
Leicester; was a chief advisor to King Stephen, but made his peace with
Henry II and became Chief Justiciar of England. "First among the lay nobles
he signed the Constitution of Clarendon, he sought to reconcile Henry and
Archbishop Becket, and was twice in charge of the kingdom during the king's
absences in France. The earl founded the abbey of St. Mary de Pre at
Leicester and other religious houses, and by a charter confirmed the
burgesses of Leicester in the possession of their merchant-guild and
customs." -Encyclopedia Britannica, 1956, 3:275.

Robert married de Waer, Amice de Montfort on Yes, date unknown. Amice (daughter of de Guader, Earl of Norfolk Ralph II and Hereford, Lady Emma of) died after 1168. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: became a nun

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Earl of Leicester

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Robert Beaumont was a young man at the Battle of Hastings. As a vassal of William he was
present at the Council of War at Lillebonne and provided ships for the crossing. He commanded
a troop on the right wing and according to William of Poitiers attacked with effectiveness and
bravery in what was his first battle. He was made Earl of Leicester after the battle. Robert
was first Earl of Leicester, Lord of Beaumont, Pont-Audemar, et Brionne (France), Comte de
Meulan (Normandy) - a typical nobleman in the Norman army of occupation, holding lands and
titles on both sides of the Channel. His wife, Isabel, married secondly William de Warenne,
2nd Earl of Surrey/Warren (q.v.). Robert fought at Hastings and had added large estates in
Warwickshire to the Norman fiefs gained when his father entered the Abbey of St. Peter at
Preaux. Under Henry I Robert became "the first among the counsellors of the king." A
"strenuous and sagacious man," he served well in the Norman wars of William II and Henry I
(who owed his crown to Robert). Henry of Huntingdon states that Robert is "the wisest man
between this and Jerusalem." At Robert's death his lands were apparently divided between his
twin sons, Robert and Waleran, while a third son, Hugh, became Earl of Bedford in 1138.
(-Encyclopedia Britannica, 1956, 3:274) Robert's brother, Henry de Newburgh, b. ca. 1046, d.
20 June 1123, was created 1st Earl of Warwick about 1090 and married before 1100 Margaret De
Perche (living in 1156). For Warwickshire holdings, see (May, 1999) Web site:
http://infokey.com/Domesday/Warwickshire.htm

Robert married de Vermandois, Isabel (aka Elizabeth) in 1096. Isabel (daughter of Crepi, Hugh Magnus de and Vermandois, Adelaide ("Adele") de) was born in 1081; died on 13 Feb 1131. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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her first

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De Guader or de Gael. Ralph was Norman Earl of Norfolk, Suffolk and
Cambridge as well as Lord of Gael in his native land of Brittany. His
inheritance of Gael included more than 40 parishes - he resided in later
life there, though he died while on Crusade with the Duke of Normandy.
However, Encyclopedia Britannica (1956, 16:488) states that Ralph
"forfeited the earldom when he revolted against William in 1075." He is
"probably the son of Ralf, earl of Hereford (or earl of the East Angles),
and Getha, an English heiress, which Ralf was the son of Gode, sister of
Edward the Confessor, by her first husband, Dreu, count of Vexin, Pontoise,
Chaumont and Amiens. {-per M.J.Crispiin's "Falaise Roll," 1938, p. 74 -
this is the father shown for him as #565}. Ralph was a major field
commander for the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings, for which he
received the earldoms of Norfolk and Suffolk, and part of Cambridge.

Ralph married Hereford, Lady Emma of in 1075. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The surname is from the town, Beaumont-le-Roger in Normandy. Roger was "a
kinsman of the dukes of Normandy" {Encycl.Brit., 1956 Ed., 3:274}.

Roger married de Meulan, Lady Adelise on Yes, date unknown. Adelise (daughter of Waleran Count of Meulan and Conteville, Oda de) died in 1081. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Adeline de Meulan
• Occupation: heiress of Meulan

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Leader of the 1st Crusade

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Hugh Magnus (perhaps title and not a surname) was leader of the first Crusade.
He was Duke of France and Burgundy, Marquis of Orleans, Count of Amiens,
Chaumont, Paris, Vermandois, etc. He and Adele also had Raoul de Vermandois
(d. 1152).

Hugh + Vermandois, Adelaide ("Adele") de. Adelaide (daughter of Herbert, Count de Vermandois IV and Vexin, Adela de) died in 1120. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Adelaide was Countess of Vermandois & of Valois in present-day France.

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her first marriage

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Ralph probably was a Breton or of mixed English & Breton parentage, born by
1011; an officer of English rulers ("dapifer" of Edward the Confessor);
had many lands; Earl of Norfolk & Suffolk or East Angles; probably Baron of
Gael in Brittany from which his son took his name (de Gael or de Guader).
He was alive 2/68 but dead by 4/70.

Ralph married Ivry, Emma of on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Emma's brother, Hugh, was Bishop of Bayeux.)

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• Occupation: Earl of Hereford

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"...an intimate friend of William the Conqueror, and the principal agent in preparing for the invasion of England. He was the son of Osbern the seneschal, one of William's guardians during his minority, who had been murdered by the young duke's unruly
barons. Fitz Osbern founded a
monastery at Lire about 1042. He became seneschal to the duke, and urged on the plans for the invasion of England. At the conquest he received the earldom of Hereford with the special duty of pushing into Wales. During William's absence in 1067,
English affairs were left in the hands of Fitz Osbern and of Odo, bishop of Bayeux. Fitz Osbern also acted as William's lieutenant during the rebellions of 1069...was one of the feudal lords of the Welsh marches, and built several castles for the
defense of the border. In 1070 William sent him to assist Queen Matilda in the government of Normandy. But Richilde, widow of Baldwin VI of Flanders, having offered to marry him if he would protect her son Arnulf against Robert the Frisian, Fitz
Osbern accepted the proposal and joined Richilde in Flanders. He was killed, fighting against Robert, near Cassel, in 1071." -Encycl. Brit.,'56, 9:337. He was created Earl of Hereford in 1067. Also see "Falaise Roll" (Baltimore: Gen. Pub. Co, 1994),
pp. 41-42. For more information try on the World Wide Web: http://www.castlewales.com/osbern.html

William + Toeni, Adelina ("Alice") de. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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