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Humphrey's mother's name is in doubt.

Humphrey married Haie, Aubree de La on Yes, date unknown. [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]

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]

Family/Spouse: Clare, Earl of Pembroke Gilbert de. Gilbert (son of Clare, Gilbert de Earl Clare of Tunbridge and Clermont, Adelaide de) died on 6 Jan 1148. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]