Robert II de Beaumont , 2nd Earl of Leicester 
Robert II de was born in 1104 in Leicestershire, England. Robert II de's father was Robert I de Beaumont , 1st Earl of Leicester and his mother was Isabel Elizabeth de Vermandois. His maternal grandmother was Adelaide de Vermandois. He had a brother and five sisters, named Waleran de, Adeline de, Isabel Elizabeth de, Eleanor de, Alice de and Maud de. He was the fourth oldest of the seven children. He had two half-brothers and two half-sisters, named William de, Reginald de, Ada de and Gundred de. He died at the age of 64 on April 5th, 1168 in England.General Notes
On Leicester, Earldom of [Burke's Peerage, p. 1671]:
Robert de Beaumont, a companion in arms of William I (The Conqueror) at Hastings was granted after the Conquest much land in the Midlands of England, but most of it was in Warwickshire rather than Leicestershire. Indeed his younger brother became Earl of Warwick. Robert also held territory in Normandy and is usually referred to as Count of Meulan. He was a leading political figure in the reigns of William II and Henry I and on the death of one Ives de Grandmesnil in the First Crusade, the funds for campaigning in which Ives had raised from Robert on the security of his estates, [Robert] came into full possession of them, including a sizeable part of Leicester. The rest of the town was granted him by Henry I and it is possible that he became Earl of Leicester. His son, another Robert, certainly called himself Earl of Leicester.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1049 in Beaumont-le-Roger, Eure, Normandy, France d.05 Jun 1118 in As a monk at Abbey of Preaux, Normandy, France
- b.1104 in Leicestershire, England d.05 Apr 1168 in England
- b.~ 1081 in Valois now Oise, Picardy, France d.<Jul 1147 in Priory of Lewes, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1050 in Valois now Oise, Picardy, France d.23 Sep 1120 in Vermandois, Normandy, France
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