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 paternal grandparents were Roger de Beaumont , Seigneur de Pont-Audemer and Adeline de Meulan; his maternal grandparents were Hugh de Crepi Magnus , Duke of Burgundy and 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 third youngest 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.~ 1022 in Beaumont-le-Roger, Eure, Normandy, France d.~ 1094 in Sturminster Marshal, Dorsetshire, England
- b.~ 1049 in Beaumont-le-Roger, Eure, Normandy, France d.05 Jun 1118 in As a monk at Abbey of Preaux, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1014 in Meulan, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France d.1081
- b.1104 in Leicestershire, England d.05 Apr 1168 in England
- b.~ 1008 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France d.04 Aug 1060 in Vitry-aux-Loges, Loiret, Orleanais/Centre, France
- b.1050 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.18 Oct 1101 in The leader of 1st Crusade died at Tarsus, Cilicie
- b.~ 1024 in Kiev, Ukraine d.> 1075 in France
- b.~ 1081 in Valois now Oise, Picardy, France d.<Jul 1147 in Priory of Lewes, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1032 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.1080 in France
- b.~ 1050 in Valois now Oise, Picardy, France d.23 Sep 1120 in Vermandois, Normandy, France
- b.1032 in Valois now Oise, Picardy, France d.1080
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‌Robert II de and Amice de were married in a religious ceremony after November 1120 in Brittany, France. They had a son and three daughters, named Robert III de, Isabel de, Margaret de and Hawise de.
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Children
Isabel de Beaumont
Isabel de was born about 1121 in Leicestershire, England. She died after May 1188.
Hawise de Beaumont
Hawise de was born in 1129 in Leicestershire, England. She died at the age of 68 on April 24th, 1197.
Robert III de Beaumont , 3rd Earl of Leicester
Robert III de was born before 1135 in Leicestershire, England. He died on August 31st, 1190 in Durazzo, Greece (went on crusade 1179).
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