Robert IV de Beaumont , 4th Earl of Leicester 
Robert IV de was born about 1150 in Leicestershire, England. Robert IV de's father was Robert III de Beaumont , 3rd Earl of Leicester and his mother was Petronella de Grandmesnil. His paternal grandparents were Robert II de Beaumont , 2nd Earl of Leicester and Amice de Montfort. He had a brother and two sisters, named William de, Amice de and Margaret de. He was the second oldest of the four children. He died in 1204 in (dsp).General Notes
On Leicester, Earldom of [Burke's Peerage, p. 1671]:
The 4th Earl, who was also the fourth named Robert, accompanied Richard I on the Third Crusade but accomplished a smooth transfer of loyalty to John on the latter's succession in 1199. On his death without issue in 1204 the elder of his two sisters and coheirs, Amice, began calling herself Countess of Leicester.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1104 in Leicestershire, England d.05 Apr 1168 in England
- b.< 1135 in Leicestershire, England d.31 Aug 1190 in Durazzo, Greece (went on crusade 1179)
- b.1108 in Montford de Gael, Brittany, France
- b.~ 1150 in Leicestershire, England d.1204 in (dsp)
- b.~ 1130 in Leicestershire, England d.01 Apr 1212 in Leicestershire, England
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