Robert I de Beaumont , 1st Earl of Leicester 
Robert I de was born about 1049 in Beaumont-le-Roger, Eure, Normandy, France. Robert I de's father was Roger de Beaumont , Seigneur de Pont-Audemer and his mother was Adeline de Meulan. His paternal grandparents were Humphrey de Pontaudemer and Aubreye de la Haye; his maternal grandparents were Waleran I Count of Meulan and Oda de Conteville. He had a brother named Henry de. He was the older of the two children. He died on June 5th, 1118 in As a monk at Abbey of Preaux, Normandy, France.General Notes
Robert de Beaumont; allegedly 1st Earl of Leicester of the c1102 creation. [Burke's Peerage]
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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.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0975 in Pontaudemer, Normandy, France d.28 Sep 1044 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1022 in Beaumont-le-Roger, Eure, Normandy, France d.~ 1094 in Sturminster Marshal, Dorsetshire, England
- b.0984 in Pontaudemer, Normandy, France d.20 Sep 1045
- b.~ 1049 in Beaumont-le-Roger, Eure, Normandy, France d.05 Jun 1118 in As a monk at Abbey of Preaux, Normandy, France
- b.0990 in Meulan, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France d.1069
- b.~ 1014 in Meulan, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France d.1081
- b.0990 in Conteville, France
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‌Robert I de and Isabel Elizabeth de were married in a religious ceremony in 1096. They had two sons and five daughters, named Robert II de, Waleran de, Adeline de, Isabel Elizabeth de, Eleanor de, Alice de and Maud de.
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Children
Isabel Elizabeth de Beaumont
Isabel Elizabeth de was born about 1098 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England. She died in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
Robert II de Beaumont , 2nd Earl of Leicester
Robert II de was born in 1104 in Leicestershire, England. He died at the age of 64 on April 5th, 1168 in England.
Waleran de Beaumont , Ct Meulan, Earl Worcester
Waleran de was born in 1104 in Beaumont, Normandy, France. He died at the age of 62 on April 10th, 1166.
Alice de Beaumont
Alice de was born in 1105 in Beaumont, Sur-Oise, Normandy, France. She died at the age of 86 on July 11th, 1191 in Rheims, France.
Maud de Beaumont
Maud de was born about 1116 in Meulan, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France. She died after 1189.
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