General Notes

Roger de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Warwick; born c 1102; married Gundred, elder daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey, by Elizabeth/Isabel, widow of his (Roger's) uncle, 1st Earl of Leicester, and died 1153.  [Burke's Peerage]

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Roger de Newburgh, 2nd Earl of Warwick. This nobleman, in the contest between the Empress Maud and King Stephen, espoused the cause of the former, but his lordship is much more known by his munificent grants to the church than his martial deeds. He married Gundred, daughter of William, Earl of Warren, and had issue, William and Waleran, successive earls, Henry, and Agnes. The earl died 12 June, 1153, and was succeeded by his eldest son, William de Newburgh, 3rd Earl of Warwick. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 399, Newburgh, Earls of Warwick]

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Roger, the eldest son of Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Warwick, held the earldom from 1123 until his death in 1153. As a member of the powerful Beaumont group, Roger was deeply involved in the struggle between Stephen and the empress Matilda (Maud). The next earls were two of his sons. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1961 ed., Vol. 23, p. 375, EARLS OF WARWICK]