Earl of Leicester Robert De Beaumont Earl of Leicester 
Robert was born about 1046 in Beaumont-le-Roger, Eure, Normandy, France. Robert's father was Roger de Beaumont and his mother was Adeliza (Adeline) Meulent. His paternal grandparents were Humphrey De Harcourt and Alberie (Nevia) De La Haye; his maternal grandparents were Waleran Beaumont and Oda De Conteville. He had a brother named Henri. He was the younger of the two children. He died on June 5th, 1128 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.General Notes
Also had the titles of Comte De de Beaumont, Comte De Meullan, Earl of Beaumont. and having greatly distinguished himself at the battle of Hastings, wasrewarded with vast possessions in England, receiving ninety one greatlordships of manors, mostly in Warwickshire."
TITLE: Robert de Bellomont came into England with the Conqueror, and contributed mainly to the Norman triumph at Hastings. This Robert inherited the Earldom of Meullent in Normandy, from his mother Adeliza de Waleran. Of his conduct at Hastings it is said: " A certain Norman young soldier, making his first onset in that fight, did what deserved lasting fame, boldly charging and breaking in upon the enemy, with that
regiment which he commanded in the right wing of the army." For these gallant services he obtain ed sixty-four lordships in Warwickshire, and many others in Leicester, Wilts, Northampton, Gloucester, in all ninety-one. His lordship did not, however, arrive at the dignity of the English peerage before the reign of Henry I, when that monarch created him Earl of Leicester.
-
Ancestor Pedigree Chart
-
- b.~ 0945 in Pont-Audemer, Eure, France d.~ 0979 in France
- b.~ 0980 in Pont-Audemer, Eure, France d.28 Sep 1044 in Normandy, France
- b.0910 in Blauzahan, Germany d.01 Nov 0986 in Jomsborg, Denmark
- b.~ 0942 in Pont-Audemer, Eure, France
- b.0919 in Denmark d.1000
- b.~ 1022 in Port-Audemer, Beaumont, Normandy d.1094
- b.0984 in Pont-Audemer, Eure, Normandy, France d.20 Sep 1045
- b.~ 1046 in Beaumont-le-Roger, Eure, Normandy, France d.05 Jun 1128 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 0965 in Mellent, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0990 in Mellent, Normandy, France d.1069
- b.~ 0970 in Mellent, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1014 in Ponteaudemer, Normandy, France d.1081
- b.~ 0963 in Conteville, France
- b.~ 0994 in Mellent, Normandy, France
-
‌Robert and Isabel De Crepi were married in a religious ceremony in 1096. They had two sons and four daughters, named Robert "Bossu", Waleran IV, Isabel Elizabeth, Adeline, Alice and Maud.
-
Children
Isabel Elizabeth De Beaumont
Isabel Elizabeth was born about 1096 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England. She died after 1172.
Earl of Leicester Robert "Bossu" De Beaumont Earl of Leicester
Robert "Bossu" was born in 1104 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England. He died at the age of 64 on April 5th, 1168 in England.
Comte De Meulan Waleran IV De Beaumont-le-Roger Comte De Meulan
Waleran IV was born in 1104 in Meulan, Ile De France, France. He died at the age of 62 on April 10th, 1166 in Abbey De Preaux, Normandy, France.
They had two daughters named Eleanor and Maud (Amicia).
Page last modified