Earl Robert Beaumont , Earl of Leicester 
Robert was born in 1046 in Pont-Audemer, Beaumont, Normandy.1 Robert'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 Count Waleran deMeulan and Oda de Conteville. He was an only child. He died at the age of 72 on June 5th, 1118 in Leicestershire, England. He was buried in Preaux, Normandy.1 General Notes
Robert de Beaumont; allegedly 1st Earl of Leicester of the c1102creation. [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) atHastings was granted after the Conquest much land in the Midlands ofEngland, but most of it was in Warwickshire rather than Leicestershire.Indeed his younger brother became Earl of Warwick. Robert also heldterritory in Normandy and is usually referred to as Count of Meulan. Hewas a leading political figure in the reigns of William II and Henry Iand on the death of one Ives de Grandmesnil in the First Crusade, thefunds for campaigning in which Ives had raised from Robert on thesecurity of his estates, [Robert] came into full possession of them,including a sizeable part of Leicester. The rest of the town was grantedhim by Henry I and it is possible that he became Earl of Leicester.
Served in the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
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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.1046 in Pont-Audemer, Beaumont, Normandy d.05 Jun 1118 in Leicestershire, England
- b.0965 d.1056
- b.0990 in Meulan, Normandy, France d.1069
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.0974 d.1064
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 1014 in Meulan, Normandy, France d.1081
- b.0990 in Conteville, France
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Robert and Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony in 1096. They had three sons and five daughters, named Waleran, Robert II, Robert II, Isabel, Elizabeth (Isabel), Maud\Matilda\Alberade, Maud\Matilda\Alberade and Adeline.
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Children
Earl Waleran Beaumont
Waleran was born in 1104 in of Meulan, Normandy. He died at the age of 37 on April 10th, 1141 in Abbey Fo Preaux, Normandy.
Elizabeth (Isabel) Beaumont
Elizabeth (Isabel) was born in of Leicester, England. She died about 1147.
Robert and Isabel Elizabeth de were married in a religious ceremony in 1096.1 They had a son and a daughter, named Robert II de and Isabel Elizabeth de.
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Children
Isabel Elizabeth de Beaumont
Isabel Elizabeth de was born before 1096 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England. She died in Tunbridge, Kent, England.
Robert II de Beaumont , 2nd Earl of Leicester
Robert II de was born in 1104 in Leicestershire, England.2 He died at the age of 64 on April 5th, 1168 in England.2
Robert and Godchilde De were married in a religious ceremony before 1097.
Robert and Isabel (Elizabeth) Of Vermandois De were married in a religious ceremony about 1097 in France. They had three sons and eight daughters, named Waleran De, 'Bossu', Hugh De, Auberie De, Miss De, Havoise De, Amicade De, Adeline De, Maude De, Isabel (Elizabeth) De and Agnes De.
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Children
Waleran De Beaumont
Waleran De was born in 1104 in Probably Meulan, Ile de France, France. He died at the age of 62 on April 10th, 1166 in Normandy, France.
Robert ('Bossu') De Beaumont
Robert, known as 'Bossu', was born about 1104 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England. He died on April 5th, 1168 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England. He was buried in Leicester Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, England.
Maude De Beaumont
Maude De was born about 1114 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England. She died after 1189.
Isabel (Elizabeth) De Beaumont
Isabel (Elizabeth) De was born in Leicester, Leicestershire, England. She died about 1147.
1 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 50-24
2 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 53-25
Further source/citation:
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1671, 2944
2 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 53-25
Further source/citation:
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1671, 2944
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