
Earl of Leicester Robert De Beaumont, I

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Name Robert De Beaumont Title Earl of Leicester Suffix I Birth Abt 1046 Normandie, France Gender Male FSID GBVD-18S Death 5 Jun 1118 Île-De-France, France Burial Normandie, France Person ID I7117 footsteps | Ancestors Last Modified 26 Apr 2025
Father Roger Beaumont, b. Abt 1014, Beaumont, Seqouville, France d. 29 Nov 1094, Normandie, France
(Age 80 years)
Mother Adeliza Beaumont, b. Abt 1038, Île-De-France, France d. 8 Apr 1081, Dorsetshire, England
(Age 43 years)
Family ID F3121 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Countess Of Leicester Isabel Vermandois, b. Abt 1080, Vermandois, France d. Abt Feb 1147 (Age 67 years)
Marriage Abt 1096 Children + 1. Eleanor Beaumont, b. 1100, Normandie, France d. 1157, Cheshireshire, England
(Age 57 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
+ 2. Countess Of Pembroke Isabel Beaumont, b. Abt 1101, Leicestershire, England d. Aft 1172, Yorkshire, England
(Age > 72 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
+ 3. Earl Of Leicester And Hereford Robert Beaumont, b. 1104, Normandie, France d. 5 Apr 1168, Prince Edward Island, Canada
(Age 64 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
Family ID F1720 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Apr 2025
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Notes
Seigneur (Lord) of Beaumont, Pont-Audemer, Brionne, and Vatteville. The s e w e r e c ritically important castles in Normandy. From 1081 he was Com t e ( C o u nt) of Meulan also, which an inheritance through his mother.
In England he became the first Anglo-Norman Earl of Leicester (not coun t i n g a n y earls before 1066). His very significant English lands were ce n t r e d t here and in neighbouring Warwickshire. He was at the battle of H a s t i n gs.