Earl of Leicester Robert De Beaumont, I

Earl of Leicester Robert De Beaumont, I

Male Abt 1046 - 1118  (72 years)


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  • Name Robert De Beaumont 
    Title Earl of Leicester 
    Suffix
    Birth Abt 1046  Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FSID GBVD-18S 
    Death 5 Jun 1118  Île-De-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7117  footsteps | Ancestors
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2025 

    Father Roger Beaumont,   b. Abt 1014, Beaumont, Seqouville, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Nov 1094, Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Adeliza Beaumont,   b. Abt 1038, Île-De-France, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Apr 1081, Dorsetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Family ID F3121  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Countess Of Leicester Isabel Vermandois,   b. Abt 1080, Vermandois, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Feb 1147 (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1096 
    Children 
    +1. Eleanor Beaumont,   b. 1100, Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1157, Cheshireshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. Countess Of Pembroke Isabel Beaumont,   b. Abt 1101, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1172, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. Earl Of Leicester And Hereford Robert Beaumont,   b. 1104, Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Apr 1168, Prince Edward Island, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F1720  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2025 

  • 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.