Petronilla Grandmesnil

Abt 1135 - 1212  (77 years)

• Name	Petronilla Grandmesnil
  Birth	Abt 1135	France
  Gender	Female
  Death	1 Apr 1212	Herefordshire, England
  Person ID	I8652	footsteps | Ancestors
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	William De Grandmesnil,   b. Abt 1115   d. Yes, date unknown
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F3822	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robert Beaumont, 3rd Earl Of Leicester ,   b. 1135, France d. 31 Aug 1190, Albania (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	1159
  Children	+ 1. Margaret De Beaumont, Countess Of Winchester ,   b. 12 Aug 1154, Leicestershire, England d. 12 Jan 1235, Northinghamshire, England (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Amicia Beaumont,   b. Abt 1156, Leicestershire, England d. 3 Sep 1215, France (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1734	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1135 - France Death - 1 Apr 1212 - Herefordshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  She was the last representative of the great Norman aristocratic house o f G r a n d mesnil. Her father's name is known only from a grant by her to t he a b b e y o f St Evroult in his memory. She was given in marriage by Henry II to Robert de Breteuil. The marri a g e t o o k place by 1159. They first lived in Normandy, where Robert had c h a r g e o f his father's honor of Breteuil.