1st Earl of Leicester Robert de Beaumont, I

1046 - 1118  (72 years)

• Name	Robert de Beaumont  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Title	1st Earl of Leicester
  Suffix	I
  Birth	1046	Beaumont, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France   [1, 4]
  Gender	Male
  _MILT	1066  [1]
  	Robert was one of the companions of William the Conqueror during the Norman Conquest of England, and fought in the Battle of Hastings
  		Battle of Hastings
  Religion	26 Mar 1105  [1]
  	He was excommunicated by Pope Paschal II for advising King Henry to continue selecting the bishops in opposition to the canons of the church. In 1106, Henry succeeded in having Anselm, the exiled archbishop of Canterbury, revoke this excommunication
  Death	5 Jun 1118	Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [1, 3, 4]
  	Robert died of shame after "a certain earl carried off the lady he had espoused, either by some intrigue or by force and stratagem" in 1115
  Burial	Les Préaux, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France   [4]
  Person ID	I7911	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Roger de Beaumont,   b. 10 Oct 1022, Normandy, France d. 29 Nov 1094, Normandy, France (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Adeline de Meulan,   b. 30 Nov 1014, Meulan, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France d. 8 Apr 1081, Normandy, France (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F3218	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Countess of Leicester Isabel de Vermandois,   b. 1085, Basse-Normandie, France d. 13 Feb 1131, Sens, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	1096	Leicestershire, England   [5]
  	Sir Robert de Beaumont, described as being "the wisest man in his time between London and Jerusalem", and aged over fifty was determined to marry Isabel, aged about eleven
  Marriage End	1115  [5]
  	Isabel was either carried away or willingly abducted by William de Warrene, revealing they had been lovers for some time.
  Children	1. Aubreye de Beaumont,   b. 1109, Beaumont, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France d. 1189, Beaumont, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France (Age 80 years)  [natural]   2. 2nd Earl of Leicester Robert de Beaumont, II,   b. 1104, Leicester, Leicestershire, England d. 5 Apr 1168, Leicester, Leicestershire, England (Age 64 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F2658	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1046 - Beaumont, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France Marriage - 1096 - Leicestershire, England Death - 5 Jun 1118 - Leicester, Leicestershire, England Burial - - Les Préaux, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Places

  Battle of Hastings

  
  

• Sources

  [S809] Wikipedia: Robert de Beaumont I, Robert de Beaumont 1st Earl Leicester. Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester (c. 1040/1050 – 5 June 1118), also known as Robert of Meulan, Count of Meulan, was a powerful Norman nobleman, one of the companions of William the Conqueror during the Norman Conquest of England, and was revered as one of the wisest men of his age. Chroniclers spoke highly of his eloquence, his learning, and three kings of England valued his counsel. He was granted considerable lands in the Midlands by William and Henry I and made the Earl of Leicester https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Beaumont,_1st_Earl_of_Leicester [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees. [S525] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA;), Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M87-0131. [S189] Ancestry.com, Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S810] Wikipedia: Elizabeth of Vermandois, Isabel de Vermandois, Countess of Leicester. Elizabeth of Vermandois, or Elisabeth or Isabel de Vermandois (c. 1085 – 1131), was the third daughter of Hugh Magnus and Adelaide of Vermandois,[1] and as such represented both the Capetian line of her paternal grandfather Henry I of France, and the Carolingian ancestry of her maternal grandfather Herbert IV of Vermandois.[2] As the wife of two Anglo-Norman magnates, Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester and William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey, she is the ancestress of hundreds of well-known families down to the present time.[3] She is the ancestress of all Scottish rulers including and after her grandson Malcolm IV and all English rulers starting with Henry IV https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_of_Vermandois,_Countess_of_Leicester