Robert I de , 1st Earl of Leicester BEAUMONT
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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.
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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. Hisson, another Robert, certainly called himself Earl of Leicester.
Waleran de Beaumont, Count de Meulan, Earl of Worcester. [AncestralRoots]
He married Isabel Elizabeth de Vermandois 1096 . Isabel Elizabeth de Vermandois was born at Valois, Bretagne, France Abt 1081 daughter of Hugh de Crepi , Duke of Burgundy Magnus and Adelaide de Vermandois .
They were the parents of 7
children:
Isabel Elizabeth de Beaumont
born Bef 1096.
Eleanor de Beaumont
born 1100.
Adeline de Beaumont
born Abt 1102.
Robert II de , 2nd Earl of Leicester Beaumont
born 1104.
Waleran de , Ct Meulan, Earl Worcester Beaumont
born 1104.
Alice de Beaumont
born 1105.
Maud de Beaumont
born Abt 1116.
Robert I de , 1st Earl of Leicester Beaumont died 5 Jun 1118 at As a monk at Abbey of Preaux, Normandy, France .
Isabel Elizabeth de Vermandois died 13 Feb 1130/31 at Lewes, Sussex, England .