Robert I DE BEAUMONT

Spouse	Children
unknown spouse (Family Record)
Isabel DE VERMANDOIS (Family Record)	Adeline DE BEAUMONT Alice DE BEAUMONT Aubreye DE BEAUMONT Isabel DE BEAUMONT Mabel DE BEAUMONT Robert II DE BEAUMONT Waleran DE BEAUMONT Adeline DE BEAUMONT Eleanor DE BEAUMONT Hugh DE BEAUMONT Aubere DE BEAUMONT Wevia DE BEAUMONT Amicade DE BEAUMONT Druex DE BEAUMONT Maud DE BEAUMONT

Event	Date	Details
Birth	1040	Place: Pont-Audemer, Beaumont, Normandy, France
Birth	1049	Place: Pont-Audemer, Beaumont, Normandy, France
Death	5 JUN 1118	Place: Leicestershire, England
Burial		Place: Preaux, Normandy, Framce

Attribute	Details
Title	Sir

Notes:: Lord of Beaumont, Pont-Audemer and Brionne
Count of Meulan
1st Earl of Leicester
Companion of William the Conqueror at Hastings in 1066.

He was also Comte de Meulan; Vicomte d'Ivry; et Seigneur de Pont-Andame r, Boigne et Vatteville,N.; Lord of 99

This great earl is characterized as "the wisest of all men betwixt this a nd Jerusalem, in worldly affairs; famous for knowledge, plausible in speec h, skillful in craft, discreetly provident, ingeniously subtle, excelli ng for prudence, profound in council, and of great wisdom." In the latt er days of his life he became a monk in the abbey of Preaux,

Taken from the Domesday Book website: http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/landow ners.html

Beaumont, Robert of Also called Count of Meulan which he became through h is mother. Brother of Henry, son of Roger. Earl of Leicester from 1107; di ed 1118. Robert became close advisor of Henry I. His twin children, Robe rt who inherited the title, and Walerun, Count Meulan and later Earl of Wo rcester were a great influence on King Stephen. Gilbert de Clare was a bro ther-in-law; their half brother William de Warenne became second Earl of S urrey. Holdings in Leics., Northants., and Warwicks.

Notes Source: bulkeley.txt

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