DE BEAUMONT, Robert

1050 - 1118  (78 years)

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• Name	DE BEAUMONT, Robert  [1]
  Birth	Between 1040 and 1050  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Differentiator	One of the very few proven Companions of William the Conqueror during the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, and was revered as one of the wisest men of his age.
  Royalty & Nobility	1st Earl of Leicester; Count of Meulan
  Wars	1066
  	In the Battle of Hastings, Fought alongside William the Conqueror, his cousin
  Death	Jun 1118  [1]
  Person ID	I17287	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	DE BEAUMONT, Roger,   b. 1015   d. 1094 (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	MEULAN, Adeline of   d. 1081
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F12759	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	VERMANDOIS, Elizabeth of,   b. 1085   d. 1131 (Age 46 years)
  Children	+ 1. DE BEAUMONT, Waleran IV,   b. 1104   d. 9 Apr 1166 (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. DE BEAUMONT, Robert,   b. 1104  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Living
  Family ID	F12755	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Powerful Norman nobleman, one of the very few proven Companions of William the Conqueror during the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, 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 immense land-holdings in England (mainly in the Midlands) by William the Conqueror and by Henry I and was created Earl of Leicester. At the Battle of Hastings he served as leader of the infantry on the right wing of the Norman army, as evidenced in the following near contemporary account by William of Poitiers: 'A certain Norman, Robert, son of Roger of Beaumont, being nephew and heir to Henry, Count of Meulan, through Henry's sister Adeline, found himself that day in battle for the first time. He was as yet but a young man and he performed feats of valour worthy of perpetual remembrance. At the head of a troop which he commanded on the right wing he attacked with the utmost bravery and success" He and his brother Henry were members of the Royal hunting party in the New Forest in Hampshire when King William II Rufus (1087-1100) was shot dead accidentally by an arrow on 2 August 1100. He pledged allegiance to William II's brother, King Henry I (1100-1135), who created him Earl of Leicester in 1107.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1801] Wikipedia, Waleran de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Worcester. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waleran_de_Beaumont,_1st_Earl_of_Worcester [S1801] Wikipedia, Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Beaumont,_1st_Earl_of_Leicester