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Robert de Beaumont-le-Roger

Male 1046 - 1118  (72 years)


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  • Name Robert de Beaumont-le-Roger  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Born 1046  Pont-Audemer, Beaumont, Eure, Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Seigneur de Beaumont, de Pont-Audemer, de Brionne et de Vatteville en Normandie 
    Occupation 14 Oct 1066 
    Described as young when he distinguished himself in arms at the Battle of Hastings 
    Occupation 14 Oct 1066 
    Fought alongside his father with William the Conqueror at the conquest of England 
    Occupation 1081 
    Became comte de Meulan (Meulent) through his maternal uncle Hugues 
    Occupation 1086 
    Holdings in Leicestershire, Northhamptonshire, and Warwickshire 
    Occupation 1103 
    Created Earl of Leicester by King Henry I 
    Occupation 1103 
    First Earl of Leicester 
    Died 5 Jun 1118  Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Préaux (ar. Rouen), Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3874  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Roger de Beaumont-le-Roger,   b. Abt 1022, Pont-Audemer, Beaumont, Eure, Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1094, Abbaye de Préaux, Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Mother Adeline de Meulan,   b. Abt 1025, Pont-Audemer, Beaumont, Eure, Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Apr 1081, Abbaye Notre-Dame du Bec, Le Bec-Hellouin (ar. Bernay), Eure, Haute-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Married Abt 1040  Paris, ÃŽle-de-France (Seine), France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4181  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Élisabeth Capet de Vermandois,   b. 1081, Valois, ÃŽle-de-France (Paris), France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1131, Lewes, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Married 1096  France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Isabel de Beaumont-le-Roger,   b. 1098, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1172  (Age 75 years)
     2. Adeline de Beaumont-le-Roger,   b. 1100, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Robert II de Beaumont-le-Roger,   b. 1104, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1168, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     4. Galéran de Beaumont-le-Roger,   b. 1104, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1166, Préaux (ar. Rouen), Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F1954  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
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