Beaumont (noble family)

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Beaumont was a family of Norman nobility who rose to be one of the first families on the island in connection with the conquest of England . Her relatives are best known as the Earl of Warwick .

Their main titles are:

The title of Meulan was lost in 1204 with the conquest of Normandy by France, the title of Leicester in the same year by the extinction of the line belonging to it, the title of Warwick for the same reason in 1242. The last members of the family were the lords of Courseulles-sur in the 15th century -Mer .

Master list (extract)

First generations

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    1. Thorold de Pont-Audemer († after 1040), ∞ Duvaline, sister of Gunnora ( FitzOsbern )
      1. Onfroi de Vieilles (Hunfroy, Ansfridus), around 1035, Seigneur de Vieilles (Veules, now part of Beaumont-le-Roger ) ∞ Alberée
        1. Roger de Beaumont († 1094), Seigneur de Beaumont-le-Roger et de Pont-Audemer, ∞ Adeline de Meulan († 1081), daughter of Galéran III. , Count of Meulan
          1. Robert I. de Beaumont († 1118), Seigneur de Beaumont-le-Roger, de Pont-Audemer, de Brionne et de Vatteville , 1081 Comte de Meulan, 1107 1st Earl of Leicester , ∞ I Godehilde de Tosny († 1097) , separated, daughter of Raoul III. de Tosny , Seigneur de Conches ( Tosny House ), she married Balduin of Boulogne , 1100–1118 King of Jerusalem , ∞ II Elisabeth of Vermandois († before 1148), daughter of Hugo von Vermandois , Count of Valois and before 1096 Vermandois ( Capetian ), second marriage to William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey - descendants: see below
          2. Henry de Beaumont († 1119), 1088 1st Earl of Warwick , 1094 Seigneur d ' Annebecq , Seigneur du Neufbourg ; ∞ Marguerite von Le Perche, daughter of Geoffroy, Count of Mortagne , 1st Comte du Perche ( House of Châteaudun ), and Beatrix de Roucy - descendants: see below
      2. ? Roger, attested around 1060
    2. Turchetil - ancestor of the Harcourt family

The Comtes de Meulan and Earls of Leicester

  1. Robert I. de Beaumont († 1118), Seigneur de Beaumont-le-Roger, de Pont-Audemer, de Brionne et de Vatteville , 1081 Comte de Meulan, 1107 1st Earl of Leicester , ∞ I Godehilde de Tosny († 1097) , separated, daughter of Raoul III. de Tosny , Seigneur de Conches , she married Balduin of Boulogne , 1100–1118 King of Jerusalem , ∞ II Elisabeth of Vermandois († before 1148), daughter of Hugo von Vermandois ( Capetian ), Count of Valois and Vermandois , as a second marriage before 1096 , she was second married to William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey - ancestors: see above
    1. Galéran IV. (* 1104 (twin); † 1166), 1118 Comte de Meulan, Sire de Pont-Audemer (until 1124), de Beaumont-le-Roger et de Brionne, 1138 1st Earl of Worcester , ∞ Agnès de Montfort , Dame de Gournay-sur-Marne († 1181), daughter of Amaury III. , Sire de Montfort-l'Amaury, Count of Évreux ( House of Montfort-l'Amaury )
      1. Robert II. († 1204), 1166 Comte de Meulan, deposed in 1204, ∞ Mahaut, daughter of Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall
        1. Galéran V. , X 1190/91, 1183 Comte de Meulan - Descendants: the lords of Courceulles-sur-Mer († 15th century)
        2. Mabile († after 1204), ∞ William de Redvers , 5th Earl of Devon († 1217)
        3. Agnes; ∞ Guy IV, Sire de La Roche-Guyon
        4. Jeanne; ∞ Robert II. D'Harcourt, le Vaillant, Sire d'Harcourt , 1201 Sire d'Elbeuf
      2. Amaury († before 1196), Seigneur de Gournay-sur-Marne - descendants † 14th century
      3. Roger, until 1204 Viscount d'Évreux
    2. Robert II. Le Bossu (the hunchback) or le Gozcen (* 1104 (twin), † after 1168), 1118 2nd Earl of Leicester, 1165 Viceroy of England; ∞ Amicie († after 1168), daughter of Raoul de Gael et de Montfort ( House Montfort-Laval )
      1. Robert III ès Blanchemain († 1190), 3rd Earl of Leicester, Steward of England and Normandie, ∞ Petronilla de Grandmesnil , daughter of Hugues, Seneschal of England
        1. Guillaume de Breteuil, le Lepreux (the leper), † after 1189
        2. Robert de Beaumont "Fitzpernel" († 1204), 1190 4th Earl of Leicester, Seigneur de Breteuil et (until 1196) de Pacy , 1199 Steward of England , ∞ Laurette de Briouze, daughter of William, Lord of Bramberg Brednock and Gower
        3. Roger de Beaumont , Bishop of St Andrews , Lord Chancellor of Scotland
        4. Amicie de Beaumont († 1215), ∞ Simon IV. Of Montfort († before 1188), Comte de Rochefort ( House of Montfort-l'Amaury ), ∞ II Guillaume II. Des Barres († 1234), Seigneur de La Ferté-Alais
        5. Marguerite († 1235), ∞ Saer de Quincy , 1st Earl of Winchester († 1219)
      2. Isabel († after 1188), ∞ I Simon II. De Senlis , 4th Earl of Northampton , 5th Earl of Huntingdon († 1153), ∞ II Gervase Paynell, Baron of Dudley († after 1188)
      3. Havise († 1197), ∞ William FitzRobert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester († 1183)
      4. Marguerite († after 1185), ∞ Raoul V. de Tosny († 1162)
    3. Hugh de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Bedford , 1138 1st Earl of Bedford , deposed in 1141/42, ∞ NN, daughter of Simon de Beauchamp
    4. Isabel de Beaumont, mistress of King Henry I of England , ∞ I Gilbert de Clare , 1138 1st Earl of Pembroke († 1148), ∞ II Hervé de Montmorency, Constable of Ireland ( list of the Montmorency family )

The Earls of Warwick

  1. Henry de Beaumont († 1119), 1088 1st Earl of Warwick , 1094 Seigneur d ' Annebecq , Seigneur du Neufbourg , ∞ Marguerite von Le Perche, daughter of Geoffroy, Count of Mortagne , 1st Comte du Perche ( House of Châteaudun ), and Beatrix de Roucy - ancestors: see above
    1. Roger de Beaumont († 1153), 1123 2nd Earl of Warwick, ∞ I Gundred de Varennes (Warenne) († after 1166), daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey , ∞ II William de Lancaster, Lord of Kendal († probably 1170)
      1. William de Beaumont († 1184), 1153 3, Earl of Warwick
      2. Waleran de Beaumont († 1203/1204), 1184 4th Earl of Warwick; ∞ I Margery de Bohun, daughter of Humphrey II. De Bohun and Margaret of Gloucester, ∞ II Alice d'Harcourt, daughter of Robert d'Harcourt, of Bosworth and Stanton
        1. (I) Henry de Beaumont († 1229), 1203 5th Earl of Warwick, ∞ I Margery de Oilly, daughter of Henry, of Hook Norton, ∞ II Philippa Basset , daughter of Thomas Basset , of Headington
          1. (I) Sir Thomas de Beaumont († 1242), 1229 6th Earl of Warwick, ∞ Ela Longespee († 1298), daughter of William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury , married Sir Philip Basset , of Wycombe, Justiciar of England († 1271)
          2. (I) * Margaret de Beaumont († 1253), 1242 7th Countess of Warwick; ∞ I John Marshal , Marshal of England, jure uxoris 7th Earl of Warwick, † 1242; ∞ II John de Plessis , 1245/47 Earl of Warwick († 1263) ( Le Plessis-Richelieu house )
      3. Gundred († 1200/08), ∞ Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk († 1176/77) ( House Bigod )
    2. Robert de Neufbourg, († 1159), 1118 Seigneur du Neufbourg et d ' Annebecq , ∞ Godehilde de Tosny, daughter of Raoul IV. De Tosny , Seigneur de Conches - descendants † 1388
    3. Rotrou († 1183) Bishop of Évreux , Archbishop of Rouen

literature

  • Detlev Schwennicke: European Family Tables Volume III.4 (1989) Table 700ff

Remarks

  1. ↑ Rogerius filius Toraldi in a document, which is dated 1060, Leopold Delisle (1867), Pièces justificatives, 31, p 34; that Thorold von Saint-Audemer is Roger's father is not certain, but no other person with this name is known