Robert II (Meulan)
Robert de Beaumont (* around 1142; † around September 21, 1207 in Poitiers ) was Count of Meulan , as such his name was Robert II of Meulan .
He was a son of Galéran IV. De Beaumont, 1st Earl of Worcester , and Agnes, a daughter of Amalrich III. from Montfort . In 1166 he inherited the paternal county of Meulan.
In the conflict between his immediate liege lord Johann Ohneland and King Philip II August , Robert remained loyal to the former. As a result, the French king also occupied the county of Meulan on his advance into Normandy . Robert's son Peter gave up the castle of Beaumont-le-Roger without a fight, which the king then transferred to one of his followers in October 1203. The county of Meulan was incorporated into the French crown domain . While this was happening, Robert himself was entrusted with the defense of Rouen on behalf of Johann . But after the French king had quickly conquered the supposedly impregnable castle of Château-Gaillard , Robert gave up the fight and negotiated the surrender of Rouen with King Philip II on June 1, 1204, which he handed over to him a few days later.
Family and children
Around 1165 he married Maud de Dunstanville, daughter of Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall and Beatrice FitzRichard; her children were:
- Mabile († 1204) ∞ William de Redvers , 5th Earl of Devon
- Galéran V. († around 1191) co-count of Meulan from 1183
- Peter († 1203)
- Heinrich († around 1204)
- Agnes ∞ Guido IV of La Roche-Guyon
- Johanna ∞ Robert II. D'Harcourt
Individual evidence
- ^ Anonymi Continuatio appendicis Roberti de Monte ad Sigebertum , in: Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 18 (1878), p. 342
- ↑ Catalog des actes de Philippe Auguste , ed. by Léopold Delisle (1856), no.784, p. 178
- ↑ Catalog des actes de Philippe Auguste , ed. by Léopold Delisle (1856), no.887, p. 202
- ↑ Rigord , Gesta Philippi Augusti , ed. by Léopold Delisle in: Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 17 (1878), pp. 57–59
Web links
- Robert de Beaumont, Comte de Meulan on thepeerage.com , accessed September 18, 2016.
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Galéran IV. |
Count of Meulan 1166-1203 |
French crown domain |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Robert II |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beaumont, Robert de |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Meulan |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 1142 |
DATE OF DEATH | on September 21, 1207 |
Place of death | Poitiers |