Sir Robert ès Blanchemains de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester

1135 - 1190  (55 years)

• Name	Robert ès Blanchemains de Beaumont
  Birth	Before 1135  [1, 2]
  History	birth to death
  He was also the Steward of England and Normandy. In 1168, he succeeded his father as the third Earl of Leicester. [1, 3] When Henry, son of Henry II revolted in 1173, Sir Robert joined him. The revolt was crushed, and Robert and his wife were made prisoners of the crown. While he was later restored, his main castle at Leicester was destroyed. [3] At the coronation of Richard I on 3 September 1189, Sir Robert carried the Swords of State. [3]
  Death	1190	Durazzo, Eastern Empire   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  He died while returning from a Crusade.
  Siblings	3 sisters
  + 1. Sir Robert ès Blanchemains de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester,   b. Before 1135   d. 1190, Durazzo, Eastern Empire  (Age 55 years) ▻ Pernel de Grantmesnil,  m. 1155 to 1159 + 2. Isabel ▻ Simon de Saint Liz + 3. Hawise de Beaumont,   b. 1136   d. 24 Apr 1197  (Age 61 years) ▻ William FitzRobert, Earl of Gloucester,  m. 1145 to 1149   4. Margaret
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Bernard Harcourt,   b. About 904, Normandy, France   (5 x Great Grandfather)  Adelise de Tosny  (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I3637	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Sir Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester,   b. 1104   d. 5 Apr 1168 (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Amice de Montfort
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F1922	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Pernel de Grantmesnil   d. 1 Apr 1212  [1]
  Marriage	1155 to 1159  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Weis (1982) states they were married about 1155. [1]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 20 years - She : ??.
  Children	4 sons and 3 daughters
  1. William de Bréteuil  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     2. Robert FitzPernel, Earl of Leicester   d. 20 Oct 1204  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     3. Roger, Bishop of St. Andrews  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     4. Arnice, Countess of Leicester  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   5. Margaret de Beaumont   d. 12 Jan 1635/36  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Saher de Quincy, Earl of Winchester  m. 1175     6. Hawise  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     7. Pernel  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F3012	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2019

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Sir Robert ès Blanchemains de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester(1135 – 1190) 2Sir Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester(1104 – 1168) 4Sir Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester(1049 – 1118) 8Roger de Beaumont, Siegneur of Beaumont(1022 – 1094) 16Humphrey de Vielles, Seigneur de Pont Audemer del la Haie( – date unknown) 17Aubrée de la Haye(984 – 1045) 9Adeline de Meulan(1014 – 1081) 18Waleran III de Meulan, Comte de Meulan(Abt 993 – 1069) 19Oda de Conteville(Abt 0994 – ) 5Isabel de Vermandois, Countess of Leicester(1081 – 1147) 10Hugh Magnus de Crépi, Duke of France and Burgundy(1057 – 1102) 20Henry I, King of France(1008 – 1060) 21Anne of Kiev(1036 – 1075) 11Adelaide de Vermandois, Countess de Vermandois and Valois(1062 – 1124) 22Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois(Abt 1032 – 1096) 23Adela de Vexin 3Amice de Montfort 6Ralph de Gael, Earl of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridge( – Abt 1096) 12 24 25 13 26 27 7Emma 14William FitzOsbern, Earl of Hereford( – 1071) 28Osbern, Steward of Normandy( – 1040) 29Emma of Ivry 15Adelise de Tosny 30Roger de Tosny, Standard Bearer Normandy 31

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 1190 - Durazzo, Eastern Empire  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008). [S1449] Cokayne, George E. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the UK, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, volume VII , (London: The St. Catherine Press, 1929). [S278] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (web: http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html). [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941).