Humphrey de Vieilles du Ponteaudemer

• Preferred Name: Humphrey de Vieilles du Ponteaudemer^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Burial: 1044 in Monastery of Saint-Pierre, Préaux, Normandy, France at LATI: N9.4928 LONG: E0.2129
  
• Birth: 980 in Eure, Pont Audemer, High Normandy, France at LATI: N9.3556 LONG: E0.5157 with note: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Archives
  
• Death: 28 SEP 1044 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France at LATI: N9.184 LONG: E0.368
  
• Occupation: Sire de Pont-Audemer, Seigneur de Préaux et Brotonne
  
• FSID: 99Y7-MCD
  
• Onfroi+de+Vieilles: with note: Description: Humphrey (or Honfroy, Onfroi or Umfrid) de Vieilles (died c. 1044) was the first holder of the "grand honneur" of Beaumont-le-Roger, one of the most important groups of domains in eastern Normandy and the founder of the House of Beaumont. He was married to Albreda or Alberée de la Haye. His son, Roger de Beaumont, a powerful 11th century lord and adviser to William the Conqueror, derived his family name from Beaumont, of which his family were lords.
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  His early life and origins are the subject of much discussion. As reported by later Norman chronicler Robert of Torigni, he was the son of Thorold de Pont-Audemer and grandson of a Torf, from whose name derived that of the village of Tourville-sur-Pont-Audemer.
  
  Humphrey's mother, according to Robert of Torigni, was Duvelina, sister of Gunnor, concubine of Richard I, Duke of Normandy. Thus Humphrey and his Beaumont descendants were kinsmen of the Norman Dukes and other members of the early Anglo-Norman nobility similarly descended from Gunnor's kindred.
  
  His ancestry remains controversial. Whatever the truth, there is no doubt that Humphrey is descended--at least in part--from a Scandinavian family.
  
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  === Lord of Pont-au-de-Mar, Preaux and Beau ===
  Lord of Pont-au-de-Mar, Preaux and Beaumont, Normandy, France
  
  === -Seigneur of Vieilles and Pont-Audemer i ===
  -Seigneur of Vieilles and Pont-Audemer in Normandy --------------------------- Reference: Blue 48(a), page 125

• m. 1010 in Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

1. Roger de Beaumont, b. 1015 in Beaumont-le-Roger, Eure, Normandy, France     d. 29 NOV 1094 in Maine, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France
2. Albreda de Préaux, b. ABT 1007 in Préaux Calvados, Duché de Normandie     d. ABT 1112 in Somme, Picardie, France

1. Title: Humphrey de Vielles, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKR-LRBN : 16 December 2021), Humphrey de Vielles, ; Burial, Les Preaux, Departement de l'Eure, Haute-Normandie, France, Abbey of Saint Peter; citing record ID 58931564, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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2. Title: Humphrey de Vielles, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKR-LRBN : 16 December 2021), Humphrey de Vielles, ; Burial, Les Preaux, Departement de l'Eure, Haute-Normandie, France, Abbey of Saint Peter; citing record ID 58931564, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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3. Title: Wikipedia - House of Beaumont
   Author: References ^ Jump up to: a b Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1904). The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopaedia of Armory. T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 195. Retrieved 27 August 2017. ^ Source: Arms of "Thomas, Earl of Warwick" stated in several 13th-century Rolls of Arms, incl. Collins' Roll, c. 1296 "The Beaumonts in History (850-1850), Edward T. Beaumont, 1929, (333 pages)". Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2008. External links Wikisource has the text of a 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article about House of Beaumont, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. "Beaumont family tree". (in French) Comtes de Meulan, Seigneurs de Beaumont-Le-Roger, Earls of Leicester
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Beaumont;
   Note: The Norman family of Beaumont was one of the great baronial Anglo-Norman families, who became rooted in England after the Norman Conquest. Beaumont de Beaumont Noble Family Arms of Beaumont (Baron Beaumont, 1309).svg Country Normandy, England Current region England Place of origin Beaumont-le-Roger Founder Humphrey de Vieilles, Roger de Beaumont Titles Baron Beaumont Earl of Leicester Earl of Warwick Earl of Worcester Viscount Beaumont of Swords Beaumont baronets History Roger de Beaumont, Lord (seigneur) of Pont-Audemer, of Beaumont-le-Roger, of Brionne and of Vatteville, was too old to fight at the battle of Hastings and stayed in Normandy to govern and protect it while William was away on the invasion. As a reward, he received lands in Leicestershire. His son Robert de Beaumont, comte de Meulan, who commanded the Norman right wing at Hastings, became the first Earl of Leicester. His brother Henri de Beaumont was created Earl of Warwick. During Stephen's reign, the twins Galéran and Robert were powerful allies to the king, and as a reward Galéran (already comte de Meulan) was made Earl of Worcester. Counsel from the Beaumonts was important to the Dukes of Normandy, then by the kings of England. Family Tree[edit] ? └─>Torf le Riche, seigneur de Pont-Audemer (born c. 910) │ └─>Turold de Pont-Audemer (c. 940) │ └─>Onfroi de Vieilles called de Harcourt (c. 975) │ └─>Roger de Beaumont (le Barbu) († 1094) │ ├─>Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester (1050 – 1118) │ │ │ ├─>Galéran IV de Meulan (1104 – 1166) │ │ └─> Earls of Worcester branch │ │ │ └─>Robert II de Beaumont (1104 – 1168) │ └─> Earls of Leicester branch │ └─>Henri de Beaumont called de NeufBourg (1046 – 1123) │└─> Earls of Warwick branch . │. └─>Robert de Neubourg Family tree: House of Beaumont First creation (1107) Arms of Beaumont, Earls of Leicester (1st Creation): Gules, a Cinquefoil Ermine, which were adopted by the town of Leicester[1] Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester (died 1118) Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (1104–1168) Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester (died 1190) Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester (died 1204) (alias Robert FitzPernel) Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester (c. 1170–1218, confirmed 1207) Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208–1265, forfeit 1265) Early members of the house of Beaumont[edit] Anglo-Norman branch: Roger de Beaumont Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester Waleran de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Worcester Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick French branch: The French Vicomtes de Beaumont au Maine date from approximately 930 AD and contrary to many false assumptions never had, and do not have, any connection with the Norman Beaumonts descended from Roger de Beaumont. The French family take their name from the village of Beaumont-sur-Sarthe (formerly Beaumont le Vicomte) which is 30 km north of Le Mans. (Beaumont-le-Roger is about 125 km away, in the vicinity of Rouen). The French family came to England in the late 14th century (see Isabella de Vesci) and modern Beaumonts are descended from her brother Henry de Beaumont who was the first of the English barony and later Viscounts. They are not a branch of the Norman family - rather they fought against the Normans on behalf of the French (see Hubert de Beaumont). Henry de Beaumont Hubert de Beaumont-au-Maine Armorial (click link to view images) The Beaumont family was founded before heraldry (c. 1160). So, different branches of the family adopted different arms. Arms of Beaumont, Earls of Leicester (1st Creation): Gules, a Cinquefoil Ermine, which were adopted by the town of Leicester[1] Arms of Newburgh/Beaumont Earls of Warwick, adopted c. 1200 – 1215 at start of the age of heraldry: Checky azure and or a chevron ermine[2] Arms of Beaumont (Beaumont Baronets; Baron Beaumont (1309); Beaumont Earls of Buchan; Viscount Beaumont; Viscount Beaumont of Swords; Beaumont of Cole Orton; etc., all descended from John de Brienne, King of Jerusalem: Azure semée of fleus-de-lys, a lion rampant or The Beaumont family of France coat of arms, adopted at the start of the age of heraldry, c.1200
   
4. Title: Newberry genealogy : the ancestors and descendants of Thomas Newberry
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/newberrygenealog00bart/page/4/mode/2up?q=ilbert;
   Note: He was born about 980, succeeded his father as Sire du Ponteaudemer, and also was Seigneur de Veulles, Preaux, Torville, Ponteautorf, Beaumont, etc. From his close connection with the ducal house, he was prominent during the reigns of Dukes Richard III. and Robert “the Devil” (1026-1035). His name is found on many monastic charters of the period; and about 1050 he founded and endowed the Abbey of Preaux in Ponteaudemer, where he was buried
   Page: Reliable source.
   
5. Title: Wikipedia, Onfroi de Vieilles
   Author: Sources (in French) Pierre Bauduin, La première Normandie (Xe-XIe siècles), Presses Universitaires de Caen, 2004 (in French) Véronique Gazeau, Monachisme et aristocratie au XIe siècle : l'exemple de la famille de Beaumont, doctoral thesis, Université de Caen, 1986–1987 (dactyl.) [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910–1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VII, page 521. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey_de_Vieilles;
   Note: Humphrey de Vieilles[1] (died c. 1050) was the first holder of the "grand honneur" of Beaumont-le-Roger, one of the most important groups of domains in eastern Normandy[2] and the founder of the House of Beaumont. He was married to Albreda or Alberée de la Haye Auberie. Early life His early life and origins are the subject of much discussion. As reported by later Norman chronicler Robert of Torigni, he was the son of Thorold de Pont-Audemer and grandson of a Torf, from whose name derived that of the village of Tourville-sur-Pont-Audemer.[3] Humphrey's mother, according to Robert of Torigni, was Duvelina, sister of Gunnor, concubine of Richard I, Duke of Normandy. Thus Humphrey and his Beaumont descendants were kinsmen of the Norman Dukes and other members of the early Anglo-Norman nobility similarly descended from Gunnor's kindred. His ancestry remains controversial. Whatever the truth, there is no doubt that Humphrey is descended--at least in part--from a Scandinavian family. Besides Beaumont-le-Roger, he had lands dispersed through the whole of Normandy, in Cotentin, in Hiémois, in the Pays d'Auge, in Basse Seine (Vatteville-la-Rue), in Évrecin (Normanville) and in Vexin normand (Bouafles). These lands originated in the favour of the dukes Richard II and Robert II, from confiscated church lands. The "honneur" of Beaumont was, for example, constituted from the remains of the lands of the abbey of Bernay.[4] The abbot of Bernay, Raoul, parent of Humphrey, would have entrusted to him between 1027 and 1040, part of the heritage of his]].[5] monastery. Like other lords of the beginning of the 11th century, such as the family of Bellême, he increased the family's power by recovering or winning of ecclesiastical lands. On the other hand, the possessions around Pont-Audemer came to him by family inheritance. In 1034, he 'founded' (or, rather, restored) the monastery at Préaux, a few kilometres from Pont-Audemer, with monks from the Saint-Wandrille. He also held Bernay Abbey By contrast, the possessions around Pont-Audemer are from the heritage of his ancestors. During the minority of Duke William the Bastard, Roger I of Tosny, holder of the "honneur" of Conches, attacked Humphrey's domains. But around 1040, Humphrey's son, Roger de Beaumont, met and defeated Roger in battle, during which Roger of Tosny was killed. Children His known children by his wife Albreda or Alberée de la Haye were: Robert, the elder, assassinated by Roger de Clères[6] after 1066 and buried at the abbey of Saint-Pierre de Préaux;[7] Roger de Beaumont, known as le Barbe († 1094), who succeeded his father. Henri de Beaumont fights Roger de Toesny with his brother Roger, sent by his father in 1040.[8] Dunelma (perhaps a corrupted form of Duvelina, the name of her grandmother) sister of Roger of Beaumont and mother of a daughter who was a nun at Saint-Léger de Préaux One other possible child : Guillaume de Beaumont, Monk at the abbey of Saint-Pierre de Préaux Notes and references ^ Vieilles is the name of a former village, now merged with Beaumont-le-Roger ^ Pierre Bauduin, La première Normandie (Xe-XIe siècles), Presses Universitaires de Caen, 2004, p.216-217. Among the other grands honneurs of the Pays d'Ouche, were those of Breteuil and of Conches ^ Robert of Torigni relates that Thorold was brother of Turquetil, the father of Harcourt family founder Ansketil de Harcourt. ^ Veronica Gazeau, Monachisme et aristocratie au XIe siècle : l'exemple de la famille de Beaumont,, PhD thesis, University of Caen, 1986–1987 (dactyl.), p.67–73. ^ Véronique Gazeau, Monachisme et aristocratie au XIe siècle : l'exemple de la famille de Beaumont, thèse de doctorat de troisième cycle, Université de Caen, 1986–1987 (dactyl.), p.67-73. L'abbé de Bernay, Raoul, parent de Onfroi, lui aurait confié entre 1027 et 1040, une partie du patrimoine de son monastère. D'autres seigneurs du début du XIe siècle, comme ceux de Bellême, ont accru leur puissance en récupérant ou en s'octroyant des biens ecclésiastiques ^ Orderic Vitalis, History of Normandy, Éd. Guizot, 1826, vol. III, livre VIII, p. 373. Charpillon et Caresme, Dictionnaire historique des communes de l'Eure, vol I, 1879, art. Beaumont-le-Roger ^ Orderic Vital, Histoire de la Normandie, Éd. Guizot, 1826, vol. III, livre VIII, p. 373. Louis-Étienne Charpillon et Anatole Caresme, Dictionnaire historique des communes de l'Eure, vol I, 1879, art. Beaumont-le-Roger ^ Davy, André, 1940–, La véritable histoire des ducs de Normandie (ISBN 9782355931444,