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Amice de Gael de Montfort


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Father: Raoul de Montfort Gael, b. ABT 1073 in Montfort-sur-Risle, Eure, Upper Normandy, France   d. ABT 1143 in Gaël, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France
Mother: Havoise de Hédé et Montauban, b. 1085 in Bazouges, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, França   d. 1123 in Gaël, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France

Family 1: Robert de Beaumont 2nd Earl of Leicester,    b. 1093 in Eure, Normandy, France    d. 5 APR 1168 in Castle at Brackley, Northamptonshire, England
  1. Margaret de Beaumont, b. ABT 1125 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England     d. ABT 1185 in Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, England
  2. Hawise de Beaumont Countess of Leicester, b. ABT 1129 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England     d. 24 APR 1197 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
  3. Lady Hawise De Beaumont, Countess of Gloucester, Baroness Berkeley, b. 1129 in Leicester, Leicestershire, , England     d. 24 APR 1197 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, , England
  4. Robert de Beaumont 3rd Earl of Leicester, b. ABT 1121     d. 31 AUG 1190 in Durres, Durrës Municipality, Durrës, Albania
Sources:
  1. Title: Amice de Gael, "Find A Grave index"
    Author: Find A grave memorial 196813784
    Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196813784/amice-de_gael_heiress_of_breteuil_countess_of_leiceste;
    Note: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 January 2020), memorial page for Amice de Gael, Heiress of Breteuil, Countess of Leiceste (1094–1168), Find A Grave Memorial no. 196813784, citing Leicester Abbey, Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England ; Maintained by Teresa Clark (contributor 46870658) .
  2. Title: The Royal Ancestry Bible
    Author: The Royal Ancestry Bible, Michel L. Call, Copyright 2006
    Note: birth:
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2026280052
  3. Title: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    Author: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    Note: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
  4. Title: Wikiwand: Ralph de Gael
    Author: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Ralph_de_Gael;
    Note: Ralph de Gaël (otherwise Ralph de Guader, Radulf Waders or Ralph Wader) (before 1042 – c. 1096) was the Earl of East Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk) and Lord of Gaël and Montfort ("Seigneur de Gaël et Montfort"). He was the leading figure in the Revolt of the Earls, the last serious revolt against William the Conqueror. Birth Ralph was born before 1042, most probably about 1040, in Hereford, as not later than 1060 he attested, in company with other Bretons, a notification at Angers as son of Ralph the Staller. Inheritances He inherited the great Breton barony of Gaël, which comprised more than forty parishes. In England, whether by inheritance or by grant from the Crown, he held large estates in Norfolk, as well as property in Suffolk, Essex, Hertford, and possibly other counties. In some of these estates he certainly succeeded his father, but it is not known whether he obtained the Earldom immediately on his father's death. Up to 1074 In 1065 he was with Conan II, Duke of Brittany when he besieged Rivallon I of Dol, Lord of Dol, in the castle of Combourg. After the Battle of Hastings, he is found in February or March 1068 at William the Conqueror’s court with his father. Then in 1069 he routed a force of Norsemen which had invaded Norfolk and occupied Norwich, and he would later be created Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk, or of the East Angles, the Earldom being also styled, from its capital, "of Norwich." It presumably was this Ralph who on 13 April 1069 was with the King at Winchester and witnessed, as Earl Ralph, a diploma in favor of St. Denis of Paris and a grant in favor of the Bishop of Essex. It is possible that Ralph defended Dol when the Conqueror besieged it unsuccessfully in 1074, although it is more likely that Ralph was in Dol during the revolts against Hoel II, Duke of Brittany and that William came to Dol in defense of Hoel. Ralph built a church in Norwich, in the new town, and give it to his chaplains; but there is no record of religious benefactions by him in Brittany. Marriage He married, in 1075 at Exning, Cambridgeshire, Emma, only daughter of William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford and his first wife Alice or Adelise (or Adelissa), daughter of Roger I of Tosny. Their offspring were: . William de Gael, succeeded his father as Seigneur de Gael. He claimed Breteuil after the death of his uncle William de Breteuil, but died shortly thereafter, according to Orderic Vitalis.[2][3] . Raoul II de Gael, seigneur of Gael and Montfort. By 1119, he had obtained the honour of Breteuil in Normandy (his uncle William de Breteuil died 1103 without any legitimate issue).[2][3] The Complete Peerage claims that his descendants in the male line continued to hold his estates in Brittany, acquiring Laval and Vitré in the 15th century with the marriage of the heiress of Montmorency-Laval, but such a male-line descent hasn't been traced. He had only one child by his wife, whose name is unknown, a daughter Amice (Amicia), She was initially betrothed to Richard, illegitimate son of Henry I by his mistress Ansfrida, but her betrothed died on the White Ship disaster in November 1120. She was then married to the King's ward Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, second (twin) son of Robert de Beaumont, Count of Meulan. . Alain de Gael, who went with his parents on the First Crusade and died in the Holy Land Revolt of the Earls Main article: Revolt of the Earls In 1075 the king's refusal to sanction this marriage between two powerful families caused a revolt in his absence. The leaders were Ralph, his new brother-in-law Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford, and Waltheof, 1st Earl of Northumberland. The revolt was plagued by disaster. Waltheof lost heart and confessed the conspiracy to Lanfranc, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who urged Earl Roger to return to his allegiance, and finally excommunicated him and his adherents- Waltheof was later executed by William. Ralph encountered a much superior force under the warrior bishops Odo of Bayeux and Geoffrey de Montbray (the latter ordered that all rebels should have their right foot cut off) near Cambridge and retreated hurriedly to Norwich, hotly pursued by the royal army. Leaving his wife to defend Norwich Castle, he sailed for Denmark in search of help, and eventually returned to England with a fleet of 200 ships under Cnut and Hakon, which failed to do anything effective. Meanwhile, the countess held out in Norwich until she obtained terms for herself and her followers, who were deprived of their lands, but allowed forty days to leave the realm. Thereupon the countess retired to her estate in Brittany, where she was rejoined by her husband. Ralph was deprived of all his lands and of his earldom. At the time of his revolt, he was a land-holder in Whaddon, Cambridgeshire. This is according to the Domesday Book, which uses the name of "Radulf[us] Waders." Ralph and Emma retired to her Breton lands. They left for the Holy Land, joining Robert, Duke of Normandy, on the First Crusade, and died circa 1101. Baron of Brittany For the rest of his life he remained a great baron of Brittany, with no interests in England. In 1076, having plotted against Hoel II, Duke of Brittany, he was besieged at Dol, and William came to Hoel's aid; but Ralph finally made his peace. In 1089 he attested the judgment in a dispute between the monks of Redon Abbey and the chaplains of the Duke of Brittany. He also attested a charter of Alan IV, Duke of Brittany, in favour of St. Georges at Rennes (1084–1096). William being dead, Ralph appears in Normandy c. 1093 as a witness in the record of a suit between the abbots of Lonlay and St. Florent. There is, however, no record of religious benefactions by him in Brittany. Crusade In 1096, accompanied by his wife and in the army of Robert Corthose, he went on the First Crusade. He was one of the Breton leaders who took part in the siege of Nicaea, after which he joined Bohemund I of Antioch’s division of the army. Both Ralph and his wife Emma died on the road to Palestine in the course of the Crusade.
  5. Title: "Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families," Douglas Richardson
    Note: “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013): “ROBERT OF MEULAN, Knt., nicknamed "le Bossu," 1st Earl of Leicester, Justiciar of England, 1155-68, and, in right of his wife, of seigneur of Bréteuil, Lire, and Gloz in Normandy, younger son, born in 1104. He and his brother, Waleran, were brought up at the court of King Henry I of England with great care on account of the king's gratitude to their father. At his father's death in 1118, he succeeded to his English fiefs. He married after Nov. 1120 AMICE DE GAEL, daughter of Raoul de Gael, seigneur of Gael in Brittany and Bréteuil in Normandy. They had four sons, Robert, Knt. [2nd Earl of Leicester], Henry, Geoffrey, and John, and three daughters, Isabel (or Elizabeth), Hawise, and Margaret. He was granted the honour of Bréteuil in Normandy by his wife's father, who resigned it in his favor. He was knighted in 1122. Sometime in the period, 1126-68, he gave the church of Weedon, Northamptonshire to Bec Abbey. He was present at the death-bed of King Henry I in 1135. In the anarchy which followed, war broke out between Robert and his hereditary foe, Roger de Tony, whom he eventually captured with his brother, Waleran's assistance. Sometime in the period, c.1135-68, he and his son, Robert, confirmed the grant to Bec Abbey by William de Braol of £10 annual rent in "Pachem" (unidentified). In Dec. 1137 he and his brother, Waleran, returned to England with King Stephen as his chief advisers. In 1139 he and his brother seized the Bishops of Salisbury and Lincoln at Oxford. Sometime in the period, 1139-1141 he was granted the city, castle, and entire county of Hereford by King Stephen; the grant cannot have been much more than momentary. He devoted himself to his foundation of St. Mary de Pré at Leicester, which was accomplished in 1143. After the death of King Stephen, he appears to have made a truce with the Angevin party in Normandy. Following the death of his wife's cousin, William de Paci, in 1153, he was granted Paci in Normandy by Henry, Duke of Normandy (afterwards King Henry II). On Duke Henry's landing in England in 1153, he supplied him freely with means for his struggle. Shortly after the coronation of King Henry II in 1154, he was appointed chief justiciar of England. In 1158 he was left in charge of the kingdom, in a vice-regal capacity, until the king's return from Normandy in 1163. He was present at the Council of Clarendon, 13-28 Jan. 1163/4, and was the first to attest the "Constitutions," to which he procured the assent of Thomas à Becket. In 1165, on the king's departure, he was again left in charge of the kingdom. He appears to have accompanied the king to Normandy in spring 1166, but leaving him, returned to his post before October, and retained it until his death. In addition to St. Mary de Pré, he founded the abbey of Garendon, the monastery of Nuneaton, the priory of Lusfield, and the hospital of Brackley. He was also a benefactor to the Abbeys of Lire and la Chaise-Dieu in Normandy. At an unknown date, he confirmed to the church of Saint Nigasius of Meulan one ounce of gold in Thurmaston, Leicestershire which Amice his wife had formerly given. SIR ROBERT OF MEULAN, 1st Earl of Leicester, died 5 April 1168. His widow, Amice, is said to have entered the convent of Nuneaton Priory. She died 31 August, year uncertain. Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 16 (1813): 107, 233-234 (letter of Thomas [Becket], Archbishop of Canterbury to Robert, Earl of Leicester dated 1164 or 1165), 588-590 (letter of John of Salisbury to Master Girard Pulcelle dated 1168 states "Comes Leicestriae obdormivit in Domino."). Baker Hist. & Antiqs. of Northampton 1 (1822-30): 350 (Leicester ped.), 563 (Beaumont-Quincy ped.). Rud Codicum Manuscriptorum Ecclesiae Cathedralis Dunelmensis (1825): 216 (Monachi & alii Quorum in Margine Matyrologii: "Id. Apr. [13 April] Ob. Rodbertus Comes Leicestriæ et Amiza Comitissa uxot ejus"). Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 6(2) (1830): 1093 (charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester confirming the former gift of his wife, Amice, Countess of Leicester; charter witnessed by Earl Simon and Isabel his wife). Extracta e Variis Cronicis Scocie (1842): 70 (Isabel/Elizabeth de Vermandois], sister of Raoul, Count of Peronne, and mother of Robert, Earl of Leicester, Waleran, Count of Meulan, and Ada de Warenne, styled "kinswoman" of King Louis [VII] of France" [regis Francorum Ludouici consanguinea]). Delisle and Passy Memoires et Notes de M. Auguste Le Prevost pour servir a l'Histoire du Départment de l’Eure 1(1862): 414-420, 433. Luard Annales Monastici 1 (Rolls Ser. 36) (1864): 50 (Tewkesbury Annals sub AD. 1168: "Robertus comes Leycestriæ et Robertus abbas Salopesbiriæ obierunt."). Thompson Essay on English Municipal Hist. (1867): 41-44 (three charters of Robert, Earl of Leicester). Annual Rpt. of the Deputy Keeper 31 (1870): 2-4 Coll. Archaeologica 2 (1871):30-41. Merlet Cartulaire de l'Abbaye de la Sainte-Trinité de Tiron 1 (1883): 162-163. D.N.B. 4 (1885): 66-67 (biog. of Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester). Doyle Official Baronage of England 2 (1886): 335-336 (sub Leicester). Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 23 (1894): 473 (Ex Obituariis Lirensis Monasterii: "31 August Obiit Robertus, comes Leicestriæ. - Amicia comitissa."). Wigram Cartulary of the Monastery of St. Friderwide at Oxford 2 (Oxford Hist. Soc. 31) (1896): 328, 329 (two charters of Robert Earl of Leicester dated c. 1162-66). Bateson Recs. of the Borough of Leicester 1 (1899): 2 (charter of Robert Earl of Leicester dated 1159-62), 3 (undated charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester), 3 (undated charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester), 4 (undated charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester), 40-44 (inquest dated 1253 mentions Robert of Meulan, Earl of Leicester). Round Cal. Docs. Preserved in France 1 (1899): 376-377 (charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester to Fontevrault Abbey dated 1155-59; charter names his father, Robert, Count of Meulan, and also confirms a gift of his daughter, Isabel, and her son, Earl Simon). Molinier Obituaires de la Province de Sens 1(1) (Recueil des Historiens de la France, Obituaires 1) (1902): 313 (Abbaye de Saint-Denis: "nonas Aprilis [5 April] Ob. Robertus, comes Leecestrie."), 325 (Abbaye de Saint-Denis: "II kal. September [31 August] Ob. Amicia, comitissa Leecestre."). Warner & Ellis Facsimiles of Royal & Other Charters in the British Museum 1 (1903): #15 (charter of Waleran, Count of Meulan dated 1141; charter witnessed by his brother, Robert, Earl of Leicester). English Hist. Rev. 32 (1917): 245-248 (charter of Amice, Countess of Leicester, and charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester, both dated c.1150-60; charter of Earl Robert names his parents, Robert, Count of Meulan, and Isabel). Stenton Docs. Illus. of the Social & Economic Hist. of the Danelaw (1920): 251-259. C.P. 5 (1926): 688; 6 (1926): 451 (sub Hereford); 7 (1929): 527-530 (sub Leicester). Chibnall Select Docs. of the English Lands of the Abbey of Bec (Camden 3rd Ser. 73) (1951): 11 (charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester dated 1126-1168), 15 (charter of Robert, Earl of Leicester and Robert his son dated c.1135-1168). Sanders English Baronies (1960): 61. VCH Leicestershire 5 (1964): 256-264. Guyotjeannin Chartrier de l’Abbaye Premontrée de Saint-Yved de Braine (1134-1250) (Memoires et Docs. de l'Ecole des Chartes 49) (2000): 375 ("5 Sept. [Obiit] Amicie comitisse Lecestrie."). Tanner Fams., Friends, & Allies (2004): 297 (chart), 304 (Fitz Osbern ped.), 314 (Beaumont ped.). Children of Robert of Meulan, Knt., by Amice de Gael: i. ROBERT DE BRÉTEUIL, Knt., 2nd Earl of Leicester [see next]. ii. ISABEL (or ELIZABETH) OF LEICESTER, married (1st) SIMON DE SENLIS, Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton [see BEAUCHAMP 4]; (2nd) GERVASE PAYNELL, of Dudley (in Sedgley), Staffordshire [see BEAUCHAMP 4]. iii. HAWISE OF LEICESTER, married WILLIAM FITZ ROBERT, 2nd Earl of Gloucester [see GLOUCESTER 4]. iv. MARGARET OF LEICESTER, married RALPH DE TONY, of Flamstead, Hertfordshire [see TONY 5].”
  6. Title: Mathematical.com: Amice De (Uta) Gael (Waiet) Countess of Leicester
    Publication: Name: http://www.mathematical.com/gaelamise1108.html;
    Note: *Amice De (Uta) Gael (Waiet) Countess of Leicester born Abt 1108 Of Norfolk, England married Aft Nov 1120 Of Brittany, France father: *Ralph De Waiet born Abt 1078 Of, Montfort, Normandy, France mother: *Avise (Emma?) (Amice?) Fitzosbourne born 1075? Of Norfolk, England (end of information) siblings: unknown spouse: *Robert "Bossu" De Beaumont Earl of Leicester born 1104 Leicester, Leicestershire, England died 5 Apr 1168 England buried Leicester Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, England children: *Robert "Blanchmains" Harcourt Earl of Leicester born Abt 1121 Of Beaumont, France died 31 Aug 1190 Durazzo Provence, West Albania Geoffrey De Beaumont born Abt 1146 Of Leicester, Leicestershire, England Roger De Beaumont born Abt 1128 Of, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Lady (Elizabeth) De Beaumont born Abt 1140 Of Leicester, England *Margaret De Beaumont born Abt 1125 Of, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Gervace De Beaumont born Abt 1138 Of Leicester, Leicestershire, England William De Beaumont born Abt 1142 Of, Hambleton, Buckinghamshire, England John De Beaumont born Abt 1144 Of, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Henry De Beaumont born Abt 1148 Of, Leicester, Leicestershire, England *Hawise "De Beaumont" of Leicester born Abt 1129 Of Leicestershire, England died 24 Apr 1197 *Isabel Or Elizabeth De Beaumont born Abt 1121 Of Leicestershire, England died Aft May 1188
  7. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#AmiceGaeldiedafter1168;
    Note: i) GUILLAUME de Gaël . He succeeded his father as Seigneur de Gaël. Orderic Vitalis names him as nephew of Guillaume de Breteuil, on whose death he unsuccessfully claimed Breteuil but died soon after[885]. ii) RAOUL de Gaël . He succeeded his brother as Seigneur de Gaël et de Montfort, in Brittany. He received Breteuil in 1119. According to the Complete Peerage, his descendants in the male line continued to hold his estates in Brittany, acquiring Laval and Vitré in the 15th century with the marriage of the heiress of Montmorency-Laval[886]. This descent has not been traced. From a chronological point of view, it seems possible that Guillaume [I] de Montfort was the son of Raoul de Gaël. m ---. The name of Raoul's wife is not known. Raoul & his wife had one child: (a) AMICE de Gaël (-31 Aug [1168 or after], bur Eton). She is named by Orderic Vitalis, who also names her father and specifies that her marriage was arranged by Henry I King of England after she had been betrothed to his deceased son Richard[887]. Heiress of Breteuil. She is said to have become a nun at Nuneaton after her husband's death[888]. The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "II Kal Sep" of "Amicia comitissa Leecestre"[889]. The necrology of Garendon abbey (Leicestershire) records the death “pridie Non Apr...in die Sancti Ambrosii” of “Robertus comes Leyc fundator huius abbatie”, and “die Sancti Egidii abbatis” of “Amicia uxor eiusdem Roberti” and her burial “in monasterio prioratus monialium de Etona”[890]. The necrology of Lyre monastery records the death "31 Aug" of "Robertus comes Leicestriæ, Amicia comitissa"[891]. Betrothed to RICHARD, illegitimate son of HENRY I King of England & his mistress Ansfride --- (before 1101-drowned off Barfleur, Normandy 25 Nov 1120). m (after 25 Nov 1120) ROBERT de Beaumont Earl of Leicester "le Bossu", son of ROBERT de Beaumont-le-Roger Comte de Meulan, & his wife Elisabeth de Vermandois [Capet] (1104-5 Apr 1168, bur Leicester Abbey).
  8. Title: Geni: Amice de Montfort, Heiress of Breteuil, Countess Of Leicester
    Author: Added by: Elizabeth Quick on April 14, 2007 Managed by: James Fred Patin, Jr. and 212 others Curated by: Pam Wilson, Curator
    Publication: Name: https://www.geni.com/people/Amice-de-Ga%C3%ABl-Heiress-of-Breteuil-Countess-Of-Leicester/6000000000164601413;
    Note: Amice de Gaël de Montfort, Heiress of Breteuil, Countess Of Leicester MP Gender: Female Birth: 1094 Norfolk, England (United Kingdom) Death: after circa August 31, 1168 Convent of Nuneaton or Lyre Monastery, England (United Kingdom) Place of Burial: Leicester Abbey, Leicestershire, England Immediate Family: Daughter of Raoul de Montfort, Seigneur de Montfort et Gaël and N.N. Wife of Sir Robert de Beaumont, Knight, Earl of Leicester, Justiciar of England Fiancée of Richard FitzRoy Mother of Isabel (Elizabeth) de Beaumont; Robert de Beaumont, Third Earl of Leicester; Hawise de Beaumont, Countess of Gloucester; Margaret de Beaumont and Hawise de Lewes Half sister of Guillaume de Montfort-Le-Hédé; Robert de Montfort-Le-Hédé, Seigneur de Hédé and Amicie de Montfort-Le-Hédé, Dame de Breteuil
  9. Title: Wikiwand: Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester
    Author: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Robert_de_Beaumont,_1st_Earl_of_Leicester;
    Note: Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester (c. 1040/1050 – 5 June 1118), also known as Robert of Meulan, Count of Meulan, was a powerful Norman nobleman, one of the companions of William the Conqueror during the Norman Conquest of England, and was revered as one of the wisest men of his age. Chroniclers spoke highly of his eloquence, his learning, and three kings of England valued his counsel. He was granted considerable lands in the Midlands by William and Henry I and made the Earl of Leicester. Biography Robert was born between 1040–1050, the eldest son of Roger de Beaumont (1015–1094) by his wife Adeline of Meulan (died 1081), a daughter of Waleran III, Count de Meulan, and was an older brother of Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick (c. 1050–1119) Robert de Beaumont was one of only a small number of men known to have fought at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, as well as being a cousin of William, and was leader of the infantry on the right wing of the Norman army, as evidenced in the following near contemporary account by William of Poitiers: "A certain Norman, Robert, son of Roger of Beaumont, being nephew and heir to Henry, Count of Meulan, through Henry's sister Adeline, found himself that day in battle for the first time. He was as yet but a young man and he performed feats of valor worthy of perpetual remembrance. At the head of a troop which he commanded on the right wing he attacked with the utmost bravery and success." His service earned him the grant of more than 91 English manors confiscated from the defeated English, as listed in the Domesday Book of 1086. When his mother died in 1081, Robert inherited the title of Count of Meulan in Normandy, and the title Viscount Ivry and Lord of Norton. He paid homage to King Philip I of France for these estates and sat as a French Peer in the Parliament held at Poissy. He and his brother Henry were members of the Royal hunting party in the New Forest in Hampshire when King William II "Rufus" (1087–1100) was shot dead accidentally by an arrow on 2 August 1100. He pledged allegiance to William II's brother, King Henry I (1100–1135), who created him Earl of Leicester in 1107. On the death of William Rufus, William, Count of Évreux and Ralph de Conches made an incursion into Robert's Norman estates, on the pretence they had suffered injury through some advice that Robert had given to the king; their raid was successful and they collected a vast booty. During the English phase of the Investiture Controversy, he was excommunicated by Pope Paschal II on 26 March 1105 for advising King Henry to continue selecting the bishops of his realm in opposition to the canons of the church. Sometime in 1106, Henry succeeded in having Anselm, the exiled archbishop of Canterbury, revoke this excommunication. Anselm's (somewhat presumptuous) act was ultimately ratified by Paschal. According to Henry of Huntingdon, Robert died of shame after "a certain earl carried off the lady he had espoused, either by some intrigue or by force and stratagem." He was the last surviving Norman nobleman to have fought in the Battle of Hastings. Robert de Beaumont was buried at the Abbey of Saint-Pierre de Préaux in Normandy. Family In 1096, he married Elizabeth (or Isabel) de Vermandois, daughter of Hugh Magnus (1053-1101) a younger son of the French king and Adelaide, Countess of Vermandois (1050-1120). After his death Elizabeth remarried in 1118 to William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey. He had the following progeny: 1. Waleran IV de Beaumont, Count of Meulan, 1st Earl of Worcester (b. 1104), eldest twin and heir. 2. Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester & Earl of Hereford (b. 1104), twin 3. Hugh de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Bedford (born c. 1106) 1. Emma de Beaumont (born 1102) 2. Adeline de Beaumont, married twice: 1. Hugh IV of Montfort-sur-Risle; 2. Richard de Granville of Bideford (died 1147) 3. Aubree de Beaumont, married Hugh II of Châteauneuf-Thimerais. 4. Agnes de Beaumont, a nun 5. Maud de Beaumont, married William Lovel (born c. 1102) 6. Isabel de Beaumont, a mistress of King Henry I. Married twice: 1. Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke; 2. Hervé de Montmorency, Constable of Ireland In popular culture Television Robert De Beaumont is portrayed by Jotham Annan in the 3 part BBC drama-documentary presented by Dan Snow, 1066: A Year to Conquer England. Sources . Edward T. Beaumont, J.P. The Beaumonts in History. A.D. 850-1850. Oxford.
  10. Title: rootsweb: Amice de Montfort
    Author: Citations [S206] With additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. and assisted by David Faris Frederick Lewis Weis, Weis: AR 7th ed., 53-25. [S215] Revised by others later George Edward Cokayne CP, VI:643. [S215] Revised by others later George Edward Cokayne CP, XI:Appendix D, pg. 107.
    Publication: Name: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cousin/html/p57.htm#i6995;
    Note: Amice de Montfort b. circa 1100 Father seigneur de Montfort Ralph de Gaël1,2 b. circa 1075, d. 5 April 1168 Amice de Montfort was born circa 1100 at Norfolk, England. She was the daughter of seigneur de Montfort Ralph de Gaël.1,2 Amice de Montfort and Richard fitz Roy de Normandie were engaged before 25 November 1120.3 Amice de Montfort married Robert II de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, son of Robert I de Beaumont-le-Roger, 1st Earl of Leicester and Isabel de Vermandois, after 25 November 1120 at Brittany, France.3 Family Robert II de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester b. 1104, d. 1168 Children Robert III de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester+ b. c 1121, d. 1190 Isabel de Beaumont+ b. c 1122?2 Hawise of Leicester+ b. c 1129, d. 24 Apr 1197
  11. Title: Amice de Gael, Heiress of Breteuil, Countess of Leiceste, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7J7Q-FQPZ : 10 September 2021), de Montfort, ; Burial, Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England, Leicester Abbey; citing record ID 196813784, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7J7Q-FQPZ;
  12. Title: Find a Grave: Amice de Gael, Heiress of Breteuil, Countess of Leiceste
    Author: MEMORIAL ID 196813784
    Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196813784/amice-de_gael_heiress_of_breteuil_countess_of_leiceste;
    Note: Amice de Gael, Heiress of Breteuil, Countess of Leiceste BIRTH 1094 DEATH 1168 (aged 73–74) Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England BURIAL Leicester Abbey Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England MEMORIAL ID 196813784 Family Members Spouse Photo Robert de Beaumont 1104–1168 (m. 1120)
    Page: Source for spouse of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (1104 – 5 April 1168)
  13. Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists
    Author: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Ed, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additons by Walter Lee Shippard Jr, 1999, Page number: 53-25
    Note: Source Media Type: Book
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742596
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