Ermengarde de Beaumont Queen of Scotland

• Preferred Name: Ermengarde de Beaumont Queen of Scotland^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
  
• Gender: F
  
• FSID: GKCN-JYS
  
• Title+(Nobility): with note: Description: Queen consort of Scotland
  
• Birth: 1170 in Beaumont-le-Vicomte, Maine, France at LATI: N8.0631 LONG: E0.0769
  
• Marriage (custom): 5 SEP 1186 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N1.8472 LONG: E1.354 with note: Description: couple • Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy • "The Kings and Queens of Scotland" edited by Richard Oram • "Scottish Queens 1034-1714" by Rosalind K. Marshall • "British Kings and Queens" by Mike Ashley
  
• Death: 11 FEB 1233 in Balmerino Abbey, Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland
  
• Burial: 11 FEB 1233 in Balmerino Abbey, Balmerino, Fife, Scotland at LATI: N6.4099 LONG: E3.0429
  
• Alt.+Death: 12 FEB 1234
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Queen consort of ScotlandBET 1186 AND 1214 with note: Wikiwand: Ermengarde de Beaumont
  
• Fact: with note: Description: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermengarde_de_Beaumont
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Queen5 SEP 1186 in Scotland with note: • Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy • "The Kings and Queens of Scotland" edited by Richard Oram • "Scottish Queens 1034-1714" by Rosalind K. Marshall • "British Kings and Queens" by Mike Ashley
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Ermengarde de Beaumont (c. 1170-11 February 1233) was Queen of Scotland as the wife of King William I. She is reported to have exerted influence over the affairs of state as queen, though the information of her is lacking in detail.
  
  «b»Life«/b»
  Ermengarde was born c. 1170 to Richard I, Viscount of Beaumont-le-Vicomte, Fresnay and Ste-Suzanne, and Lucie de l'Aigle (died aft. 1217). Her father was the grandson of King Henry I of England.
  
  She married King William I of Scotland at the royal chapel at Woodstock Palace near Oxford in England on 5 September 1186 by Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury. The marriage was arranged by King Henry II of England, who was at the time the acknowledged overlord of Scotland: William considered her status beneath him, but agreed after Henry offered to pay for the entire wedding, land valued at 100 merks and 40 knight's fees, and to return the castles that he had forfeited, one of them being Edinburgh.
  
  The chronicler Walter Bower described Ermengarde as 'an extraordinary woman, gifted with a charming and witty eloquence'. Though William had many lovers before his marriage, he was reportedly never unfaithful to her after their wedding. The relatives of Ermengarde benefited from her status as queen. She is recorded to have presided with the Bishop of St. Andrews over a complex court case. In 1207, there was a complaint by a canon that a royal chaplain obtained the bishopric of Glasgow by bribing the King and the Queen. Queen Ermengarde is credited with mediating a renegotiation of the 1209 treaty, probably due to her husband's incapacity. Due to the illness of William, Ermengarde took over some of his duties during his later years, and there is evidence that she wielded considerable influence in public affairs. In 1212, she accompanied William with their children to King John of England to secure the succession of their son Alexander. Ermengarde was described as distraught and lethargic over her husband's death in 1214.
  
  As queen dowager, she devoted her time to the foundation of a Cistercian abbey at Balmerino in Fife. It was completed in 1229, and she often visited it as a guest with her son Alexander. She stayed at the abbey many times.
  
  «b»Children«/b»
  1.) Margaret of Scotland (1193-1259). Married Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent.
  
  2.) Isabella of Scotland (1195-1253). Married Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk.
  
  3.) Alexander II of Scotland (1198-1249).
  
  4.) Marjorie of Scotland (1200-1244). Married Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke.
  
  She died on 12 February 1233/1234, and was buried at St Edward of Balmerino Abbey, Fife.
  
  History of Ermengarde de Beaumont, Queen of Scotland (1170-1233)
  Ermengarde de Beaumont (c. 1170 – 11 February 1233) was Queen of Scotland as the wife of King William I. She is reported to have exerted influence over the affairs of state as queen, though the inform
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/MAINE.htm#Ermengardedied1233 as of 8/8/2016
  
  ERMENGARDE de Beaumont (-11 Feb 1233, bur Balmerino Abbey, Fife). Benedict of Peterborough records that "Ricard

• m. 5 SEP 1189 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

1. Margaret of Scotland, b. 1193 in London, Middlesex, England     d. 25 NOV 1259 in London, Middlesex, England
2. Alexander II King of Scotland, b. 24 AUG 1198 in Haddington, Haddingtonshire, Scotland     d. 8 JUL 1249 in Kerrera, Argyll, Scotland

1. Title: Ermengarde De Beaumont, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV9-1XY3 : 16 December 2020), Ermengarde De Beaumont, ; Burial, Balmerino, , Fife, Scotland, Balmerino Abbey Ruins; citing record ID 9297025, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV9-1XY3;
   
2. Title: The Peerage: Ermengarde de Beaumont
   Author: Last Edited=13 Feb 2011
   Publication: Name: http://thepeerage.com/p10471.htm#i104709;
   Note: Ermengarde de Beaumont F, #104709, b. circa 1160, d. 11 February 1233/34 Ermengarde de Beaumont was born circa 1160. She was the daughter of Richard I de Beaumont, Vicomte de Beaumont and Luce de l'Aigle. She married William I 'the Lion', King of Scotland, son of Henry of Huntingdon, Earl of Huntingdon and Ada de Warenne, on 5 September 1186 at Woodstock Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, EnglandG. She died on 11 February 1233/34.3 She was buried at Balmerino Abbey, Fife, Scotland. Children of Ermengarde de Beaumont and William I 'the Lion', King of Scotland Isabella of Scotland+4 d. a 1253 Margaret of Scotland+5 b. c 1193, d. 1259 Alexander II 'the Peaceful', King of Scotland+ b. 24 Aug 1198, d. 6 Jul 1249 Marjorie of Scotland4 b. b 1214, d. 17 Nov 1244 Citations [S106] Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED), online http://www.daml.org/2001/01/gedcom/royal92.ged. Hereinafter cited as Royal Genealogies Website. [S130] Wikipedia, online http;//www.wikipedia.org. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 197. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families. [S323] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), volume 1, page 5. Hereinafter cited as The Scots Peerage. [S323] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, volume 1, page 4.
   
3. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: ERMENGARDE de Beaumont
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/MAINE.htm#Ermengardedied1233;
   Note: vi) ERMENGARDE de Beaumont (-11 Feb 1233, bur Balmerino Abbey, Fife). Benedict of Peterborough records that "Ricardus vicecomes de Bellomonte et uxor sua…filiam" brought their daughter to be married to "Willelmo regis Scotiæ" at "Wdestoke Non Sep…1186." The Chronicle of Melrose records the marriage in 1186 of "William king of the Scots" and "a relation of Henry king of England…Ermengarda…daughter of the count of Beaumont who was the son of the daughter of the elder son of William the Bastard." The Chronicle of John of Fordun (Continuator - Annals) records the death of "Queen Ermengarde" in 1233 and her burial at "the abbey of St Edward of Balmurinath." The "Extracta ex Cronicis Scocie" records the death "III Id Feb," 47 years after her marriage, of "Edmergerda regina Scocia" and her burial "apud Balmurynot" which she had founded. m (Woodstock Palace, Oxford 5 Sep 1186) WILLIAM "the Lion" King of Scotland, son of HENRY of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon and Northumberland & his wife Ada de Warenne (1143-Stirling 4 Dec 1214, bur Arbroath Abbey).
   
4. Title: Wikiwand: Balmerino Abbey
   Author: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
   Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Balmerino_Abbey;
   Note: Balmerino Abbey, or St Edward's Abbey, in Balmerino, Fife, Scotland, was a Cistercian monastic community which has been ruinous since the 16th century. History It was founded in 1227 to 1229 by monks from Melrose Abbey with the patronage of Ermengarde de Beaumont and King Alexander II of Scotland. It remained a daughter house of Melrose. It had approximately 20 monks at the beginning of the sixteenth century, but declined in that century. In December 1547 it was burned by an English force, and allegedly damaged again in 1559 by Scottish Protestants as part of the Reformation's destruction of idolatrous structures. In combination with several centuries of plundering for building stone the entire main abbey is absent and only the smaller support structures to the north survive, most notable of which are the fan-vaulted cloisters. In 1606\07 its name was re-used as a secular lordship for James Elphinstone, 1st Lord Balmerino. Current condition In 1910 the landowner employed Francis William Deas to survey the building and execute a programme of repairs and consolidation. The abbey is now under the stewardship of the National Trust for Scotland, and a small entrance fee is requested at an honesty box, with no ticket booth or manned presence on-site. The ruin consists of a substantial section of the east wall of the main church. More substantial ruins of some of the associated buildings exist to the side of this but access is currently prohibited due to their poor state of repair. As of summer 2007, a sign on site states that entrance fees will be used to contribute towards a possible future stabilisation of these ruins in order to improve safety for visitors to enter once again. Burials Ermengarde de Beaumont, Queen of Scotland