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Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester, Count of Meulan (c. 1040/1050 – 5 June 1118), also known as Robert of Meulan, was a powerful Norman nobleman, one of the very few proven Companions of William the Conqueror during the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, and was revered as one of the wisest men of his age.
Robert was the son of Amicia de Gael and Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, [2] a staunch supporter of Henry II, and he inherited from his father large estates in England and Normandy. When the younger Henry revolted in April 1173, Robert went to his castle at Breteuil in Normandy.
Robert de Beaumont, Count of Meulan (c. 1142–1207), French nobleman; Robert Beaumont (Master of Trinity College) (died 1567), English educator; Bob Beaumont (1932–2011), American automobile manufacturer; Sir Robert Beaumont, character in the 1996 American film The Ghost and the Darkness; Robert Beaumont (essayist)
Robert de Beaumont, Count of Meulan and 1st Earl of Leicester, and Elizabeth de Vermandois A Chronicle of England - Page 167 - Becket Forbids the Earl of Leceister to Pass Sentence on Him.jpg Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (1104 – 5 April 1168) was Justiciar of England 1155–1168.
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 ...
Petronilla de Grandmesnil, Countess of Leicester (c. unknown– 1212) was the wife of Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester, known as "Blanchmains" (d. 1190). After a long widowhood, she was buried in Leicester Abbey after her death on 1 April 1212.
In 1107 Robert became Earl of Leicester. [11] By de Beaumont she had three sons (the eldest of whom were twins) and five or six daughters as follows: [12] Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (born 1104, twin), married and left issue. [12] Waleran de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Worcester, Count of Meulan (born 1104, twin), married and left issue ...
The geographical extent of the county associated with the castle and town of Meulan becomes evident in the time of Robert I (1081–1118) and Waleran de Beaumont (1118–1166). The county then ran west along the right bank of the Seine as far as the lordship of La Roche Guyon, and included the priory of St-Martin-la-Garenne, of which Robert I ...