Other Events:

• AFN: 9G8Z-NJ
• _UID: 995D285FD972C6448F541C700744A698CAA0

Notes:

Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families, by Michael L. Call, chart 439, # 1.

Amice — Fitzrobert, William. William was born Abt 1158. [Group Sheet]

Amice married Clare, Earl/Hertford Richard Abt 1181. Richard (son of De Clare, Roger and St. Hilary, Maud (Matilda)) was born Abt 1150/1162, of, Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England; died 30 Dec 1218. [Group Sheet]

1. de Clare, Maud was born Abt 1175/1184, of, , Lincoln, England; died 1213.
2. de Clare, Richard was born Abt 1186, of, London, London, England; died 4 Mar 1228.
3. de Clare, Magna Charta Gilbert was born Abt 1181/1196, , Hertford, Hertfordshire, England; died 25 Oct 1230, Penrose, Brittany, France, France; was buried 10 Nov 1230, , Tewksbury, Gloucester, Eng.

Other Events:

• AFN: 91SN-H6
• _UID: 65F60684D32F5E4D97E56E61385AFCEA5550

Notes:

Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families, by Michael L. Call, chart 439, # 2.

William married De Beaumont, Hawise Abt 1150. Hawise (daughter of De Beaumont, Earl/Leicester Robert II and de Gael, Cts/Leicester Amice) was born Abt 1134, of Norfolk or, Leicester, Leicestershire, England; died 24 Apr 1197. [Group Sheet]

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• AFN: 91SR-XT
• _UID: 10130BE277708945A211AF4A2682406EC77B

Other Events:

• AFN: 9FTJ-RX
• _UID: 881D0D9428701C4CAA003D188104319D9826
• _UID: F8444A23E325904C92D561536A9611D18A7B
• _UID: FF6EF4067ABE2142BCE08D378EFF063D3265
• Birth: Abt 1088, Caen, Clvds, France

Notes:

PREFIX: Also shown as Earl of Gloucster

DEATH: Also shown as Died Bristol, Gloucster, England.

SURNAME: Also shown as Gloucester

DEATH: Also shown as Died 1147

Robert married Fitz Hammon, Cts/Gloucester Mabel Abt 1109, of, , , England. Mabel (daughter of Fitz Hammon, Lord of Corboil Robert and de Montgomery, Sybil) was born Abt 1090, of, , , England; died 1157, , Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet]

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• AFN: 9FTJ-S4
• _UID: 606BB262A1EEEF498E3B70E736A983CFF780

Notes:

his individual has the following other parents in the Ancestral File:
Robert /FITZHAMON/ (AFN:9BCV-BF) and Sybil De /MONTGOMERY/ (AFN:91SN-KJ)
Robert /FITZ HAMMON/ (AFN:GXQQ-83) and Sybil De /MONTGOMERY/ (AFN:GXQQ-98)
Robert Fitz /HAMMON

!Also Countess of Ver.

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• AFN: 8HRJ-6W
• _UID: EF8675CFB4E12D46B421F0D1F01CA00F12A5

Notes:

Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families, by Michael L. Call, Chart 439 - # 6

Robert married de Gael, Cts/Leicester Amice Aft Nov 1120. Amice (daughter of de Gael, Earl/Norfolk Ralph and fitz Osborne, Avise) was born Abt 1100, of, , Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: 9G81-1D
• _UID: 9A7C37818A90FB4B91A568100CF4C1B9569E

Notes:

Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families, by Michael L. Call, Chart 439 - # 7

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• AFN: 8XJ0-6V
• Title: King of England
• _FSFTID: 9CMY-6FS
• _UID: 8AB8537BF0003945A77E6B85CCD67FF8AC85
• _UID: CFDD5BE9F8C30444BDDB1382BA45DBB9B346
• Coronation: 5 Aug 1100
• Acceded: 6 Aug 1100, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England
• Ruled: 1100–1135, England
• Ruled: 1106–1135; Duke of Normandy
• Occupation: 1100–1135, King of England, Roi d'Angleterre de 1100 à 1135-Duc de Normandie, King of the English Duke of Normandy, Duke of the Normans, Kung av England och Hertig av Normandie, Duke of Normandy King of England, King, kung, KING OF ENGLAND, 1100-1135, King Henry I

Notes:

Henry I (of England) (1068-1135), third Norman king of England (1100-1135), fourth son of William the Conqueror. Henry was born in Selby. Because his father, who died in 1087, left him no land, Henry made several unsuccessful attempts to gain territories on the Continent. On the death of his brother William II in 1100, Henry took advantage of the absence of another brother-Robert, who had a prior claim to the throne-to seize the royal treasury and have himself crowned king at Westminster. Henry subsequently secured his position with the nobles and with the church by issuing a charter of liberties that acknowledged the feudal rights of the nobles and the rights of the church. In 1101 Robert, who was duke of Normandy, invaded England, but Henry persuaded him to withdraw by promising him a pension and military aid on the Continent. In 1102 Henry put down a revolt of nobles, who subsequently took refuge in Normandy (Normandie), where they were aided by Robert. By defeating Robert at Tinchebray, France, in 1106, Henry won Normandy. During the rest of his reign, however, he constantly had to put down uprisings that threatened his rule in Normandy. The conflict between Henry and Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury, over the question of lay investiture (the appointment of church officials by the king), was settled in 1107 by a compromise that left the king with substantial control in the matter.
Because he had no surviving male heir, Henry was forced to designate his daughter Matilda as his heiress. After his death on December 1, 1135, at Lyons-la-Fôret, Normandy, however, Henry's nephew, Stephen of Blois, usurped the throne, plunging the country into a protracted civil war that ended only with the accession of Matilda's son, Henry II, in 1154.



"Henry I (of England)," Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 2000. 1993-1999 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Henry I (c.1068 - December 1, 1135), called variously Henry Beauclerk, Henri Beauclerc, or Henry Beauclerc because of his scholarly interests, was the third son of William the Conqueror.
His reign as King of England extended from 1100 to 1135, succeeding his brother, William II Rufus. He also was known by the nickname "Lion of Justice", due to the refinements which he brought about in the rudimentary administrative and legislative machinery of the time.
He seized power after the death of William II, which occurred (conveniently) during the absence of his brother Robert Curthose on the Crusades.
His reign is noted for his opportunistic political skills, the aforementioned improvements in the machinery of government, the integration of the divided Anglo-Saxon and Normans within his kingom, his reuniting of the dominions of his father, and his controversial (although well-founded) decision to name his daughter as his heir.
Early life
Henry was born between May 1068 and May 1069, probably in Selby, Yorkshire in England. His mother, Queen Matilda of Flanders, named him after her uncle, King Henry I of France. As the youngest son of the family, he was most likely expected to become a bishop and was given extensive schooling for a young nobleman of that time period. William of Malmesbury asserts that Henry once remarked that an illiterate king was a crowned ass. He was probably the first Norman ruler to be fluent in the English language.
His father William, upon his death in 1087, bequeathed his dominions to his sons in the following manner:
" Robert received the Duchy of Normandy
" William received the Kingdom of England
" Henry received 5,000 pounds of silver
Orderic Vitalis reports that King William declared to Henry: "You in your own time will have all the dominions I have acquired and be greater than both your brothers in wealth and power."
Henry played both brothers off against each other. Eventually, wary of his devious manouevring, they acted together and signed an accession treaty which effectively disbarred Henry from either throne, stipulating that if either died without an heir, the two dominions of their father would be reunited under the surviving brother.
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Seizing the throne of England
When William II was killed by an arrow whilst hunting on August 2, 1100, however, Robert was returning from the First Crusade. His absence, along with his poor reputation among the Norman nobles, allowed Henry to seize the keys of the royal hoard at Winchester. He was accepted as king by the leading barons and was crowned three days later on August 5 at Westminster. He secured his position among the nobles by an act of political appeasement, issuing the Charter of Liberties, which is considered a forerunner of the Magna Carta.
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First marriage
On November 11, 1100 Henry married Edith, daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland. Since Edith was also the niece of Edgar Atheling, the marriage united the Norman line with old English line of kings. The marriage greatly displeased the Norman barons, however, and as a concession to their sensibilities, Edith changed her named to Matilda upon becoming queen. The obverse side of this coin however was that Henry, by dint of his marriage, became far more acceptable to the Anglo-Saxon populace.
William of Malmesbury describes Henry thusly: "He was of middle stature, greater than the small, but exceeded by the very tall; his hair was black and set back upon the forehead; his eyes mildly bright; his chest brawny; his body fleshy."
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Conquest of Normandy
The following year in 1101, Robert Curthose attempted to seize back the crown by invading England. In the Treaty of Alton, Robert agreed to recognize Henry as king of England and return peacefully to Normandy, upon receipt of an annual sum of 2000 marks, which Henry proceeded to pay.
In 1105, to eliminate the continuing threat from Robert and to obviate the drain on his fiscal resources, Henry led an expeditionary force across the English Channel. In 1106, he decisively defeated his brother's Norman army at Tinchebray in Normandy. He imprisoned his brother, initially in the Tower of London, then subsequently at Devizes castle, and later at Cardiff. Henry appropriated the Duchy of Normandy as a possession of England, and reunited his father's dominions.
He attempted to reduce difficulties in Normany by marrying his eldest son, William, to the daughter of the Count of Anjou, a serious enemy.
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Activities as a King
Henry's need for finance to consolidate his position led to an increase in the activities of centralised government. As king, Henry carried out social and judicial reforms, including:
" issuing the Charter of Liberties
" restoring laws of King Edward the Confessor.
Henry was also known for some brutal acts. He once threw a traitorous burgher named Conan Pilatus from the tower of Rouen; the tower was known from then on as "Conan's Leap". In another instance that took place in 1119, King Henry's son-in-law, Eustace de Pacy, and Ralph Harnec, the constable of Ivry, exchanged their children as hostages. When Eustace blinded Harnec's son, Harnec demanded vengeance. King Henry allowed Harnec to blind and mutiliate Eustace's two daughters, who were also Henry's own grandchildren. Eustace and his wife, Juliane, were outraged and threatened to rebel. Henry arranged to meet his daughter at a parlay at Breteuil, only for Juliane to draw a crossbow and attempt to assassinate her father. She was captured and confined to the castle, but escaped by leaping from a window into the moat below. Some years later Henry was reconciled to his daughter and son-in-law.
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Legitimate children
He had two children by Edith-Matilda before her death in 1118: Maud, born February 1102, and William Adelin, born November 1103. Disaster struck when his only legitimate son William Adelin perished in the wreck of the White Ship, on November 25, 1120, off the coast of Normandy. Also among the dead were two of Henry's bastard children, as well as a niece, Lucia-Mahaut de Blois. Henry's grieving was intense, and the succession was in crisis.
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Second marriage
On January 29, 1121, he married Adeliza, daughter of Godfrey, Count of Louvain, but there were no children from this marriage. Left without male heirs, Henry took the unprecedented step of making his barons swear to accept his daughter Empress Maud, widow of Henry V, the Holy Roman Emperor, as his heir.
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Death and legacy
Henry visited Normandy in 1135 to see his young grandsons, the children of Maud and Geoffrey. He took great delight in his grandchildren, but soon quarreled with his daughter and son-in-law and these disputes led him to tarry in Normandy far longer than he originally planned.
Henry died of food poisoning from eating foul lampreys in December, 1135, at St. Denis le Fermont in Normandy and was buried at Reading Abbey, which he himself had founded fourteen years before.
Although Henry's barons had sworn allegiance to his daughter Maud as their queen, Maud's sex and her remarriage to the House of Anjou, an enemy of the Normans, allowed Henry's nephew Stephen of Boulogne to come to England and claim the throne with popular support.
The struggle between Empress Maud and Stephen resulted in a long civil war known as the Anarchy. The dispute was eventually settled by Stephen's naming of Maud's son, Henry, as his heir in 1153.
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Illegitimate Children
King Henry is famed for holding the record for the largest number of acknowledged illegitimate children born to any English king, with the number being around 20 or 25. He had many mistresses, and identifying which mistress is the mother of which child is difficult. His illegitimate offspring for whom there is documentation are:
1. Robert FitzRoy. His mother was probably a member of the Gai family.
2. Sibylla FitzRoy, married King Alexander I of Scotland. Probably the daughter of Sibyl Corbet.
3. Reginald FitzRoy. His mother was Sibyl Corbet.
4. Maud FitzRoy, married Duke Conan III, Duke of Brittany
5. Richard FitzRoy, perished in the wreck of the White Ship. His mother was Ansfride.
6. Fulk FitzRoy, a monk at Abingdon. His mother may have been Ansfride.
7. Juliane FitzRoy, married Eustace de Pacy. She tried to shoot her father with a crossbow after King Henry allowed her two young daughters to be blinded. Her mother may have been Ansfride.
8. Matilda FitzRoy, married Count Rotrou II of Perche, perished in the wreck of the White Ship. Her mother was Edith.
9. Constance FitzRoy, married Roscelin de Beaumont
10. Henry FitzRoy, died 1157. His mother was Princess Nest.
11. Mabel FitzRoy, married William III Gouet
12. Aline FitzRoy, married Matthieu I of Montmorency
13. Isabel FitzRoy, daughter of Isabel de Beaumont, sister of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester.
14. Matilda FitzRoy, abbess of Montvilliers
15. Adeliza FitzRoy. Appears in charters with her brother Robert (below), she was probably daughter of Eda FitzForne.
16. Robert FitzRoy, died 1172. His mother was Eda FitzForne.
17. William de Tracy, died shortly after King Henry.
18. Gilbert FitzRoy, died after 1142. His mother may have been a sister of Walter de Gand.

Final ruler of the House of Normandie

Death place also given as Angers, Mn-et-Lr, or Lyons-la-Foret, Normandy, France. He had 13 wives.

!Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages of America (973 D2ah) Vol. 2

SURNAME: Also shown as England

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Henry I King Of

SUFFIX: Also shown as [Beauclerc]

BIRTH: Also shown as Born 1070

DEATH: Also shown as Died St Denis-le-, Fermont, Near Gisors.

BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Reading Abbey.

FamilySearch showed this additional information:
Name - Description: Henry I "Beauclerc" King of England Norman

Henry married Ætheling Eadgyth 6 Aug 1100, Westminster, Abbey, London, England. Eadgyth (daughter of Mac Duncan, King Of Scotland Máel Coluim III and Cerdicingas, Queen of Scotland Margaret, daughter of mac Donnchada, Rí Alban/ Scottorum basileus Máel Coluim III and Cerdicingas, Queen of Scotland Margaret) was born Oct 1079, Dunfermlin, Fife, Scotland; died 1 May 1118, Westminster, Palace, London, England; was buried Jun 1118, Church of St Peter, Westminster, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: 8XJ0-JL
• Clan Name: House of Dunkeld
• Title of Nobility: 11 or 14 Nov 1100: crowned Queen Consort of England
• _FSFTID: KHP1-CFX
• _UID: 2673E572ACACFB44BD3B821F7787C9462D88
• _UID: D9B40C264F947D468A305F578EC3F6CEEAE2
• Acceded: 11 Nov 1100, Westminster Abbey, London, England
• Baptism: 7 Nov 1893, SL
• unknown: 21 Feb 1895, LG; Endowment
• unknown: 9 Jun 1933; Seal to Parents

Notes:

Princess of Scotland. Is she buried at Winchester?

Temple work was completed under this Name, also listed as Maud and Edith.

SURNAME: Also shown as England

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Dunfermline.

DEATH: Also shown as Died , Westminster, Middlesex, England.

BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Westminster, Abbey, London, England.

Dunkeld of Scotland

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• AFN: 9FTZ-70
• _UID: A27658C8982B9042A56F8418CBB853CF2277

Robert — de Montgomery, Sybil. Sybil was born Abt 1064, of, Montgomery, Wales. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: 9FTZ-85
• _UID: F1F336A18BB5764A8D3149CFA4270C8CF418

Other Events:

• AFN: 9FTX-N3
• _UID: 33B5B7A25B1242199492A9C242D3E0EC7B11
• _UID: 4B24740BC094A24CB29A89A75B372D4BB604
• Birth: 1040/1046, Pont-Audemer, BEAUMONT, Normandy, France

Notes:

Robert de Beaumont; allegedly 1st Earl of Leicester of the c1102 creation. [Burke's Peerage]

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On Leicester, Earldom of [Burke's Peerage, p. 1671]:

Robert de Beaumont, a companion in arms of William I (The Conqueror) at Hastings was granted after the Conquest much land in the Midlands of England, but most of it was in Warwickshire rather than Leicestershire. Indeed his younger brother became Earl of Warwick. Robert also held territory in Normandy and is usually referred to as Count of Meulan. He was a leading political figure in the reigns of William II and Henry I and on the death of one Ives de Grandmesnil in the First Crusade, the funds for campaigning in which Ives had raised from Robert on the security of his estates, [Robert] came into full possession of them, including a sizeable part of Leicester. The rest of the town was granted him by Henry I and it is possible that he became Earl of Leicester.


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EARLDOM OF LEICESTER (I) 1107 ?

ROBERT DE BEAUMONT, SEIGNEUR OF BEAUMONT, PONT-AUDEMER, BRIONNE AND VATTEVILLE in Normandy, and from 1081 COUNT OF MEULAN in the French Vexin, son and heir, born circa 1046. When very young he accompanied Duke William to England and distinguished himself at the battle of Hastings, and received large grants of lands in co. Warwick, with smaller holdings in cos. Leicester, Northants, and Wilts. On 14 July 080, as Robert de Bellomonte, he witnessed the foundation charter of Lessay, and next year he inherited from his mother's family the comté of Meulan. Thereafter he is continuously styled Count (Comes) of Meulan. After the death of the Conqueror he adhered to William Rufus, and was high in favour at his court. He quarrelled with Robert of Normandy about the castellanship of Brionne, in consequence of the exchange of Brionne for Ivry made by his father. He was imprisoned, but was released at the intercession of his father Roger, who eventually succeeded in obtaining Brionne in fee. He succeeded to the greater part of his father's lands in Normandy, including Beaumont, Pont-Audemer, Vatteville and Brionne. This paternal inheritance, added to his French comté and his great possessions in cos. Warwick and Leicester, made him one of the most powerful vassals of the Crown. He became one of the chief lay ministers of William Rufus, with whom he sided against Robert Courtheuse in 1098, and when William invaded the French Vexin in 1097 he received his troops in his fortresses of the comté of Meulan. After the death of William Rufus he became one of the chief advisers of Henry I. On the death of Ives de Grandmesnil on Crusade, Robert retained his estates, which Ives had mortgaged to him circa 1102. Thereby he acquired one-quarter of the town of Leicester, the whole of which was later granted to him by the King. Robert thus added largely to his already vast possessions. In 1104 he was one of the Norman barons who adhered to Henry on his arrival in Normandy. He was present in the King's army at Tenchebrai, 28 September 1106. In 1110 he was besieged at Meulan by Louis VI, who took the castle by storm, but in the following year he retaliated by a raid on Paris, which he plundered. After obtaining the whole town of Leicester he is said to have become EARL OF LEICESTER, but, being already Count of Meulan, was never so styled. There is no contemporary record that he had the third penny of the pleas of the county, but he doubtless acquired, with the Grandmesnil fief, the third penny of the issues of the Mint at Leicester.

He married, in 1096, Isabel, called also Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh DE CREPl, called Hug "le Grand," COUNT OF VERMANDOIS. He died 5 June 1118, and was buried with his ancestors in the chapter house of Préaux (c). His widow married, very shortly after his death, William (DE WARINNE), EARL OF SURREY. [Complete Peerage VII:523-6, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(c) Robert had three sons and five daughters. The sons were Waleran and Robert, twins born in 1104, and Hugh. Waleran, the eldest, succeeded to the Norman and French fiefs, and the English lands held by his grandfather, Roger de Beaumont in 1086. Robert succeeded his father as Earl of Leicester and Hugh is said to have been created Earl of Bedford. The names of only four of the daughter appear to be known--Adeline, Aubreye, Maud and Isabel or Elizabeth. Adeline m. Hugh IV Seigneur of Montfort-sur-Risle. Aubreye m. Hugh II Seigneur of Chateauneuf-en-Thimerais. Maud m. William Louvel, Seigneur of Ivri and Breval. Isabel, also called Elizabeth, was mistress of Henry I, and m. Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Pembroke.

Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families, by Michael Call, Chart 356 - # 26

Sources:
Jim Weber , WorldConnect at Rootsweb:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jweber&id=I11952

Jim Weber , WorldConnect at Rootsweb:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jweber&id=I26146

Brent Ruesch , (WorldConnect at Rootsweb)

Jim Weber , WorldConnect at Rootsweb:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jweber&id=I12010&style=TABLE

(Research): Alt. Birth; Abt 1049

SURNAME: Also shown as De Beaumont

DEATH: Also shown as Died , , Leicestershire, England.

BURIAL: Also shown as Buried , Preaux, Normandy, France.

Robert married Capet, Countess of Leicester, de Vermandois Elizabeth Apr 1096, Normandy, France. Elizabeth (daughter of Capet, Duc de Vermandois et de Bourgogne Hugh and Capet, Comtesse de VERMANDOIS Adélaïde) was born 13 Feb 1080, Valois now Oise, Picardy, France; died 17 Feb 1146, St. Nicaise, Meulan, Desens, France; was buried 17 Feb 1131, Lewes, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet]

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• AFN: HK9H-21
• _FSFTID: MXWH-HJ8
• _UID: 007A4D56605B234AB97D5498404A1CE0ED34
• _UID: 1B4BFE23B3DBCE4594862890B38779D48137
• _UID: 2273BCE14BEFE14D9527A336CD98CBC423C9
• _UID: DA35F25DCA04418485CA9545B7ECBE9E19C1
• Birth: Abt 1058, of, Vermandois, Normandy, France
• Birth: Abt 1083, of, Valois, Bretagne, France
• Death: 13 Feb 1131, Meulan, D-Sens, France, or England

Notes:

aka de VERMANDOIS

was a member of royalty, nobility or aristocracy in Europe.


Isabel (or Elisabeth), widow of Robert (de BEAUMONT), COUNT OF MEULAN and 1st EARL OF LEICESTER (died 5 June 1118), daughter of Hugh DE CR?PI (styled "the Great"), COUNT OF VERMANDOIS (younger son of HENRY I, KING OF FRANCE), by Adelaide, daughter and heir of Herbert, COUNT OF VERMANDOIS and VALOIS. Isabel survived him and with the consent of her son the 3rd Earl gave the church of Dorking to Lewes priory. She died probably before July 1147. [Complete Peerage XII/1:495-6)
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Isabel de Vermandois, Countess of Leicester (c.1081 ?- 13 Feb 1131) was distantly related to English kings, Norman dukes, and Flanders counts. By Carolingian ancestry, she was also related to almost every major nobleman in Western Europe. Nevertheless, Isabel was very much her own person.

Elizabeth married Meulan around aged 9 or 11.But the old count was at least 35 years her senior ... Yes. Unusual even for this time period. But he was a nobleman of some significance in France, who inherited lands from his maternal uncle Henry, Count of Meulan. He also fought his first battle with distinction at Hastings when he was only 16. He didn't have an English earldom when they got married, but his younger brother was Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick.

The marriage produced several children, including most notably two sons who were twins (born 1104), and thus remarkable in both surviving and both becoming important noblemen. They are better known tohistorians of this period as the Beaumont twins, or as Waleran de Beaumont, Count of Meulan and his younger twin Robert Bossu (the Humpback) or Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester. (Readers of Ellis Peters' Cadfael historical mystery series will find both twins mentioned frequently). Another notable child of this marriage was Elisabeth or Isabel de Beaumont, one of the youngest mistresses of Henry I of England and later mother (by her first marriage) of Richard Strongbow.
Some contemporaries were surprised that the aging Count of Meulan (b circa 1049/1050) was able to father so many children, given how busy he was with turmoil in England and Normandy from 1102 to 1110 (or later) and acting as Henry I's unofficial minister. One explanation is offered below; another might simply be an indication of his good health and energy (expended mostly in dashing from one troublespot in Normandy to England back to Normandy).

William II of England died suddenly in a purported hunting accident, and was hastily succeeded not by the expected heir but by the youngest brother Henry. This seizure of the throne led to an abortiveinvasion by the older brother Duke Robert of Normandy, followed by an uneasy truce between the brothers, followed by trouble in both England and Normandy for some time (stirred up by Duke Robert, andby an exiled nobleman Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury). Finally, Henry invaded Normandy and in the Battle of Tinchebray (September 28, 1106) destroyed organized opposition to his takeover of Normandy and imprisoned his ineffectual older brother for his lifetime. Meulan and his brother Warwick were apparently supporters of Henry during this entire period, and Meulan was rewarded with theearldom of Leicester in 1103. By 1107, Meulan was in possession of substantial lands in three domains. In 1111, he was able to revenge himself on the attack on his seat Meulan by Louis VI of France. He avenged himself by harrying Paris.

Emma de Beaumont (c.1102)

Waleran IV de Beaumont, Count of Meulan (c.1104)

Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (c.1104)

Hugh de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Bedford (c. 1106)

Adeline de Beaumont (c.1107), m.1 Hugh IV, 4th Lord of Montfort-sur-Risle

Richard de Granville of Bideford (d. 1147)

Aubree (or Alberee) de Beaumont (b ca 1109) m. Hugh II of Châteauneuf-en-Thimerais

Maud de Beaumont (b ca 1111) m. William Lovel

Isabel de Beaumont (b Aft. 1102)m.1 Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke

Hervé de Montmorency, Constable of Ireland


Marriage to William de Warenne

m.2 1118 William de Warenne II (c.1065 - 11 May 1138)before 1118 France

Elizabeth, apparently tired of her aging husband at some point. The historian Planche says (1874) she was seduced by or fell in love with William de Warenne (c. 1071-11 May 1138).It was said he wanted a royal bride, and Elizabeth met his requirements, even though she was also another man's wife.

In 1115, Warenne abducted the Countess to hide their long-standing affair But eventually, the old Count of Meulan died -- supposedly of chagrin and mortification from publicly humiliation -- at the Abbey of Preaux, Normandy on 5 June 1118 So Elizabeth got to marry her lover after all.
Elizabeth and Warenne had several children -- all born during her marriage to Meulan. One daughter was born when they were living out of wedlock (1115-1118). It is unclear if it was Ada de Warenne.
Issue

William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey and Warenne (b. 1119 1147) dau Isabelle de Warenne, Countess of Surrey m.1 William, Count of Boulognem.2 Hamelin Plantagenet

Reginald de Warenne m. Adeline

alph de Warenne (dsp)
Gundrada de Warenne, (Gundred) m.1 Roger de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Warwick.

William de Warenne, Earl of Warenne and Surrey

Ada de Warenne(d. c.1178) m. Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon

of Vermandois

!of Valois, Bretagne, France.

FamilySearch showed this additional information:
Burial - Place: Priory of Lewes, Lewes, Sussex, England

Marriage: Robert de Caen

m. Robert de Caen (b. 1046)

The later life of Elizabeth de Vermandois is not known.

The original Vermandois arms were "checky or and sable" but there was no black tincture in early medieval heraldry until sable was discovered, being the crushed fur of this animal. A very deep indigo was used instead which faded into blue so the Vermandois arms became "checky or and azure".The Vermandois arms were inherited by the earls of Warenne and Surrey, the Newburgh earls of Warwick, the Beauchamp earls of Warwick and Worcester and the Clifford earls of Cumberland.

Source: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Capet-250

(Research):Isabel married Robert I DE BEAUMONT-LE-ROGER 1st Earl of Leicester, son of Roger DE BEAUMONT-LE-ROGER Seigneur de Portaudemer and Adeliza (Adeline) DE MEULAN, in Apr 1096 in Normandy, France. (Robert I DE BEAUMONT-LE-ROGER 1st Earl of Leicester was born about 1046 in Beaumont-le-Roger, Eure, Normandy, France, died on 5 Jun 1118 in Meulan, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France and was buried after 5 Jun 1118 in Abbey of Preaux, Normandy, France.)

Isabel also married William DE WARENNE 2nd Earl of Surrey & Warren, son of Guillaume (William) DE WARENNE 1st Earl of Surrey and Gundred DE NORMANDIE, about 1118 in France. (William DE WARENNE 2nd Earl of Surrey & Warren was born in 1081 in Lewes, Sussex, England, died on 11 May 1138 in Priory of Lewes, Sussex, England and was buried in Priory of Lewes, Sussex, England.)

SURNAME: Also shown as De Vermandois

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Isabel Elizabeth

PREFIX: Also shown as Comtesse De Leicester

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Isabel Elizabeth

AFN: Merged with a record that used the AFN 8XJB-1D

Other Events:

• AFN: 9G81-2K
• _UID: A6B505788313234FA62168AD16A53AB768CD

Notes:

Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families, by Michael L. Call, Chart 439 - # 14

Ralph married fitz Osborne, Avise 1074. Avise (daughter of Fitzosborne, Earl of Hereford William and de Toenry, Adeliza) was born Abt 1056. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: 9G81-3Q
• _UID: AE2F998F7E2CDF44B611C1703BF078309DE1

Notes:

Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families, by Michael L. Call, Chart 439 - # 15