Sir Robert DE BEAUMONT-LE-ROGER 1st Earl of Leicester 1 2 3 4
- Born: 1050, Pont-Audemer, Normandy
- Marriage (1): Godehilde DE TOSNY de Conches about 1094
- Marriage (2): Isabel DE VERMANDOIS in 1096 in [Papal Dispensation]
- Died: 5 Jun 1118, Leicestershire at age 68
- Buried: Préaux
 General Notes:
Accompanied William the Conqueror at Hastings, receiving manors & lordships in Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Gloucestershire, Northampton, Wilts. He built the castle at Leicester.
He was favorite minister & confidant of Henry I who created him Earl of Leicester.
Married:
1m: Godehilde, dau.of Raoul III de Tosny, Seigneur de Conches;
2m: 1096 Isabel de Vermandois et de Valois (1085 +1131)
Noted events in his life were:
• Title. Comte de Beaumont, Pont Audemer, Brionne & Vatteville, in Normandy; Comte de Meulan in the French Vexin. Created 1st Earl of Leicester by King Henry I (c1102)
Robert married Godehilde DE TOSNY de Conches, daughter of Sir Ralph III DE TOSNY Seigneur de Conches and Isabeau DE MONTFORT, about 1094. (Godehilde DE TOSNY de Conches was born about 1079.)
Robert next married Isabel DE VERMANDOIS, daughter of Hugues I "Le Grand" DE VERMANDOIS Comte de Vermandois et de Valois and Adelaide DE VERMANDOIS Comtesse de Vermandois et de Valois, in 1096 in [Papal Dispensation]. (Isabel DE VERMANDOIS was born about 1081-1085 and died on 13 Feb 1131.)
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