Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameRobert DE BEAUMONT 2d Earl Of Leicester, 25G Grandfather
FatherRobert Of Meulan DE BEAUMONT 1st Earl Of Leicester (~1046-1118)
MotherIsabel Of Vermandois DE CRÉPI Countess Of Leicester (~1081-1131)
Web Notes notes for Robert DE BEAUMONT 2d Earl Of Leicester
Weis" "Ancestral Roots. . ." (53:25), (63:25), (98A:26). Schwennicke ES (iii, 700). Cokayne's "Complete Peerage" (Leicester, pp. 527-530).
He was the younger twin of Waleran. The twins were brought up at the court of KING HENRY I with great care on account of THE KING's gratitude to their father and were famous for the extent of their learning. Both brothers were present at the deathbed of KING HENRY. In the anarchy which followed KING STEPHEN's accession, Robert engaged in private warfare with his hereditary enemy, Roger de Tosny [Toeni], whom he captured with Waleran's assistance.
In 1137 the twins returned to England with KING STEPHEN. Meanwhile, during Robert's absence in England, his possessions in Normandy were overrun until he came to terms with Roger de Tosny [Toeni]. In 1139 the two brothers took a leading part in the seizing of the bishops of Salisbury and Lincoln at Oxford. About this time KING STEPHEN gave Robert the town and castle of Hereford along with other possessions. However, the EMPRESS MATILDA, KING STEPHEN's rival, had made MILES OF GLOUCESTER Earl of Hereford.
After the defeat of KING STEPHEN in 1141, Robert appears to have made a truce with the Angevin party in Normandy. In 1143 the future KING HENRY II, the son of THE EMPRESS MATILDA, restored Robert's lands to him and granted him the Stewardship of England and Normandy in order to secure Robert's (and Robert's son and heir) support for his claim to the crown. After HENRY II's accession, Robert continued to rise in royal favor and was made Justiciar in 1155. He acted in THE KING's absence from England from 1158 to 1164 as Viceroy. He was present at the Council of Clerendon and was the first to attest to the "Constitutions" to which he secured the assent of Thomas a Becket. He worked to reconcile THE KING and the archbishop during their famous dispute.
Cockayne's "Complete Peerage" (Ralph de Toeni V) identifies him and AMICE as Margaret's parents.
He was the younger twin of Waleran. The twins were brought up at the court of KING HENRY I with great care on account of THE KING's gratitude to their father and were famous for the extent of their learning. Both brothers were present at the deathbed of KING HENRY. In the anarchy which followed KING STEPHEN's accession, Robert engaged in private warfare with his hereditary enemy, Roger de Tosny [Toeni], whom he captured with Waleran's assistance.
In 1137 the twins returned to England with KING STEPHEN. Meanwhile, during Robert's absence in England, his possessions in Normandy were overrun until he came to terms with Roger de Tosny [Toeni]. In 1139 the two brothers took a leading part in the seizing of the bishops of Salisbury and Lincoln at Oxford. About this time KING STEPHEN gave Robert the town and castle of Hereford along with other possessions. However, the EMPRESS MATILDA, KING STEPHEN's rival, had made MILES OF GLOUCESTER Earl of Hereford.
After the defeat of KING STEPHEN in 1141, Robert appears to have made a truce with the Angevin party in Normandy. In 1143 the future KING HENRY II, the son of THE EMPRESS MATILDA, restored Robert's lands to him and granted him the Stewardship of England and Normandy in order to secure Robert's (and Robert's son and heir) support for his claim to the crown. After HENRY II's accession, Robert continued to rise in royal favor and was made Justiciar in 1155. He acted in THE KING's absence from England from 1158 to 1164 as Viceroy. He was present at the Council of Clerendon and was the first to attest to the "Constitutions" to which he secured the assent of Thomas a Becket. He worked to reconcile THE KING and the archbishop during their famous dispute.
Cockayne's "Complete Peerage" (Ralph de Toeni V) identifies him and AMICE as Margaret's parents.