Robert of Meulan

1104 - 1168  (64 years)

• Name	Robert of Meulan  [1, 2]
  Birth	1104	Meulan, Île-de-France, France   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Apr 1168  [1, 3, 4, 5]
  Burial	Leicester Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [1, 6]
  Person ID	I2667	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of AW, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of GFS, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Robert of Meulan,   b. Abt 1046, Beaumont-le-Roger, Eure, Normandy, France d. 5 Jun 1118 (Age ~ 72 years)
  Mother	Isabel de Vermandois   d. Bef Jun 1147
  Marriage	1096  [1, 3, 4]
  Family ID	F1788	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amice de Gael   d. Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England
  Marriage	Aft Nov 1120  [1, 3, 4, 7]
  Children	+ 1. Robert de Breteuil,   b. of Leicester, Leicestershire, England d. 1190 + 2. Isabel of Leicester   d. Aft 1190 + 3. Hawise of Leicester   d. 24 Apr 1197 + 4. Margaret of Leicester,   b. Abt 1125   d. Aft 1185 (Age ~ 61 years)
  Family ID	F4526	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Earl of Leicester. Also called, but only by later historians and genealogists, Robert de Beaumont. Twin brother of Waleran, Count of Muelan, 1st Earl of Worcester. After their father's death, the two brothers were raised together in the royal household. Much detail on his career here. Justiciar of England, 1155-1168.

  
  

• Sources

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