Robert of Meulan

Abt 1046 - 1118  (~ 72 years)

• Name	Robert of Meulan  [1]
  Born	Abt 1046	Beaumont-le-Roger, Eure, Normandy, France   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	Abt 1049  [4]
  Died	5 Jun 1118  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Buried	Abbey St. Pierre, Preaux, Eure, Normandy, France   [3, 5]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  + 1. Robert of Meulan ,   b. Abt 1046, Beaumont-le-Roger, Eure, Normandy, France ,   d. 5 Jun 1118  (Age ~ 72 years) + 2. Henry de Beaumont ,   b. Abt 1046,   d. 20 Jun 1119  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Person ID	I5920	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of GFS, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK, Ancestor of WPF
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Roger "Barbatus" de Beaumont,   b. Abt 1015,   d. Aft 1090, Abbey St. Pierre, Preaux, Eure, Normandy, France  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Mother	Adeline de Meulan,   d. 8 Apr 1081
  Family ID	F232	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabel de Vermandois,   d. Bef Jun 1147
  Married	1096  [3, 4, 5]
  Children	+ 1. Isabel de Beaumont,   d. Aft 1172 + 2. Maud of Meulan,   d. Aft 1189 + 3. Waleran,   b. 1104,   d. 9 Apr 1166, Abbey St. Pierre, Preaux, Eure, Normandy, France  (Age 62 years) + 4. Robert of Meulan,   b. 1104, Meulan, Ile-de-France, France ,   d. 5 Apr 1168  (Age 64 years)
  Last Modified	28 Aug 2020
  Family ID	F1788	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Also known as Robert de Beaumont. Count of Meulan. Created Earl of Leicester. * One of the only fifteen "Proven Companions" of William the Conqueror at Hastings. * Inherited the title Count of Meulan when his mother died in 1081; paid homage for it to Philip I of France and sat as a French peer in the parliament at Poissy. * A member of the royal hunting party in the New Forest, 2 Aug 1100, during which William II was accidentally killed by an arrow. Pledged allegiance to Henry I, who created him Earl of Leicester in 1107. * Excommunicated by Paschal II during the Investiture Controversy. Excommunication later revoked by Anselm, exiled archbishop of Canterbury; revocation later ratified by Paschal. * Lived to be the last surviving Norman nobleman who was at Hastings.

  
  

• Sources

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