Robert de Breteuil

- 1190

• Name	Robert de Breteuil  [1]
  Birth	of Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	Bef 1135  [3, 4]
  Death	1190  [4, 5]
  Alternate death	31 Aug 1190	At sea   [2, 3]
  Alternate death	31 Aug 1190	Romania   [2, 3]
  Burial	Durazzo, Greece   [3]
  Siblings	3 siblings
  1. Margaret of Leicester ,   b. Abt 1125   d. Aft 1185  (Age ~ 61 years) ▻ Ralph de Tony ,  m. Aft 1155   2. Robert de Breteuil ,   b. of Leicester, Leicestershire, England d. 1190 ▻ Pernel de Grandmesnil ,  m. 1155   3. Isabel of Leicester   d. Aft 1190 ▻ Simon II de Senlis ,  m. Bef 1138   4. Hawise of Leicester   d. 24 Apr 1197 ▻ William fitz Robert ,  m. Abt 1150
  Person ID	I10182	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	Robert of Meulan,   b. 1104, Meulan, Île-de-France, France d. 5 Apr 1168 (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Amice de Gael   d. Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England
  Marriage	Aft Nov 1120  [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F4526	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Pernel de Grandmesnil   d. 1 Apr 1212
  Marriage	1155  [4, 7]
  Children	1. Margaret of Leicester   d. 12 Jan 1235   2. Amicie de Beaumont   d. 3 Sep 1215
  Family ID	F3729	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 May 2019

  
  

• Notes

  Earl of Leicester. Also known as Robert de Beaumont. According to Complete Peerage, nicknamed ès Blanchemains, which translates as "white-hands". Steward of England and Normandy; seigneur of Bréteuil and Paci in Normandy. In 1173, he supported Prince Henry, the "young king," in his rebellion against his father Henry II, and in consequence he and his wife were imprisoned by the elder Henry from fall 1173 to fall 1174. Died on the way to Jerusalem. Durazzo is now the city of Durres in Albania.

  
  

• Sources

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