House of Beaumont

Beaumont
de Beaumont
Beaumont; de Beaumont
Noble Family
Country	Normandy, France
Current region	France
Place of origin	Beaumont-le-Roger
Founder	Humphrey de Vieilles, Roger de Beaumont
Titles	Count of Meulan; Earl of Leicester; Earl of Warwick; Earl of Worcester;

The Beaumont family was one of the great

Norman Conquest

.

History

comte de Meulan, who commanded the Norman right wing at Hastings, became the first Earl of Leicester. His brother Henri de Beaumont was created Earl of Warwick

.

During

comte de Meulan) was made Earl of Worcester

.

Counsel from the Beaumonts was important to the Dukes of Normandy, then by the kings of England.

Family Tree

?
└─>Torf le Riche, seigneur de Pont-Audemer (born c. 910)
   │
   └─>Turold de Pont-Audemer (c. 940)
      │
      └─>Onfroi de Vieilles
 called de Harcourt (c. 975)
         │
         └─>Roger de Beaumont (le Barbu) († 1094)
            │
            ├─>Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester (1050 – 1118)
            │  │
            │  ├─>Galéran IV de Meulan (1104 – 1166)
            │  │  └─> Earls of Worcester branch
            │  │
            │  └─>Robert II de Beaumont (1104 – 1168)
            │     └─> Earls of Leicester branch
            │
            └─>Henri de Beaumont called de NeufBourg (1046 – 1123)
               │└─> Earls of Warwick branch                                                                                                                   .              │                                                                                                                                           .              └─>Robert de Neubourg

Family tree: House of Beaumont

Roger de Beaumont
(c.1015–1094)

EARL OF LEICESTER, 1107

Earls of Warwick

Robert de Beaumont,
1st Earl of Leicester
(†1118)

Earl of Worcester

Earl of Bedford

Robert de Beaumont,
2nd Earl of Leicester
(1104–1168)

Hawise de Beaumont
m.

William Fitz Robert,
2nd Earl of Gloucester

Robert de Beaumont,
3rd Earl of Leicester
(†1190)

Amicia de Beaumont
m. Simon de Montfort

King John
(1166–r.1199–1216)

Simon de Montfort,
5th Earl of Leicester
(c.1175–1218)

m(1) Isabella, Countess of Gloucester

King Henry III
(1207–r.1216–1272)

Eleanor of England m.

Simon de Montfort,
6th Earl of Leicester
(c.1208–1265)

EARL OF LEICESTER, 1265

King Edward I
(1239–r.1272–1307)

Edmund Crouchback,
1st Earl of Leicester and Lancaster
(1245–1296)

King Edward II
(1284–r.1307–1327)

Thomas of Lancaster,
2nd Earl of Leicester and Lancaster
(1278–1322)

Henry of Lancaster,
3rd Earl of Leicester and Lancaster
(1281–1345)

First creation (1107)

Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester (died 1118)
Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (1104–1168)
Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester (died 1190)
Robert FitzPernel
)
Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester (c. 1170–1218, confirmed 1207)
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208–1265, forfeit 1265)

Early members of the house of Beaumont

Anglo-Norman branch:

French branch:
The French Vicomtes de Beaumont au Maine date from approximately 930 AD and contrary to many false assumptions never had, and do not have, any connection with the Norman Beaumonts descended from Roger de Beaumont. The French family take their name from the village of

Isabella de Vesci) and modern Beaumonts are descended from her brother Henry de Beaumont

who was the first of the English barony and later Viscounts.

They are not a branch of the Norman family - rather they fought against the Normans on behalf of the French (see Hubert de Beaumont).

Armorial

The Beaumont family was founded before heraldry (c. 1160). So, different branches of the family adopted different arms.

Arms of Beaumont, Earls of Leicester (1st Creation): Gules, a Cinquefoil Ermine, which were adopted by the town of Leicester^[1]
Arms of Newburgh/Beaumont Earls of Warwick, adopted c. 1200 – 1215 at start of the age of heraldry: Checky azure and or a chevron ermine^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1904). The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopaedia of Armory. T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 195. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
Rolls of Arms
, incl. Collins' Roll, c. 1296

"The Beaumonts in History (850-1850), Edward T. Beaumont, 1929, (333 pages)". Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2008.

External links

Wikisource has the text of a 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article about House of Beaumont, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

"Beaumont family tree".

(in French) Comtes de Meulan, Seigneurs de Beaumont-Le-Roger, Earls of Leicester

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[aoh_195-1] Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1904). The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopaedia of Armory. T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 195. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

[2] Rolls of Arms
, incl. Collins' Roll, c. 1296

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