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• Hij is geboren in het jaar 1130 in Beaumont, Leicestershire.
• Titel: 3rd Earl of Leicester
• (Relationship) : 26th Great Grandfather.
• (Relationship) : 26th Great Grandfather.
• Hij is overleden op 31 augustus 1190 in Durazzo, Durres, Albania, hij was toen 60 jaar oud.
• Een kind van ROBERT III BEAUMONT en AMICE MONTFORT

Gezin van ROBERT III BEAUMONT

Hij is getrouwd met PETRONILLA de GRANDMESNIL.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1155 te Leicester, Leicestershire, hij was toen 25 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Roger BEAUMONT  1166-????
2. William BEAUMONT  1160-????
3. Hawise BEAUMONT  1162-????
4. Amice BEAUMONT  1156-1215 
5. MARGARET BEAUMONT  1158-???? 
6. Robert BEAUMONT  1164-1204

Notities over ROBERT III BEAUMONT

Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester (died 1190) was an English nobleman, one of the principal followers of Henry the Young King in the Revolt of 1173-1174 against his father Henry II. He is also called Robert Blanchemains (meaning "White Hands" in French).

He was the son of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, a staunch supporter of Henry II, and he inherited from his father large estates in England and Normandy.

When the revolt of the younger Henry broke out in April 1173, Robert went to his castle at Breteuil in Normandy. The rebels' aim was to take control of the duchy, but Henry II himself led an army to besiege the castle; Robert fled, and the Breteuil was taken on September 25 or 26.

Robert apparently went to Flanders, where he raised a large force of mercenaries, and landed at Walton, Suffolk, on 29 September 1173. He joined forces with Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk, and the two marched west, aiming to cut England in two across the Midlands and to relieve the king's siege of Robert's castle at Leicester. However, they were intercepted by the king's supporters and defeated at the Battle of Fornham near Fornham, near Bury St Edmunds, on 17 October. Robert, along with his wife and many others, was taken prisoner. Henry II took away the earl's lands and titles as well.

He remained in captivity until January 1177, well after most of the other prisoners had been released. The king was in a strong position and could afford to be merciful; not long after his release Robert's lands and titles were restored, but not his castles. All but two of his castles had been destroyed, and those two (Montsorrel in Leicestershire and Pacy in Normandy) remained in the king's hands.

Robert had little influence in the remaining years of Henry II's reign, but was restored to favour by Richard I. He carried one of the swords of state at Richard's coronation in 1189. In 1190 Robert went on the third crusade to Palestine, but he died at Dyrrachium on his return journey.

Family
Robert married Petronilla, who was a daughter of William de Grandmesnil and great-granddaughter and eventual heiress to the English lands of Domesday baron, Hugh de Grandmesnil. They had five children:

Robert, who succeeded his father as Earl of Leicester;
Roger, who became Bishop of St Andrews in 1189;
William, possibly the ancestor of the House of Hamilton;
Amicia, who married Simon de Montfort, and whose son Simon subsequently became Earl of Leicester;
Margaret, who married Saer de Quincy, later 1st Earl of Winchester.
SOURCE: Wikipedia

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