 Isabel Elizabeth de Vermandois, daughter of Hugh de Crepi Magnus , Duke of Burgundy and Adelaide de Vermandois.Born ± 1081 at Valois now Oise, Picardy, France, died /31 at Priory of Lewes, Sussex, England, approximately -1050 years Isabel (or Elizabeth), widow of Robert (DE BEAUMONT), COUNT OF MEULAN and 1st EARL OF LEICESTER (died 5 June 1118), daughter of Hugh DE CR Married 1096 (-1066 or -1065 years married) to:  Robert I de "Robert Earl of Leicester" Beaumont , 1st Earl of Leicester, son of Roger de Beaumont , Seigneur de Pont-Audemer and Adeline de "Adeline de Meullant" Meulan.Born ± 1049 at Beaumont-le-Roger, Eure, Normandy, France, died Jun 5, 1118 at As a monk at Abbey of Preaux, Normandy, France, approximately 69 years Robert de Beaumont; allegedly 1st Earl of Leicester of the c1102 creation. [Burke's Peerage] ------------------------------------ On Leicester, Earldom of [Burke's Peerage, p. 1671]: Robert de Beaumont, a companion in arms of William I (The Conqueror) at Hastings was granted after the Conquest much land in the Midlands of England, but most of it was in Warwickshire rather than Leicestershire. Indeed his younger brother became Earl of Warwick. Robert also held territory in Normandy and is usually referred to as Count of Meulan. He was a leading political figure in the reigns of William II and Henry I and on the death of one Ives de Grandmesnil in the First Crusade, the funds for campaigning in which Ives had raised from Robert on the security of his estates, [Robert] came into full possession of them, including a sizeable part of Leicester. The rest of the town was granted him by Henry I and it is possible that he became Earl of Leicester. Children: 1. Adeline de BeaumontBorn ± 1096 at Leicester, Leicestershire, England 2. Isabel Elizabeth de BeaumontBorn ± 1098 at Leicester, Leicestershire, England, died Jan 6, 1147/48 at Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, approximately 49 years 3. Eleanor de BeaumontBorn 1100 at Leicester, Leicestershire, England 4. Robert II de Beaumont , 2nd Earl of LeicesterBorn 1104 at Leicestershire, England, died Apr 5, 1168 at England, 63 or 64 years On Leicester, Earldom of [Burke's Peerage, p. 1671]: Robert de Beaumont, a companion in arms of William I (The Conqueror) at Hastings was granted after the Conquest much land in the Midlands of England, but most of it was in Warwickshire rather than Leicestershire. Indeed his younger brother became Earl of Warwick. Robert also held territory in Normandy and is usually referred to as Count of Meulan. He was a leading political figure in the reigns of William II and Henry I and on the death of one Ives de Grandmesnil in the First Crusade, the funds for campaigning in which Ives had raised from Robert on the security of his estates, [Robert] came into full possession of them, including a sizeable part of Leicester. The rest of the town was granted him by Henry I and it is possible that he became Earl of Leicester. His son, another Robert, certainly called himself Earl of Leicester. 5. Waleran de Beaumont , Ct Meulan, Earl WorcesterBorn 1104 at Beaumont, Normandy, France, died Apr 10, 1166, 61 or 62 years Waleran de Beaumont, Count de Meulan, Earl of Worcester. [Ancestral Roots] 6. Alice de BeaumontBorn 1105 at Beaumont, Sur-Oise, Normandy, France, died Jul 11, 1191 at Rheims, France, 85 or 86 years 7. Maud de BeaumontBorn ± 1116 at Meulan, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France, died after 1189 He [William Lovel] married Maud, daughter of Robert, and sister of Waleran, COUNT OF MEULAN, and sister also of Robert, EARL OF LEICESTER. He was living in 1166, but dead in 1170. His widow was living in 1189. [Complete Peerage VIII:211-2, XIV:454, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)] | |||
| 2nd marriage Isabel Elizabeth de Vermandois, daughter of Hugh de Crepi Magnus , Duke of Burgundy and Adelaide de Vermandois.Married ± 1118 at France (approximately -1087 years married) to: William de "William de Warrene" Warenne , 2nd Earl of Surrey, son of William de "William de Warrene" Warenne , 1st Earl of Surrey and Gundred of Flanders.Born ± 1071 at Lewes, Sussex, England, died May 11, 1138 at Priory of Lewes, Sussex, England, approximately 67 years EARLDOM OF SURREY (II) WILLIAM (DE WARENNE) II, EARL OF SURREY, 1st son and heir by 1st wife, usually styled EARL DE WARENNE. In 1090 he fought in Normandy against Robert de Bell Children: 1. William de Warenne , 3rd Earl of SurreyBorn ± 1119 at Lewes, Sussex, England, died Jan 19, 1147/48 at Laodicea, Holy Lands (dspm), approximately 28 years EARLDOM OF SURREY (III) WILLIAM (DE WARENNE) III, EARL OF SURREY, 1st son and heir, was born probably in 1119. In June 1137 he was one of the nobles who deserted Stephen's army in Normandy. The King pursued them to Pontaudemer, where he held William de Warenne junior and other youths and did his best to pacify them; but did not dare to make them fight. He was with his half-brother Waleran, Count of Meulan, at Rouen on 18 Dec. 113 8, and at Oxford in 1139 or early in 1140. On 2 February 1140/1 he was in Stephen's army at the battle of Lincoln, and with Waleran fled before the enemy's opening charge. However, the brothers soon rallied to the Queen and were with her in London about June 1141. After the King's release on 1 November he witnessed royal charters at Canterbury at Christmas 1141 and at Ipswich early in 1142. On Palm Sunday, 24 March 1145/6, he took the cross, and in June 1147 he set off on crusade. He was a benefactor to the priories of Lewes, Castle Acre, Nosteil and Thetford, the Templars and St. Mary's Abbey, York. He married Ela or Ala, daughter of William TALVAS, COUNT OF PONTHIEU (son of Robert DE BELL 2. Reginald de Warenne , Lord of WormgayBorn ± 1120 at Vermandois, Normandy, France, died 1179 at Wormegay, Downham, Norfolk, England, approximately 59 years Reginald de Warrenne, who marrying Alice, dau. and heir of William de Wirmgay, became Lord of Wirmgay, in Norfolk. He founded the priory of Wirmgay, and left a dau., Alice, wife of Reginald de Dunstavil, and a son, William, who m. twice, having issue only by his 1st wife, Beatrix, dau. of Hugh de Perepont, a son, Reginald, who d. s. p., and two daus., viz, Beatrix de Warren who m. 1st, Dodo Bardolf, Baron of Shelford and left a son, William Bardolf, m. 2ndly, Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent; Isabel, who is stated by Watson to have m. Geoffrey de Merlay. Watson, in his History of the House of Warren, corroborated by Camden and Ormerod, makes this Reginald to have m. Aldelia de Mowbray, and to have had a son, William, from whom he deduces the family of Warren, of Poynton, co. Chester. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 569, Warren, Earls of Surrey] 3. Ada de WarenneBorn ± 1122 at Lewes, Sussex, England, died 1178 at Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England, approximately 56 years 4. Gundred de WarenneBorn ± 1124 at Lewes, Sussex, England, died ± 1166 at Warwick, Warwickshire, England, approximately 42 years Gundred, elder daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey, by Elizabeth/Isabel widow of his (Roger's) uncle, Robert I de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester. [Burke's Peerage] | |||