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Birth:          ABT 1121 of Beaumont, France
Death:          31 Aug 1190 Durazzo Province, West Albania

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Beaumont,_3rd_Earl_of_Leicester
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).
Life[edit]

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[edit]

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;[1][2]
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.

Parents
DE BEAUMONT Robert "Bossu" (1104 - 5 Apr 1168)
DE MONTFORT Amice (ABT 1103 - ABT 31 Aug 1168)

Siblings
BEAUMONT Isabel or Elizabeth (ABT 1121 - AFT May 1188)
HARCOURT [DE BEAUMONT] Robert "Blanchmains" (ABT 1121 - 31 Aug 1190)
DE BEAUMONT Margaret (ABT 1125 - )
OF LEICESTER Hawise "de Beaumont" (ABT 1129 - )

Marriage To DE GRENTMESNIL Petronille (ABT 1134 - 1 Apr 1212)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE GRENTMESNIL Hugh (ABT 1092 - )
BEAUMONT Alice (ABT 1105 - )

Children by DE GRENTMESNIL Petronille ABT 1134 - 1 Apr 1212
DE HARCOURT [DE BEAUMONT] Margaret (ABT 1156 - 12 Jan 1236)

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