Amicia married Clare, Richard de Earl on Yes, date unknown. Richard (son of Clare, Roger de Earl of Hertford and Hilary, Maud St.) was born in 1162; died in Oct 1217. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Clare, Sir Gilbert de Earl was born in 1180 in Hertford; died on 25 Oct 1230 in Penros, Brittany, FR.

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William, grandson of King Henry II, was Lord of Glamorgan and Cardiff Castle
and 2nd Earl of Gloucester (succeeding his father).

William married Beaumont, Hawise de about 1150. Hawise (daughter of Beaumont, Robert de and de Waer, Amice de Montfort) died on 24 Apr 1197. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Parents identified in "Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 63-25/6.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Earl of Gloucester

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Robert "of Caen" was also called Robert the Consul; Earl of Gloucester in
1122, founder of the Margam Abbey; his mother is either the king's
mistress, Sibyl Corbet (daughter of Robert Corbet, Burgess of Caen), or
Nesta of Wales, who became wife of Gerald of Windsor.{ref. "Royal
Ancestors...," Collins, p.58} His granddaughter Avisa was the first wife of
King John. The family's story is told by Thomas B. Costain, "The
Conquering Family" (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1949).

Robert married Hammond, Mabel Fitz about 1120. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mabel became a ward of the crown on the death of her father, when his lordship
in Glamorgan was taken by Henry I.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 2nd Earl of Leicester

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Robert received his father's English fiefs in 1118, becoming Earl of
Leicester; was a chief advisor to King Stephen, but made his peace with
Henry II and became Chief Justiciar of England. "First among the lay nobles
he signed the Constitution of Clarendon, he sought to reconcile Henry and
Archbishop Becket, and was twice in charge of the kingdom during the king's
absences in France. The earl founded the abbey of St. Mary de Pre at
Leicester and other religious houses, and by a charter confirmed the
burgesses of Leicester in the possession of their merchant-guild and
customs." -Encyclopedia Britannica, 1956, 3:275.

Robert married de Waer, Amice de Montfort on Yes, date unknown. Amice (daughter of de Guader, Earl of Norfolk Ralph II and Hereford, Lady Emma of) died after 1168. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: became a nun

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Duke of Normandy

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Henry I had 20 or 21 bastard children re: N.E.Hist.Gen.Register 4/1965, pp.95-96. His form of government was "severe and grasping; but he `kept good peace' and honorably distinguished himself among contemporary statesmen in an age when administrative
reform was in the air. He spent more time in Normandy than in England. But he showed admirable judgment in
his choice of subordinates...." -Encyclopedia Britannica (1956 Ed., 11:432). He was King of England, 1100-35, and Duke of Normandy (1106-35); his coronation at Westminster Abbey was on Sunday, 08-05-1100. Thomas B. Costain offers a popular account of
his reign in "The Conquering Family" (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1949, pp.43-77). The "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" described him as the "lion of justice."

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Robert was Earl of Gloucester, Lord of Creully in Calvados, Baron of
Thoringni, Lord of Tewkesbury. He is grandson of Hamo Dentatus, slain at
Val-ed-Danes in 1047, but his parents are not known. [ref.: "Royal
Ancestors...," Collins, p. 102.] Tewkesbury is 15.5 miles NE of Gloucester,
and was a Roman military encampment and later a Saxon stronghold, and a
borough with a market in 1087. It was granted to Earl Robert of
Gloucester. {-Encycl.Brit.,`56,21:990-1}

Robert married Montgomery, Sybil on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Earl of Leicester

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Robert Beaumont was a young man at the Battle of Hastings. As a vassal of William he was
present at the Council of War at Lillebonne and provided ships for the crossing. He commanded
a troop on the right wing and according to William of Poitiers attacked with effectiveness and
bravery in what was his first battle. He was made Earl of Leicester after the battle. Robert
was first Earl of Leicester, Lord of Beaumont, Pont-Audemar, et Brionne (France), Comte de
Meulan (Normandy) - a typical nobleman in the Norman army of occupation, holding lands and
titles on both sides of the Channel. His wife, Isabel, married secondly William de Warenne,
2nd Earl of Surrey/Warren (q.v.). Robert fought at Hastings and had added large estates in
Warwickshire to the Norman fiefs gained when his father entered the Abbey of St. Peter at
Preaux. Under Henry I Robert became "the first among the counsellors of the king." A
"strenuous and sagacious man," he served well in the Norman wars of William II and Henry I
(who owed his crown to Robert). Henry of Huntingdon states that Robert is "the wisest man
between this and Jerusalem." At Robert's death his lands were apparently divided between his
twin sons, Robert and Waleran, while a third son, Hugh, became Earl of Bedford in 1138.
(-Encyclopedia Britannica, 1956, 3:274) Robert's brother, Henry de Newburgh, b. ca. 1046, d.
20 June 1123, was created 1st Earl of Warwick about 1090 and married before 1100 Margaret De
Perche (living in 1156). For Warwickshire holdings, see (May, 1999) Web site:
http://infokey.com/Domesday/Warwickshire.htm

Robert married de Vermandois, Isabel (aka Elizabeth) in 1096. Isabel (daughter of Crepi, Hugh Magnus de and Vermandois, Adelaide ("Adele") de) was born in 1081; died on 13 Feb 1131. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
her first

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De Guader or de Gael. Ralph was Norman Earl of Norfolk, Suffolk and
Cambridge as well as Lord of Gael in his native land of Brittany. His
inheritance of Gael included more than 40 parishes - he resided in later
life there, though he died while on Crusade with the Duke of Normandy.
However, Encyclopedia Britannica (1956, 16:488) states that Ralph
"forfeited the earldom when he revolted against William in 1075." He is
"probably the son of Ralf, earl of Hereford (or earl of the East Angles),
and Getha, an English heiress, which Ralf was the son of Gode, sister of
Edward the Confessor, by her first husband, Dreu, count of Vexin, Pontoise,
Chaumont and Amiens. {-per M.J.Crispiin's "Falaise Roll," 1938, p. 74 -
this is the father shown for him as #565}. Ralph was a major field
commander for the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings, for which he
received the earldoms of Norfolk and Suffolk, and part of Cambridge.

Ralph married Hereford, Lady Emma of in 1075. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]