Elizabeth De Vermandois (d
Elizabeth de Vermandois may refer to: * Elizabeth of Vermandois, Countess of Leicester (1081–1131), daughter of Hugh of Vermandois; granddaughter of Henry I of France; wife of Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester * Elisabeth, Countess of Vermandois Elisabeth (French: ''Élisabeth''), also known as Isabelle Mabille (1143 – Arras, 28 March 1183), was ruling Countess of Vermandois from 1168 to 1183, and also Countess of Flanders by marriage to Philip I, Count of Flanders. She was the eldest ...

Elizabeth Of Vermandois, Countess Of Leicester
Elizabeth of Vermandois (c. 1085 – 1131) (or Isabel), was a French noblewoman, who by her two marriages was the mother of the 1st Earl of Worcester, the 2nd Earl of Leicester, the 3rd Earl of Surrey, and of Gundred de Warenne, mother of the 4th Earl of Warwick. It is believed that she was the source of the famous chequered shield of gold and blue (''or and azure'') adopted at the dawn of the age of heraldry (in England circa 1200–1215) by her brother and originating before the middle of the 12th century,G. E. Cokayne, ''The Complete Peerage'', n.s., Vol. XII, Part 1, Appendix J, "The Warenne Group of Chequered Shields", pp.26-9 as did only two other groups of allied English shields, the Mandeville-de Vere "quarterly shields" and the de Clare "chevron shields". Origins She was the third daughter of Hugh I, Count of Vermandois (1057–1102) ("Hugh Magnus/Hugh the Great"), the younger son of King Henry I of France. Her mother was Adelaide of VermandoisDetlev Schwennicke, ' ...
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