Robert de Beaumont,
Count of Meulan
The county of Meulan, in Normandy, France, appeared as an entity within the region of the Vexin when the otherwise unknown Count Waleran established an independent power base on a fortified island in the River Seine, around the year 1020. Waleran' ...
(c. 1142 – 1204,
Poitiers
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,
France
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), was the son of
Waleran IV de Beaumont and
Agnes de Montfort
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* Agnes (name), the given name, and a list of people named Agnes or Agness
* Wilfrid Marcel Agnès (1920–2008), Canadian diplomat
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.
Family and children
Around 1165 Robert married Maud of Cornwall, daughter of
and Beatrice Fitz Richard. They had:
# Mabel de Beaumont, married
William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon
William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon (died 10 September 1217) (or de Reviers), of Tiverton Castle and Plympton Castle, both in Devon, was feudal baron of Plympton in Devon.
Origins
He was the son of Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon by his ...
.
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Galeran V de Beaumont, Count of Meulan
Waleran de Meullent (or de Meulan) was the eldest son and associate count of Robert II of Meulan. He married Marguerite de Fougères, daughter of Raoul II de Fougères and widow of William Bertran in 1189. He died at the siege of Acre in 1191 du ...
, married Margaret de Fougeres
# Peter (or Pierre) of Meulan, Dean of Wimborne, Vicar of Sturminster Marshall, Dorset.
# Henry (or Henri) of Meulan
# Agnes of Meulan, married Guy de la Roche Guyon V in 1192.
# Jeanne of Meulan, married
Robert II d'Harcourt
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, hono ...
.
References
Sources
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External links
Robert de Beaumont at thePeerage.com
Counts of Meulan
1140s births
1204 deaths
Robert
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...
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