Walo II (Galon II de Beaumont) (*1060; † 1098) was a

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of Chaumont-en-Vexin and a

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of King Philip I of France. He was son of Odo (Eudes) de Beaumont,

of Chaumont-en-Vexin. He took a part at the

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as part of the army of Hugh the Great that attempted to capture the

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s, called by

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in 1095. Walo was killed by the

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during the

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on 20 May 1098. Walo was married to Humberge of Le Puiset, a sister of Everard of Le Puiset, both from the prominent

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family of

Hugh I of Le Puiset Hugh I of Le Puiset (died 23 December 1096), son of Everard I of Breteuil and his wife Humberge. In 1067, taking advantage of the weakness of Philip I of France, he seized the royal castle of Puiset and settled there. In 1073, Theobald III, Count ...

.Carol Sweetenham: Robert the Monk’s History of the First Crusade, Hants 2005, P.20 Walo and Humberge had three children: * Drogo (Dreux) de Chaumont (d. after 1099), a Crusader in the first Crusade and in 1099 a monk at the Abbey of Saint-Germer. * Hugues "Panis avena", Provost at Saint-Germer, beginning in 1115 * Humberge (d. before 1089). Drogo was the ancestor of the later

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, his great-grandson Jean, Châtelain de Trie, marrying Alix de Dammartin, daughter of Alberic III, Count of Dammartin.

Sources

Medieval Lands Project, Vicomtes de Chaumont-en-Vixen
Riley-Smith, Jonathan, The First Crusaders, 1095–1131, Cambridge University Press, 1997

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Walo Medieval French nobility 1060 births 1098 deaths Christians of the First Crusade