Roger de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Warwick (c. 1102 – 12 June 1153) was the elder son of

Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick or Henry de Newburgh (died 20 June 1119) was a Norman nobleman who rose to great prominence in the Kingdom of England. Origins Henry was a younger son of Roger de Beaumont by Adeline of Meulan, daughter of ...

and Margaret (d. after 1156), daughter of Geoffroy, Count of PercheDavid, Crouch
"Roger, second earl of Warwick"
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'', 23 September 2004. Retrieved 14 January 2019. and Beatrix of Montdidier. He was also known as Roger de Newburgh. The borough of

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remembers him as the founder of the Hospital of S. Michael for

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s which he endowed with the tithes of Wedgnock, and other property; he also endowed the House of the

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beyond the bridge. He also built the Chapel of St James the Great in Warwick which is now part of the

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In the reign of King Stephen he founded a priory dedicated to S. Cenydd at Llangennith, Co.

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and he attached it as a cell to the Abbey of S. Taurinus at Evreux in

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Family and children

In 1130, he married Gundreda de Warenne, daughter of

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and Elizabeth de Vermandois and had children: #

William de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Warwick William earl of Warwick (before 1140 – 15 November 1184) was an English nobleman. He was married to Matilda de Percy (died 1204), daughter of William de Percy (died 1175) and his first wife Alice of Tonbridge (died 1148). William was the elde ...

. #

Waleran de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Warwick Waleran de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Warwick (died 12 December 1204) was the second son of Earl Roger of Warwick and Gundreda de Warenne, daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey and Elizabeth de Vermandois. He was known in his elder bro ...

(1153 – 12 December 1204). # Agnes de Beaumont, married Geoffrey de Clinton,

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to the King and son of

Geoffrey de Clinton Geoffrey de Clinton (died c. 1134) was an Anglo-Norman noble, chamberlain and treasurer to King Henry I of England. He was foremost amongst the men king Henry "raised from the dust". He married Lescelina. Life Clinton's family origins are a littl ...

, the founder of

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and Priory. # Gundred de Beaumont (c.1135–1200), married: ##

Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk (1095–1177) was the second son of Roger Bigod (also known as Roger Bigot) (died 1107), sheriff of Norfolk and royal advisor, and Adeliza, daughter of Robert de Todeni. Early years After the death of his elde ...

References

*Edward T. Beaumont, J.P. ''The Beaumonts in History. A.D. 850-1850''. Oxford. {{DEFAULTSORT:Warwick, Roger de Beaumont, 2nd Earl 1100s births 1153 deaths 12th-century English nobility Anglo-Normans

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