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unusual facts about Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester


John Bay

Bay appeared in many productions, including the Doctor Who story The Crusade in 1965, playing the fourth Earl of Leicester.


House of Beaumont

During Stephen's reign, the twins Galéran and Robert were powerful allies to the king, and as a reward Galéran (already comte de Meulan) was made Earl of Worcester.

Isabelle de Meulan

Her paternal grandparents were Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester and Elisabeth de Vermandois, and her maternal grandparents were Amaury III de Montfort, Count of Evreux, and Agnès de Garlande, daughter of Anseau de Garlande, Count of Rochefort, and Beatrice de Montlhery.

Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester

He paid homage to King Philip I of France for these estates and sat as a French Peer in the Parliament held at Poissy.

Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester

However in 1121, royal favour brought Robert the great Norman honors of Breteuil and Pacy-sur-Eure, with his marriage to Amice de Gael, daughter of a Breton intruder the king had forced on the honor after the forfeiture of the Breteuil family in 1119.

Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester

Robert apparently went to Flanders, where he raised a large force of mercenaries, and landed at Walton, Suffolk, on 29 September 1173.

When the revolt of the younger Henry broke out in April 1173, Robert went to his castle at Breteuil in Normandy.


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