Henry de Beaumont, earl of Warwick

1st earl of Warwick

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Crouch (ODNB) states that Henry must have been a “young adult” in 1066.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 20 June 1119.

Place of Death: the abbey at St Pierre-des-Préaux.

The date and place are given by Crouch (ODNB).

Place of Burial: the chapter house of the abbey at St Pierre-des-Préaux.

The place is given by Crouch (ODNB).

Relationships

Father: Roger, lord of Beaumont-le-Roger and Pont Audemer.

This relationship is given by Crouch (ODNB), by Keats-Rohan (p. 240), and by the Complete Peerage (12/2:357).

Mother: Adeline, daughter of Waleran, count of Meulan.

This relationship is given by Crouch (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (12/2:357).

Spouse: Margaret, daughter of Geoffroy, count of Perche.

This relationship is given by Crouch (ODNB), by Keats-Rohan (p. 240), and by the Complete Peerage (12/2:360).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Roger de Beaumont, second earl of Warwick, married Gundreda de Warenne.

Robert de Neufbourg (died 1159) married Godechilde de Tosny.

Rotrou (died 25 November 1183), bishop of Évreux, archbishop of Rouen.

Geoffroy.

Henri de Neufbourg married Marguerite de Hauteville.

References

Cawley, Charles. “Henry de Beaumont” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).

Crouch, David. The Beaumont Twins: The Roots and Branches of Power in the Twelfth Century (Cambridge University Press, 1986).

Crouch, David. “Beaumont, Henry de, first earl of Warwick (d. 1119)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Crouch, David. “Roger, second earl of Warwick (d. 1153) in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Keats-Rohan, Katharine S. B. Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1106 - 1166. (Woodbridge: 2002).