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     Alexis Caswell "AC" Hudson was born on 4 March 1831 at Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA; aged 19 in 1850 census; census says born in VA
Find A Grave says b. in MO; Civil War draft registration (aged 32) says b. in VA. His parents were in the Culpeper Co., VA Census in 1840 and probably didn't leave for MO until around 1834.^4,1,2,5 He married Arena Ann Pratt, daughter of James William Pratt and Amanda Jane Bowen, on 18 December 1872 at Audrain Co., Missouri, USA,
; from Ancestry.com: Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Name: Mr A C Hudson
Marriage Date: 18 Dec 1872
Marriage County: Audrain
Spouse Name: Miss Anna Pratt
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
Original data: Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm.
* * * * * * * *
Audrain County, Missouri Marriages, 1870-1917
Groom's Name: A. C. Hudson
Bride's Name: Miss Anna Pratt
Marriage Date: 18 Dec 1872
Volume and Page: B-212
Source Information:
Weant, Kenneth E., comp. Audrain County, Missouri Marriages, 1870-1917 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: Weant, Kenneth E. Audrain County, Missouri Marriages 1 January 1870 to 31 December 1899. Volume 5. Columbia, Mo.: Kenneth E. Weant, 2000.^6,7,8
Alexis Caswell "AC" Hudson died on 24 August 1915 at Montgomery Co., Missouri, USA, at age 84; Ancestry.com - U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current
Record
Source
Source Citation: Mexico Missouri Message; Publication Date: 2 Sep 1915; Publication Place: Mexico, Missouri, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/85082003/?article=c5cf930c-db82-480d-81c9-0f514475a564&focus=0.21615458,0.77108914,0.36102903,0.96088195&xid=3355
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2019.^2,5,9
Alexis Caswell "AC" Hudson was buried on 26 August 1918 at Montgomery City Cemetery, Montgomery City, Montgomery Co., Missouri, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Alexis Caswell "AC" Hudson was listed as a resident in Ann/Anna Pratt's household in the census report in 1840 at Elkhorn Township, Warren Co., Missouri, USA;
There is an "Ann Hudson", head of household in the Warren Co., MO 1840 census with children of the right ages to match Ann and her family. Her husband might have died before 1840.
p. 233, Line 20
     Name:     20 Ann Hudson [4593] Ref #2408
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Elkhorn, Warren, Missouri
     Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:     1 [1831-35] Alexis 1831
     Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 20:     2 [1820-25] James 1822, Thomas c1823
     Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:     1 [1831-35] Virginia 1835
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:     3 [1826-30] Elisabeth 1826, Elvira 1826, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 46:     1 [1794-1800] Ann 1799
     Slaves - Male - 19 thru 23     1 [1817-21] Unknown
     Total Person - 9.¹⁰

Alexis Caswell "AC" Hudson was listed as a resident in Ann/Anna Pratt's household in the census report on 13 September 1850 at District 99, Warren Co., Missouri, USA;
This household next to a Jonathan and Caroline Pratt. It is uncertain where the dau.
pp. 59-A & B, Lines 40-42, 1, Dwelling 487; Family 487
     40 HUDSON, Ann 50 [1800] F $500 VA
     41 " , Elvira 20 [1830] F VA
     42 " , Caswell 19 [1831] M Farmer VA
     1 " , Virginia 15 [1835] F MO <-- This means that they moved to MO sometime before 1835
     Note: The James (wife Eliza) HUDSON family 3 houses away from Ann and her household (at Dwelling 490 on the census page after p. 59) is probably Ann's oldest son, James. James (28) and his wife Eliza (21) are both also born in VA. Their first child (James F) is 4 and born in MO. This means that they moved to MO sometime before 1846.^11,12

Alexis Caswell "AC" Hudson appeared in the census of 1 June 1860 at Slave Schedule, Elkhorn Township, Warren Co., Missouri, USA; Ancestry.com - 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules
p. 421, column 2, line 22
A. C. Hudson
     Line     No.     Age     Sex     Color     
     22     7     F     B
Record
Source
Source Citation: The National Archives in Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Eighth Census of the United States 1860; Series Number: M653; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls.¹³

Alexis Caswell "AC" Hudson appeared on the census of 8 June 1860 in the household of Ann/Anna Pratt at Elkhorn Township, Warren Co., Missouri, USA;
The two DEVER children are unknown.
p. 137, Lines 30-33, Dwelling 58; Family 58
     30 HUDSON, Mrs Ann 59 [1801] F $1000 $2500 VA
     31 " , A C 29 [1831] M Farmer $660 $800 VA
     32 DEVER, Rubin 11 [1849] M Farm Laborer MO
     33 " , Simeon 12 [1848] M Farm Laborer MO.¹⁴

Alexis Caswell "AC" Hudson began military service circa 1863 at Elkhorn Township, Warren Co., Missouri, USA, Ancestry.com - U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
Record
Source
Source Citation: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War); Collection Name: Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records); NAI: 4213514; Archive Volume Number: 1 of 1
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registrations, 1863-1865. NM-65, entry 172, 620 volumes. NAI: 4213514. Records of the Provost Marshal General’s Bureau (Civil War), Record Group 110. National Archives at Washington D.C.¹⁵

Alexis Caswell "AC" Hudson began military service circa 1863 at Elkhorn Township, Warren Co., Missouri, USA, Ancestry.com - U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
     Name:     A C Hudson
     Birth Year:     abt 1831
     Place of Birth:     Virginia
     Age on 1 July 1863:     32
     Race:     White
     Marital Status:     Unmarried (Single)
     Residence:     Elkhorn, Warren, Missouri
     Congressional District:     9th
     Class:     All
     Source Citation: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War); Collection Name: Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records); NAI: 4213514; Archive Volume Number: 1 of 1
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
     Original data: Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registrations, 1863-1865. NM-65, entry 172, 620 volumes. NAI: 4213514. Records of the Provost Marshal General’s Bureau (Civil War), Record Group 110. National Archives at Washington D.C.¹⁶

Alexis Caswell "AC" Hudson appeared in the census of 3 August 1870 at Elkhorn Township, Warren Co., Missouri, USA; NB I don't thinik that this is the same person as Caswell, as Caswell didn't marry Ann PRATT until 1872, so is unlikely to have had a sone aged 7 in 1870. Also, Caswell's mother, Ann/Anna HUDSON was born in 1799 and would have been ca 71 years old in 1870, not 56 as shown here.
p. 726A, Lines 38-40, Dwelling 213 Family 183

Alexis Caswell "AC" Hudson and Arena Ann Pratt appeared in the census of between 17 June 1880 and 18 June 1880 at Elkhorn Township, Warren Co., Missouri, USA;
p. 703-A, Lines 18-23, Dwelling 138; Family 138
     18 HUDSON, Alexis C. W M 49 [1831] Married Farmer VA VA VA
     19 " , Anna A W F 29 [1851] Wife Married Keeping House MO MO MO
     20 " , Edna M W F 6 [1874] daughter Single MO VA MO
     21 " , Laura A. W F 3 [1877] daughter Single MO VA MO
     22 " , Jennie W F 1 [1879] daughter Single MO VA MO
     23 " , Ann W F 79 [1801] Mother Widow VA VA VA.¹⁸

Alexis Caswell "AC" Hudson and Arena Ann Pratt appeared in the census of 18 June 1900 at Montgomery City, Montgomery Co., Missouri, USA;
p. 10B, Lines 79-87, Dwelling 229; Family 229
     79 HUDSON, Alexis C. Head W M March 1831 69 Married 26yrs VA VA VA Merchant
     80 " , Arena A Wife W F Jun 1851 49 Married 26yrs 7-children-born 6-children-lving MO VA MO
     81 " , Jennie L Daughter W F Jan 1878 22 Single MO VA MO Cashier in store
     82 " , Coswell H Son W M Jan1881 18 Single MO VA MO Traveling Salesman
     83 " , David W Son W M April 1885 15 Single MO VA MO at school
     84 " , Julia Daughter W F Nov 1886 13 Single MO VA MO at school
     85 NORTON, Laura G. Daughter W F Oct 1876 23 Married 4yrs 2-children-born 2-children-living MO VA MO Seamstress
     86 " , William H Grandson W M Sept 1896 3 Single MO MO MO
     87 " , Edgar W. Grandson W M June 1899 11/12 Single MO MO MO.¹⁹

Alexis Caswell "AC" Hudson and Arena Ann Pratt appeared in the census of between 26 April 1910 and 27 April 1910 at Ward 2, Montgomery City, Montgomery Co., Missouri, USA;
p. 11-B, Lines 62-64, Dwelling 262; Family 268
     62 HUDSON, Alexis C. Head M W 79 [1831] Married 1x 31yrs VA VA VA Own Income
     63 " , Annie A Wife F W 59 [1851] Married 1x 31yrs 7-children-born 6-children-living MO VA MO
     64 " , Julia B Daughter F W 23 Single MO VA MO Teach Public School.²⁰

Alexis Caswell "AC" Hudson left a will on 28 December 1914 at Montgomery City, Montgomery Co., Missouri, USA; Ancestry.com - Missouri, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988
Source Citation: Author: Missouri. Probate Court (Montgomery County); Probate Place: Montgomery, Missouri
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Missouri, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Original data: Missouri, County, District and Probate Courts.²¹

     Virginnia Ann Hudson was born on 7 May 1834 at Missouri, USA; aged 15 in 1850 census. FAG Memorial says b. 7 May 1835. Death Certificate says b. 7 May 1834.^4,1,5,6 She married Nathaniel Zenon Bowles on 27 November 1855 at Warren Co., Missouri, USA.⁷
Virginnia Ann Hudson married Matthew Brown Park in 1885
; [:CR:"]Her 2nd husband; his 2nd wife.
Ancestry.com - Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Source Citation: Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm]
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
Original data: Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm.⁸
Virginnia Ann Hudson died on 5 May 1912 at Paris, Lamar Co., Texas, USA, at age 77; Ancestry.com - Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Source Citation: Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data: Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. Austin, Texas, USA.^9,5,6
Virginnia Ann Hudson was buried on 7 May 1912 at Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar Co., Texas, USA; From Find A Grave:
     ;      N. B. There is some confusion concerning the parents of the Elizabeth HUDSON who married Alexander "Sandy" PRATT. Some researchers believe the parents were Zadock and Mildred (Adkinson) HUDSON. This relationship has been posted on Elizabeth and Zadock's Find A Grave memorial pages and some family trees (e.g., THE Tom Pratt Family Tree). Others believe that Elizabeth's parents were David and Ann (Caswell) HUDSON (e.g., the Smith- Evans- Sanders- Ittner Family Tree).
     While I have so far found no definitive proof of who her parents were, I do not believe that they were Zadock and Mildred (Adkinson) HUDSON. Zadock was born in SC and his wife in TN. Zadock died in MS in 1855 and appears there in both the 1840 and 1850 federal censuses.
     On the other hand, Elizabeth was born in VA (1826) and married Alexander PRATT in Warren Co., MO in 1844. I find it unlikely that Elizabeth's parents would have moved to MS by 1840, but would have left her in VA (or in MO).
     Alexander's nephew, Thomas P. PRATT (son of Alexander's brother, Thomas Briscoe PRATT), married Susan Elvira HUDSON, the daughter of David and Anna (Caswell) HUDSON. Elizabeth (HUDSON) PRATT was born in VA in 1826. Susan Elvira (HUDSON) PRATT was born in VA in 1829. David and Anna (Caswell) HUDSON were traveling from Culpeper Co., VA to Warren Co., MO ca 1834 when David apparently died enroute. Their youngest sister, Virginia Ann HUDSON, was born in MO in 1835, after Ann (CASWELL) HUDSON had arrived. Finally, in the 1830 census for Culpeper Co., VA, David appears with two daughters aged "Under 5" (i.e., born after 1825). the daughters Elizabeth and Susan match this perfectly. His third daughter was born until around (or just after) the time he died ca 1834/5. The 1840 Census (Elkhorn Twp., Warren Co., MO) shows an Ann HUDSON (with no adult male), with 6 children that perfectly match the age distribution of all of the known children, plus a daughter of the age of Elizabeth (b1826).
     This circumstantial evidence leads me to believe that it is more credible to assume that Elizabeth B. (HUDSON) PRATT was the dau. of David and Ann (CASWELL) HUDSON, and not of Zadock and Mildred (Adkinson) HUDSON. GA Vaut.^{10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18}

Virginnia Ann Hudson was listed as a resident in Ann/Anna Pratt's household in the census report in 1840 at Elkhorn Township, Warren Co., Missouri, USA;
There is an "Ann Hudson", head of household in the Warren Co., MO 1840 census with children of the right ages to match Ann and her family. Her husband might have died before 1840.
p. 233, Line 20
     Name:     20 Ann Hudson [4593] Ref #2408
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Elkhorn, Warren, Missouri
     Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:     1 [1831-35] Alexis 1831
     Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 20:     2 [1820-25] James 1822, Thomas c1823
     Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:     1 [1831-35] Virginia 1835
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:     3 [1826-30] Elisabeth 1826, Elvira 1826, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 46:     1 [1794-1800] Ann 1799
     Slaves - Male - 19 thru 23     1 [1817-21] Unknown
     Total Person - 9.¹⁸

Virginnia Ann Hudson was listed as a resident in Ann/Anna Pratt's household in the census report on 13 September 1850 at District 99, Warren Co., Missouri, USA;
This household next to a Jonathan and Caroline Pratt. It is uncertain where the dau.
pp. 59-A & B, Lines 40-42, 1, Dwelling 487; Family 487
     40 HUDSON, Ann 50 [1800] F $500 VA
     41 " , Elvira 20 [1830] F VA
     42 " , Caswell 19 [1831] M Farmer VA
     1 " , Virginia 15 [1835] F MO <-- This means that they moved to MO sometime before 1835
     Note: The James (wife Eliza) HUDSON family 3 houses away from Ann and her household (at Dwelling 490 on the census page after p. 59) is probably Ann's oldest son, James. James (28) and his wife Eliza (21) are both also born in VA. Their first child (James F) is 4 and born in MO. This means that they moved to MO sometime before 1846.^19,20

Virginnia Ann Hudson and Nathaniel Zenon Bowles appeared in the census of 18 August 1860 at Prairie Township, Montgomery Co., Missouri, USA; NB: Nathaniel is next door to his father, David BOWLES (lines 22-29)
p. 467, lines 30-34, dwelling 1106, family 1106
30 BOWLS, Nathaniel Z. 27 [1833] M Farmer $500 MO
31 " , Virginia 25 [1835] F MO
32 " , Lemolian 4 [1856] M MO
33 " , James C. 2 [1858] M MO
34 " , Ann 4/12 [ca Apr 1859] MO.²¹

Virginnia Ann Hudson appeared in the census of 3 August 1870 at Elkhorn Township, Warren Co., Missouri, USA; p. 726-B, lines 1-5, dwelling 214, family 184
1 BOLES, Virginia 32 [1838] F W Keeping House $600 $100 MO
2 " , Anna 12 [1858] F W At School MO
3 " , Moley 10 [1860] M W At School MO
4 " , Caswell 8 [1862] M W At School MO
5 " , Nathan 6 [1864] M W At School MO.²²

Virginnia Ann Hudson and Matthew Brown Park appeared in the census of 20 June 1900 at Justice Precinct 6, Lamar Co., Texas, USA; p. 10, lines 36-37, dwelling 187, family 193
36 PARK, Marth B. Head W M Oct 1817 82 Married 14yrs SC Ireland SC Farmer
37 " , Virginia A. Wife W F May 1838 62 Married 14yrs 2-children-born 2-children-living MO VA VA.²³

     Nathaniel Zenon Bowles was born on 9 September 1832 at Missouri, USA.² He married Virginnia Ann Hudson, daughter of David Hudson and Ann/Anna Pratt, on 27 November 1855 at Warren Co., Missouri, USA.³

Nathaniel Zenon Bowles died on 11 September 1862 at Missouri, USA, at age 30; This date is suspect since he apparently had a son born after 1862. GA Vaut.^4,5
Nathaniel Zenon Bowles died in 1865 at Burial location unknown; From Find A Grave:
     Nathaniel Zenon Bowles and Virginnia Ann Hudson appeared in the census of 18 August 1860 at Prairie Township, Montgomery Co., Missouri, USA; NB: Nathaniel is next door to his father, David BOWLES (lines 22-29)
p. 467, lines 30-34, dwelling 1106, family 1106
30 BOWLS, Nathaniel Z. 27 [1833] M Farmer $500 MO
31 " , Virginia 25 [1835] F MO
32 " , Lemolian 4 [1856] M MO
33 " , James C. 2 [1858] M MO
34 " , Ann 4/12 [ca Apr 1859] MO.¹

     Thomas Davis was born in 1658 at Surry Co., Virginia, USA.
Thomas Davis died in 1720 at Nansemond, Surry Co., Virginia, USA.
      .¹

     Isabelle/Elisabeth de Vermandois Countess of Leicester was born circa 1081 at Vermandois, Basse-Normandie, France (now).^1,2,6 She married Sir Robert de Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester, Comte de Beaument et Meulan Meulan, son of Roger de Beaumont Seigneur de Beaumont, Pont-Audemar and Adeline (Adelise) de Meulan, in 1096
;
His 2nd wife; her 1st husband.^7,8,9,1,10,2 Isabelle/Elisabeth de Vermandois Countess of Leicester and Sir Robert de Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester, Comte de Beaument et Meulan Meulan were divorced in 1115.^8,7,1,10 Isabelle/Elisabeth de Vermandois Countess of Leicester married William II de Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey, 2nd Earl of Warenne, son of William I de Warenne 1st Earl of Surrey, 1st Earl of Warenne and Gundred/Gundrada (?), after 5 June 1118
;
Her 2nd husband
Warenne page says m. 1118.^{8,1,11,2,12,13}
Isabelle/Elisabeth de Vermandois Countess of Leicester died on 13 February 1131 at St. Nicaise, Meulan, D'Sens, France.^14,8,1,11
Isabelle/Elisabeth de Vermandois Countess of Leicester was buried after 13 February 1131 at Lewes Priory, Lewes, East Sussex, England; From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     1081, Basse-Normandie, France
     DEATH     17 Feb 1131 (aged 49–50), France
     Family Members
     Parents
          Hugues de France 1057–1102
     Spouses
          Robert de Beaumont 1049–1118
          William II de Warenne 1065–1138
     Siblings
          Raoul I de Vermandois 1094–1152
     Children
          Waleran de Beaumont 1104–1166
          Robert de Beaumont 1104–1168
          Isabel Elizabeth De Beaumont De Clare 1105–1172
          Reginald de Warenne 1113–1179
          William de Warenne 1118–1148
          Ada De Warenne De Huntingdon 1120–1178
     BURIAL     Lewes Priory, Lewes, Lewes District, East Sussex, England
     Maintained by: Anne Shurtleff Stevens
     Originally Created by: Jerry Ferren
     Added: 12 Mar 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial 49615771
     SPONSORED BY Susan Lockwood.⁶
     She was Countess of Leicester.¹⁵ GAV-24 EDV-24 GKJ-24.

Reference: Genealogics cites:

; Per Wikipedia:
     "Elizabeth of Vermandois, or Elisabeth or Isabel de Vermandois (c. 1085 – 1131), was the third daughter of Hugh Magnus and Adelaide of Vermandois,[1] and as such represented both the Capetian line of her paternal grandfather Henry I of France, and the Carolingian ancestry of her maternal grandfather Herbert IV of Vermandois.[2] As the wife of two Anglo-Norman magnates, Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester and William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey, she is the ancestress of hundreds of well-known families down to the present time. She is the ancestress of all Scottish rulers including and after her grandson Malcolm IV and all English rulers starting with Henry IV.
Life
Countess of Leicester
     "In 1096, Robert de Beaumont, Count of Meulan reputed to be "the wisest man in his time between London and Jerusalem" insisted, in defiance of the laws of the church, on marrying a very young Elizabeth, he being over fifty at the time.[3] In early 1096 Bishop Ivo, on hearing of the proposed marriage, wrote a letter banning the marriage and preventing its celebration on the grounds the two were related within prohibited degrees. In April of that year Elizabeth's father count Hugh left on Crusade, his last act being to see his daughter married to count Robert. The crusader was able to convince Pope Urban to issue a dispensation for the marriage which then went forward.[2][3]
     "Her husband was a nobleman of some significance in France, having inherited lands from his maternal uncle Henry, Count of Meulan, and is known to have fought at the Battle of Hastings as a companion of William the Conqueror.[4][5] He was rewarded with ninety manors in the counties of Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire and Wiltshire.[6] The count of Meulan was one of Henry I's "four wise counsellors and was one of the king's commanders at the Battle of Tinchebray" 28 September 1106.[7] In 1107 Robert became Earl of Leicester.[8]
Countess of Surrey
     "Elizabeth, Countess of Meulan is reputed to have had an affair and left her husband when he was near death. The historian James Planché claimed (1874) that the Countess was seduced by or fell in love with a younger nobleman, William de Warenne[9] There is no evidence that her second husband, William II de Warenne, second earl of Surrey, was that lover and only later rumors that she had a lover at all during her first marriage. William had sought a royal bride in 1093, but failed in his attempt to wed Matilda of Scotland also known as Edith, who later married Henry I.[10] He obtained a bride of royal blood when he married Elizabeth in 1118, very soon after the death of Earl Robert.[11] Elizabeth survived her second husband William to later die 1131.[1][12]
Family
     "By her first husband, Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester, (d 5 June 1118), Elizabeth had three sons (including twin elder sons) and five or six daughters:[13]
     "By her second husband, William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey, Elizabeth had three sons and two daughters:[17]
References
1. Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 4, (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1989), Tafel 699
2. Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 1, Herzogs und Grafenhäuser des Heiligen Römischen Reiches Andere Europäiche Fürstenhäuser (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 55
3. Edmond Chester Waters, 'Gundrada de Warenne', The Archaeological Journal, Vol. xli (London, 1884), p. 308-9
4. George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, Vol. XII/1 (The St. Catherine Press, London, 1953), Appendix L, pp. 47–8, Appendix L, The Battle of Hastings and the Death of Harold (List of those known to be at the Battle of Hastings)
5. David C. Doulgas, William the Conqueror (University of California Press, 1964), p. 203
6. J. R. Planché, The Conqueror and His Companions, Vol. I (Tinsley Bros., London, 1874) p. 206
7. C. Warren Hollister, Henry I (Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2003) pp. 132–3, 199–200
8. K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, Domesday People, a Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066–1166 (The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 1999), p. 371
9. J. R. Planché, The Conqueror and His Companions, Vol. I (Tinsley Bros., London, 1874) p. 212
10. C. Warren Hollister, Henry I (Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2003)p. 340
11. C. Warren Hollister, 'The Taming of a Turbulent Earl: Henry I and William of Warenne', Historical Reflections, Vol. 3 (1976) p. 90 n. 36
12. G. E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, Vol. XII/1 (The St. Catherine Press, London, 1953) p. 496
13. George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, Vol. VII (The St. Catherine Press, Ltd, 1929), p. 540
14. J. R. Planché, The Conqueror and His Companions, Vol. I (Tinsley Bros., London, 1874) p. 216
15. George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, Vol. VII (The St. Catherine Press, Ltd, 1929), p. 526, footnote (c)
16. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and Natural History, Bol. II, No. 1, (1854), p. 311
17. William Farrer, Charles Travis Clay, Early Yorkshire Charters, Volume VIII – The Honour of Warenne (The Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1949) p. 10
18. William Farrer, Charles Travis Clay, Early Yorkshire Charters, Volume VIII – The Honour of Warenne (The Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1949) pp. 27–8
19. William Farrer, Charles Travis Clay, Early Yorkshire Charters, Volume VIII – The Honour of Warenne (The Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1949) p. 11
20. Victoria Chandler, 'Ada de Warenne, Queen Mother of Scotland (c. 1123–1178)', The Scottish Historical Review, Vol. 60, No. 170, Part 2 (October 1981), pp. 119–139."¹⁶

; Per Genealogics:
     "Elisabeth was born about 1081, the third daughter of Hugues I Magnus, a younger brother of King Philippe I of France, and Adelaide, comtesse de Vermandois et de Valois. Through her parentage she represented both the Capetian line of her paternal grandfather Henri I, king of France, and the Carolingian ancestry of her maternal grandfather Heribert IV, comte de Vermandois et de Valois.
     "In 1096, while under age, Elisabeth was married to Robert I de Beaumont, 1st earl of Leicester, comte de Meulan, son of Roger 'Barbatus' de Beaumont, sire de Beaumont et de Pont-Audemer, and Adeline de Meulan. Robert was over 35 years her senior, which was an unusual age difference even for this time period. He was a nobleman of some significance in France, having inherited lands from his maternal uncle Henri, comte de Meulan, and he had fought at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 under the command of his distant kinsman William the Conqueror. For this service he was awarded English lands in addition to those in Meulan and Normandy he had inherited. However, at the time of the marriage he held no earldom in England while his younger brother was already styled Henry de Beaumont, 1st earl of Warwick. Robert was a respected advisor to William II Rufus of England, Robert II Curthose of Normandy and Philippe I of France.
     "According to Middle Ages custom, brides were often betrothed young - 8 being the legal age for betrothal and 12 for marriage (for women). The young betrothed wife would often go to her husband's castle to be raised by his parents or other relatives and to learn the customs and ways of her husband's family. The actual wedding would not take place until much later. Some genealogists speculate that the usual age at which a noble bride could expect the marriage to be consummated would be 14.
     "The marriage produced six daughters and three sons including twin sons (born in 1104) who both became important noblemen and both had progeny. These men, known to historians of this period as the Beaumont twins, were Galeran IV and his younger twin Robert II 'Le Bossu' (the Humpback). Of the daughters, Elisabeth or Isabel became one of the youngest mistresses of Henry I of England and later the mother (by her first marriage) of Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, 2nd earl of Pembroke 'Strongbow'.
     "William II Rufus of England died suddenly in a purported hunting accident, and was hastily succeeded not by the expected heir but by the youngest brother Henry. This seizure of the throne led to an abortive invasion by his older brother Robert II Curthose, duke of Normandy, followed by an uneasy truce between the brothers. The reprieve was only temporary, and there was unrest in both England and Normandy for some time (stirred up by Duke Robert, and by an exiled nobleman Robert de Bellême, 3rd earl of Shropshire and of Shrewsbury). Finally, Henry invaded Normandy, and in the Battle of Tinchebray on 28 September 1106 he destroyed organised opposition to his takeover of Normandy and imprisoned his ineffectual older brother for his lifetime. Robert de Beaumont and his brother Henry, earl of Warwick, were apparently supporters of King Henry during the entire period, and Robert was rewarded with the earldom of Leicester in 1103. By 1107 Robert was in possession of substantial lands in three domains. In 1111 he was able to take revenge for the attack on his seat Meulan by Louis VI of France by harrying Paris.
     "Elisabeth apparently tired of her aging husband at some point during the marriage. James Robinson Planché (1796-1880), the English dramatist, antiquary and authority on heraldry, wrote that Elisabeth was seduced by or fell in love with the younger William de Warenne, himself the thwarted suitor of Matilda/Edith of Scotland, dowager queen of Henry I of England. Warenne was said to want a royal bride, and Elisabeth fitted his requirements, even though she was also another man's wife.
     "In 1115 Elisabeth was apparently carried off or abducted by Warenne, which abduction apparently concealed a long-standing affaire. There was some kind of separation or divorce between Robert and his wife, which however did not permit her to marry her lover. The elderly Robert died, supposedly of chagrin and mortification in being thus publicly humiliated, in the abbey of Preaux, Normandy on 5 June 1118, leaving his properties to his two elder sons whom he had carefully educated.
     "Sometime after the death of her first husband, Elisabeth married William de Warenne. He was 2nd earl of Surrey, 2nd earl of Warenne, son of William de Warenne, 1st earl of Surrey, 1st earl of Warenne, and his wife Gundred. By him, it is alleged, she had several children (all born during her marriage to Robert). She also had at least one daughter born while she was living out of wedlock with Warenne (1115-1118). It is unclear whether this daughter was Ada, who would marry Henry, earl of Huntingdon, earl of Northumberland, or Gundred who would marry Robert de Beaumont, 2nd earl of Warwick (her half-brother's first cousin). The siblings Ada, Gundred, Reginald and William would all have progeny.
     "The later life of Elisabeth is not known. Her sons by her first husband appear to have had a good relationship with their half-brother William de Warenne, 3rd earl of Surrey, although on opposing sides for much of the wars between King Stephen and Empress Matilda. Her eldest son Galeran IV, comte de Meulan-sur-Seine, 1st earl of Worcester, was active in supporting the disinherited heir William Clito of Normandy, count of Flanders, son of Robert II Curthose, until Galeran was captured by King Henry. He was not released until Clito's death without issue in 1128. Her second son Robert inherited his father's English estates and the earldom of Leicester and married the heiress of the Fitzosbern counts of Breteuil. Her daughter Isabel however became king's concubine or mistress at a young age; it is unclear whether her mother's own life or her eldest brother's political and personal travails in this period played any part in this decision. Before her mother died, Isabel had become wife of Gilbert de Clare, later (1147) earl of Pembroke, so had adopted a more conventional life like her mother.
     "Elisabeth died about 31 March 1131."²

; Per Med Lands: "ISABELLE [Elisabeth] de Vermandois ([before 1088][321]-17 Feb 1131, bur Lewes). The Genealogiæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis refers to (but does not name) the fourth of the daughters of "Hugonem Magnum [et] Adelaide comitissa Veromandensium" as wife of "comiti de Meslent", and parents of "filios, quorum unus successit patri in comitatu, alter comitatum tenuit de Cirecestre"[322]. Orderic Vitalis records that in 1096 "Hugo Crispeii comes" placed "Radulfo et Henrico filiis suis" in charge of his land, married "Ysabel filiam suam" to "Rodberto de Mellento comiti", and left on pilgrimage taking "secum nobile agmen Francorum"[323]. Guillaume of Jumièges records that ”secundus Willelmus de Warenna comes Surreiæ...tertius Willelmus filius eius” was born to “Elizabeth filia Hugonis Magni comitis Viromandorum”, who had first married “Roberto comiti Mellenti” by whom she had “tres filios et totidem filias”[324]. "Guillelmus filius Guillelmi de Vuarenna" confirmed donations of property to Saint-Victor-en-Caux by "patre meo", for the soul of "uxoris mee Ysabel", by undated charter (a copy of which is attached to a late-12th century transcription of a charter under which Hugh de Mortimer confirmed donations to the monastery), witnessed by "Gislebertus de Grenosavilla, Ysabel comitissa, Radulfus filius comitis…"[325]. m firstly ([1096], divorced 1115) ROBERT de Beaumont Comte de Meulan, Seigneur de Beaumont-le-Roger, son of ROGER de Vieilles Seigneur de Beaumont-le-Roger & his wife Adeline de Meulan ([1046]-5 or 6 Jun 1118, bur Préaux, monastery of Saint-Pierre). m secondly (1118) WILLIAM [II] de Warenne Earl of Surrey, son of WILLIAM [I] de Warenne Earl of Surrey & his first wife Gundred --- (-[11 May] 1138, bur Lewes Priory)."
Med Lands cites:

Reference: Weis [1992] 50,53,6.¹⁸

     William II de Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey, 2nd Earl of Warenne was born between 1069 and 1071 at co. Sussex, England; Genealogics says b. est 1071.^3,4 He married Isabelle/Elisabeth de Vermandois Countess of Leicester, daughter of Hugues I Magnus de Crepi (?) Duke of France and Burgundy, Count of Amiens, Chaumont, Valois, Vermandois etc. and Adélaïde/Aelis de Vermandois comtesse de Vermandois, Valois et Crépy), after 5 June 1118
;
Her 2nd husband
Warenne page says m. 1118.^1,8,3,9,4,10
William II de Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey, 2nd Earl of Warenne died on 11 May 1138 at co. Sussex, England.^2,1,3,4,10
William II de Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey, 2nd Earl of Warenne was buried after 11 May 1138 at Lewes Priory, Lewes, Lewes District, East Sussex, England; From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     1065, East Sussex, England
     DEATH     11 May 1138 (aged 72–73), England
     Family Members
     Parents
          William de Warenne 1035–1088
          Gundred, Countess of Surrey 1051–1085
     Spouse
          Isabel Vermandois Beaumont de Warenne 1081–1131
     Children
          Waleran de Beaumont 1104–1166
          Robert de Beaumont 1104–1168
          Isabel Elizabeth De Beaumont De Clare 1105–1172
          Reginald de Warenne 1113–1179
          William de Warenne 1118–1148
          Ada De Warenne De Huntingdon 1120–1178
     BURIAL     Lewes Priory, Lewes, Lewes District, East Sussex, England
     Created by: Kat
     Added: 29 Apr 2011
     Find A Grave Memorial 69126335.^3,11
      ; Per Genealogics:
     "William was the son of William de Warenne, 1st earl of Surrey, 1st earl of Warenne, and his first wife Gundred. In January 1091 he assisted Hugues de Grantmesnil in his defence of Courcy against the forces of Robert de Belleme and Robert II Curthose, duke of Normandy. Sometime around 1093 he attempted to marry Edith (later Matilda), daughter of Malcolm III Canmore, king of Scots. She instead married Henry I of England, which may have been the cause of William's great dislike of Henry I, which would be his apparent motivator in the following years.
     "He accompanied Robert Curthose in his 1101 invasion of England, and afterwards lost his English lands and titles and was exiled to Normandy. There he complained to Curthose that he had expended great effort on the duke's behalf and had in return lost most of his possessions. Curthose's return to England in 1103 was apparently made to convince his brother to restore William's earldom. This was successful, though Curthose had to give up all he had received after the 1101 invasion, and subsequently William was loyal to Henry.
     "To further ensure William's loyalty Henry considered marrying him to one of his many illegitimate daughters. He was however dissuaded by Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury, for any of the daughters would have been within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity. The precise nature of the consanguineous relationship Anselm had in mind has been much debated, but it is most likely he was referring to common descent from the father of Gunnor, wife of Richard I, duke of Normandy.
     "William was one of the commanders on Henry's side against Robert Curthose at the Battle of Tinchebray in 1106. Afterwards, with his loyalty thus proven, he became more prominent in Henry's court.
     "In 1110 Curthose's son William Clito escaped along with Helias of Saint-Saens, and afterwards William de Warenne received the forfeited Saint-Saens lands, which were very near his own in upper Normandy. By this manoeuvre King Henry further assured his loyalty, for the successful return of Clito would have meant at the very least Warenne's loss of this new territory.
     "In 1118 William acquired the royal-blooded bride he desired when he married Elisabeth de Vermandois, daughter of Hugues I Magnus, comte de Vermandois et de Valois, a son of Henri I of France, and Adelaide, comtesse de Vermandois et de Valois. Elisabeth was the widow of Robert I de Beaumont, 1st earl of Leicester, comte de Meulan. William and Elisabeth had three sons and two daughters, of whom two sons and both daughters would have progeny.
     "William fought at the Battle of Bremule in 1119, and was at Henry's deathbed in 1135. William's death is recorded as 11 May 1138 in the register of Lewes priory, and he was buried with his father at the chapter-house there."⁴ He was 2nd Earl of Surrey.³

; Per Genealogy.SU: "William II de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey, *Sussex ca 1069/1071, +11.5.1138, bur Lewes Priory, Leves, Sussex; m.1118 Isabel/Elisabeth de Vermandois (*ca 1081, +13.2.1131.)³"

; Per Med Lands:
     "WILLIAM [II] de Warenne, son of WILLIAM [I] de Warenne Earl of Surrey & his first wife Gundred --- (-[11 May] 1138, bur Lewes Priory). Orderic Vitalis records that, after the death of Williame de Warenne Earl of Surrey, “præfati consulis filii Guillelmus et Rainaldus” succeeded “cum Gundreda matre sua” [incorrect, as their mother was already deceased], dated to 1089[1143]. "Willelmo et Reynaldo filiis et heredibus meis" are named in the charter of "Willelmus de Warenna…Surreie comes" dated 1080[1144]. He succeeded his father in 1088 as Earl of Surrey, though usually styled Earl de Warenne. He supported Robert Duke of Normandy in 1101 against his brother Henry I King of England, who confiscated his lands in England in consequence although they were restored in 1103[1145]. "…Guillaume comte de Varennes…" witnessed the undated charter under which Robert III Duke of Normandy donated property to Saint-Etienne de Caen[1146]. "Guillelmus filius Guillelmi de Vuarenna" confirmed donations of property to Saint-Victor-en-Caux by "patre meo", for the soul of "uxoris mee Ysabel", by undated charter (a copy of which is attached to a late-12th century transcription of a charter under which Hugh de Mortimer confirmed donations to the monastery), witnessed by "Gislebertus de Grenosavilla, Ysabel comitissa, Radulfus filius comitis…"[1147]. “W comes de Warenna et Isabella comitissa uxor mea necnon filii nostri Willelmus…et Radulfus” donated property to Castle Acre Priory by undated charter[1148]. The necrology of Longpont records the death “V Id Mai” of “Guillermus comes de Garenna”[1149].
     "m (1118) as her second husband, ISABELLE [Elisabeth] de Vermandois, widow of ROBERT de Beaumont Comte de Meulan, Earl of Leicester, daughter of HUGUES de France Comte de Vermandois et de Valois [Capet] & his wife Adelais Ctss de Vermandois [Carolingian] ([before 1088][1150]-17 Feb 1131, bur Lewes Priory). Guillaume of Jumièges records that ”secundus Willelmus de Warenna comes Surreiæ...tertius Willelmus filius eius” was born to “Elizabeth filia Hugonis Magni comitis Viromandorum”, who had first married “Roberto comiti Mellenti” by whom she had “tres filios et totidem filias”[1151]. William de Warenne donated property to St Faith, Longueville by charter dated to [1130], witnessed by "Ysabel comitissa uxor comitis et Willelmo et Radulfo filii eorum"[1152]. “W comes de Warenna et Isabella comitissa uxor mea necnon filii nostri Willelmus…et Radulfus” donated property to Castle Acre Priory by undated charter[1153].
Med Lands cites:

; Per Wikipedia:
     "William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey (died 11 May 1138) was the son of William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey and his first wife Gundred. He was more often referred to as Earl Warenne or Earl of Warenne than as Earl of Surrey.[1]
Life
     "His father, the 1st Earl, was one of the Conqueror's most trusted and most rewarded barons who, at his death in 1088, was the 3rd or 4th richest magnate in England.[2] In 1088 William II inherited his father's lands in England and his Norman estates including the castles of Mortemer and Bellencombre in Haute-Normandy. But William II was not as disposed to serve the king as his father was.[2] In January 1091, William assisted Hugh de Grandmesnil (died 1094) in his defence of Courcy against the forces of Robert de Belleme and Duke Robert of Normandy.[3] In 1093 he attempted to marry Matilda (or Edith), daughter of king Malcolm III of Scotland.[4] She instead married Henry I of England, and this may have been the cause of William's great dislike of Henry I, which motivated him in the following years.[5]
     "When Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy invaded England 1101 William joined him.[6] But when Curthose promptly surrendered to Henry I, William lost his English lands and titles and was exiled to Normandy.[6] There he complained to Curthose that he had expended great effort on the duke's behalf and in return lost all of his English possessions. Curthose's return to England in 1103 was apparently made to convince his brother, the king, to restore William's earldom. This was successful, though Curthose had to give up his 3000 mark annual pension he had received after the 1101 invasion, after which William's lands and titles were restored to him.[5]
     "To further insure William's loyalty Henry considered marrying him to one of his many illegitimate daughters. Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury forbade the marriage based on the couple being related in the 4th generation on one side, and in the 6th generation on the other.[7] William was one of the commanders on Henry's side (against Robert Curthose) at the Battle of Tinchebray in 1106. Afterwards, with his loyalty thus proven, he became more prominent in Henry's court.[1]
     "In 1110, Curthose's son William Clito escaped along with Helias of Saint-Saens, and afterwards Warenne received the forfeited Saint-Saens lands, which were very near his own in upper Normandy. In this way king Henry further assured his loyalty, for the successful return of Clito would mean at the very least Warenne's loss of this new territory.[1][8] He fought for Henry I at the Battle of Bremule in 1119.[1][9] William, the second Earl of Surrey was present at Henry's deathbed in 1135.[1][10] After the king's death disturbances broke out in Normandy and William was sent to guard Rouen and the Pays de Caux.[1][11]
     "William was a donor to a number of priories, with his donations being mentioned in charters issued between 1130 and 1138 to Longueville Priory near Rouen, Normandy[12][13] and to the priory of Bellencombre (also near Rouen) in 1135.[14] His sons and his wife were witnesses to many of these charters.[12][13]
     "William's death is recorded as 11-May-1138 in the register of Lewes Priory and he was buried at his father's feet at the Chapter house there.[15] His wife, the countess Elizabeth, survived him, dying before July 1147.[15]
Family
     "In 1118, William finally acquired the royal-blooded bride he desired when he married Elizabeth of Vermandois.[16] She was a daughter of Hugh I, Count of Vermandois and granddaughter of Henry I, King of France, as well as the widow of Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester.[17]
     "By his wife Elizabeth, he had three sons and two daughters:
References
1. G. E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, Vol. XII/1 (The St. Catherine Press, London, 1953) p. 495
2. C. Warren Hollister, 'The Taming of a Turbulent Earl: Henry I and William of Warenne', Historical Reflections, Vol. 3 (1976), p. 87
3. The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis, ed. Marjorie Chibnall, Vol. 2 (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1990)p. 692
4. C. Warren Hollister, Henry I (Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2003)p. 340
5. C. Warren Hollister, 'The Taming of a Turbulent Earl: Henry I and William of Warenne', Historical Reflections. Vol. 3 (1976) p. 87
6. The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis, ed. Marjorie Chibnall, Vol. 2 (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1990), p.785
7. Edmund Chester Waters, 'Gundrada de Warenne', Archaeological Journal, Vol. XLI (1884), p. 303
8. C. Warren Hollister, 'The Taming of a Turbulent Earl: Henry I and William of Warenne', Historical Reflections, Vol. 3 (1976) p. 89
9. Orderic Vitalis, The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy, trans. Thomas Forester, Vol. III (Henry G. Bohn, London, 1854) pp. 481-2
10. Orderic Vitalis, The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy, trans. Thomas Forester, Vol. IV (Henry G. Bohn, London, 1856) p. 150
11. C. Warren Hollister, Henry I (Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2003)p. 375
12. Farrer & Clay 1949, p. 10.
13. Farrer & Clay 1949, p. 62, 80–81.
14. Farrer & Clay 1949, p. 81–82.
15. G. E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, Vol. XII/1 (The St. Catherine Press, London, 1953) p. 496
16. C. Warren Hollister, 'The Taming of a Turbulent Earl: Henry I and William of Warenne', Historical Reflections, Vol. 3 (1976) p. 90 n. 36
17. Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 1, Herzogs und Grafenhäuser des Heiligen Römischen Reiches Andere Europäiche Fürstenhäuser (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 55
18. G. E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, Vol. XII/1 (The St. Catherine Press, London, 1953) p. 500
19. Early Yorkshire Charters, Vol. VIII - The Honour of Warenne (The Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1949) pp. 27-8
20. G.E.Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, Vol. VII (The St. Catherine Press, 1929), p. 142, footnote (a)
21. Early Yorkshire Charters, Vol. VIII - The Honour of Warenne (The Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1949) pp. 33-4
22. Early Yorkshire Charters, Vol. VIII - The Honour of Warenne (The Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1949) pp. 10-11
23. Elisabeth van Houts, 'The Warenne View of the Past 1066-1203', Anglo-Norman Studies XXVI, Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2003, ed. John Gillingham (Boydell Press, Woodbridge. 2004), p. 109 n. 49
24. The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, ed. Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms, Vol. I (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904, p. 4
25. Early Yorkshire Charters, ed: William Farrer, Charles Travis Clay, Volume VIII - The Honour of Warenne (The Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1949), p. 11
Sources
** Farrer, William; Clay, Charles Travis (1949). Early Yorkshire Charters Volume 8: The Honour of Warenne. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
External links
** "Warenne, William de (d.1138)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900."¹⁰

Reference: Genealogics cites: GAV-24 EDV-24 GKJ-24.

Reference: Weis [1992] 50-24.¹³

     Margaret (?) of Gloucester was born between 1121 and 1123; Racines et Histoire (Bohun) says b. ca 1126; Med Lands says b. 1121/23.^3,2 She married Humphrey III de Bohun baron de Bohun, Steward, Chancelier et sénéchal, seigneur de Trowbridge, Malmesbury et Melshan, son of Humphrey II (Onfroi) «Le Grand» de Bohun Lord Bohun, seigneur de Tatterford and Maud d'Evreux of Salisbury, in 1142.^5,6,1,2,7

Margaret (?) of Gloucester died on 6 April 1187; Genealogics says d. 6 Apr 1187; Weis and Racines et Histoire (Bohun) say d. 1146; Med Lands says d. 6 Apr 1187 or after 30 Sep 1194.^1,6,2
Margaret (?) of Gloucester was buried after 6 April 1187 at Llanthony Secunda Priory, Hempsted, City of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England; From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     1122, England
     DEATH     6 Apr 1187 (aged 64–65), Herefordshire, England
     Margaret of Hereford was an English noblewoman and the eldest daughter of Miles de Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford by his wife, the wealthy Cambro-Norman heiress Sibyl de Neufmarché. Margaret married Humphrey II de Bohun, by whom she had five children. Margaret held the office of Constable of England and as a widow, exercised lordship of Herefordshire until her own death. She was the benefactress of several religious institutions.
     Margaret was born in about 1122/1123, the eldest child of Miles de Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford and Sibyl de Neufmarché, heiress to one of the most substantial fiefs in the Welsh Marches. She had five younger brothers and two sisters. These were: Roger Fitzmiles, 2nd Earl of Hereford, Walter de Hereford, Henry Fitzmiles, Mahel de Hereford, William de Hereford, Bertha of Hereford, andLucy of Gloucester. The Historia fundationis cum fundatoris genealogia of Abergavenny Priory named Margaretam, Bertram and Luciam as the three daughters of Miles and Sibyl.
     She married Humphrey II de Bohun, an Anglo-Norman aristocrat and steward of King Henry I of England, on an unknown date before 1139. Like Margaret's father, Humphrey later supported Empress Matilda against her rival King Stephen during the period of civil war that raged over England, known to history as The Anarchy. Together Margaret and her husband founded Farleigh Priory although the charter is undated. The marriage produced a total of five children:
** Humphrey III de Bohun (died 1180), married as her second husband, Margaret of Huntingdon, Duchess of Brittany, by whom he had issue. Held the office of Constable of England.
** Milo de Bohun (died young)
** Richard de Bohun (died young)
** Matilda de Bohun (1140/1143 - after 1194/1199), married firstly Henry d'Oilly, by whom she had issue; secondly Juhel de Mayenne; thirdly Walter FitzRobert
** Margaret de Bohun (died before 1196), possibly married Waleran de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Warwick, although Warwick's wife is alternatively named as Margery d'Oilly, who was her niece. The 1192 birthdate of his son and heir makes Margery d'Oilly the likely spouse.
     Following the death of her father in a hunting accident in 1143, and sometime before Margaret's husband died in about 1165, all five of her brothers died without legitimate offspring. After her eldest brother Roger's death, the earldom of Hereford fell into abeyance. As a consequence of these events, Miles' lands and properties were divided between Margaret and her two sisters. Being the eldest daughter, she received the lordship of Herefordshire and the office of Constable of England. This office was later passed to her eldest son Humphrey, grandson Henry, and would continue to be held by her direct descendants. As a widow she exercised lordship until her own death, over thirty years later. In her book Women of the English Nobility and Gentry 1066-1500, Jennifer C. Ward described Margaret as having exemplified "the roles which a woman could play in her estates". As lady of Herefordshire, she fulfilled her duties to her overlord King Henry II, having in 1166 returned the carta which named her knights; it documented 17 knights' fees of the old enfeoffment and three and three quarters of the new. She aided the King in the marriage of one of his daughters, and in 1167-1168 made an account to the Red Book of the Exchequer for her assistance. She also accounted to the Exchequer at the end of King Henry's reign and during that of his successor, King Richard I for scutage due to her from her vast holdings. In the lordship over which she ruled, she used her father as role model, having confirmed earlier grants of land to her tenants and made her own land grants to those who served her well.
     Margaret was a generous benefactress of several religious institutions, and she strove to carry out her late brothers' grants. She gave all her land in Quedgeley, Gloucestershire for the salvation of her brothers' souls. Her own grant was given to save the souls of King Henry II, her chidren, parents, husband, and the rest of her family
     Margaret died on 6 April 1197 and was buried in Llanthony Secunda Priory in Gloucester which had been founded by her father and where her mother, Sibyl had entered a religious life after her husband's untimely death. Margaret herself had made endowments to the Augustian priory. Two years following Margaret's death, King John confirmed the possessions of Llanthony Secunda Priory by charter which was dated 30 July 1199. These included the donation of duas partes de Onedesleye made by Margar de Bohun in accordance with the division made inter ipsam et Luciam suam sororem. On 28 April 1200, King John recreated the earldom of Hereford for Margaret's grandson Henry, of whom she had had custody during his minority.
     Family Members
     Parents
          Miles Fitz Walter 1100–1143
          Sibyl Neufmarche Fitz Walter 1100 – unknown
     Spouse
          Humphrey de Bohun 1119–1165
     Siblings
          Mahel de Hereford unknown–1165
          Roger Fitzmiles unknown–1155
          Henry FitzMiles 1128–1162
          Bertha Hereford de Braose 1130 – unknown
          Lucy of Hereford FitzHerbert 1136–1220
     Children
          Humphrey de Bohun 1144–1181
     BURIAL     Llanthony Secunda Priory, Hempsted, City of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
     Created by: Kat
     Added: 1 Oct 2011
     Find a Grave Memorial 77437509
     SPONSORED BY Lucy DeYoung.⁸
     GAV-25 EDV-24 GKJ-25.

Reference: Genealogics cites:

; This is the same person as ”Margaret of Hereford” at Wikipedia. This is also the same person as ”Bohun, Margaret de [née Margaret of Gloucester]” at the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.^9,10 Margaret (?) of Gloucester was also known as Margaret (?) of Hereford.^11,12,13,9 Margaret (?) of Gloucester was also known as Margaret de Pitres.¹⁴

; Per Med Lands:
     "MARGARET ([1121/23]-[6 Apr 1187 or after 30 Sep 1194], bur Lanthony Priory, Gloucester). The Historia fundationis cum fundatoris genealogia of the priory of Abergavenny names “Margaretam, Bertam et Luciam” as the three daughters of “Milonem” & his wife, adding that Margaret married “Humphredo de Boun” and inherited “comitatu Herefordiæ”[360]. Her birth date range is estimated from the date of her parents' marriage and the likely birth date of her daughter Matilda. "…Margarita filia ipsi Mil…" subscribed the charter dated to [1123] records that "Walt de Gloec" gave Little Hereford in fee to "Willo de Mara nepoti suo"[361]. This document suggests that Margaret must have been her parents’s oldest child. “Humfridus de Bohun regis dapifer et Marger. uxor mea” founded Farleigh Priory by undated charter[362]. She certified the knights' fees made in the fee of her father during the time of King Henry I[363], which may imply that her husband had died by then. The Red Book of the Exchequer refers to "Margareta de Bohun xvii m" in Gloucestershire in [1167/68][364]. A manuscript which narrates the descents of the founders of Lanthony Abbey records the death 6 Apr 1187 of “Margeriam”, wife of “dominum Hunfredum de Bohun tertium” and her burial “in capitulo Lanthoniæ, juxta Gloucestriam”[365]. A manuscript in Aske’s collections names “Milo…Erle of Herforde, Lord of Bricone and of all the Forest of Done, and also Constable of England…Sibbill wiff of the seid Milo…Ladi Margaret the furst begotton daughter of the said Milo…married to Humfre of Bohun the third…” among those buried at Lanthony Priory[366]. The Pipe Roll at Michaelmas 1194 records “Margareta de Bohun” liable for scutage in respect of her knights in Gloucestershire and “Patricius de Chaurcis” owing for the same scutage (both in respect of the army in Wales), and “Herbertus f Herberti” owing for[ “legalem portionem suam versus Margaretam de Bohun” also in Gloucestershire[367]. It has not been confirmed that “Margareta de Bohun” was Margaret of Hereford or her daughter-in-law Margaret of Huntingdon. If the former, the date of death of Margaret of Hereford was incorrectly recorded in the manuscript quoted above.] King John confirmed the possessions of Lanthony abbey by charter dated 30 Jul 1199, including the donation of "duas partes de Onedesleye" made by "Margar de Bohun", in accordance with the division made "inter ipsam et Luciam sororem suam"[368].
     "m HUMPHREY [III] de Bohun, son of HUMPHREY [II] de Bohun & his wife Matilda of Salisbury ([1100/10]-[1164/65])."
Med Lands cites:

; Per Weis: “Margaret of Hereford, d. 1146; m. Humphrey III de Bohun, Baron de Bohun, Lord of Hereford. (CP I:22, VI:545).”.⁶

; Per Racines et Histoire (Bohun): “Humphrey III de Bohun ° 1120 + 06/04/1187 baron de Bohun, Steward, Chancelier & Sénéchal du Roi Henry 1er, seigneur de Trowbridge, Malmesbury et Melshan
     ép.1194 Margaret (Margery) de Gloucester ° ~1126 + 1146 (ou 1197 ?) (fille de Miles de Gloucester, 1er comte d’Hereford (1141), Connétable d’Angleterre + 24/12/1143 et de Sibylle de Neufmarché - fille de Bernard - + après 1139 ; lui apporte la Connétablie héréditaire)”.²

     Maud (?) married Sir Roger le Strange 4th Lord Strange of Knokyn, son of John VI le Strange 2nd Lord Strange of Knockyn and Iseult (?).¹

     EDV-18 GKJ-19.

     William III de Warenne 3rd Earl of Surrey and Warenne was born circa 1119 at Vermandois, Normandy, France; Boyer says b. ca 1119; Warenne page says b. 1118; Genealogics and Med lands say b. 1119.^1,2,3,5 He married Ela Talvas (?) de Ponthieu, daughter of Guillaume I 'Talvas' (?) Comte de Alençon. Duc de Alençon, Comte de Ponthieu & Montreuil. and Hélie/Alice/Ela (?) de Bourgogne, before 1148
;
Her 1st husband.^1,2,7,8,3
William III de Warenne 3rd Earl of Surrey and Warenne died on 19 January 1149 at Laodicea (ned Denizli), Eskihisar, Denizli Province, Turkey (now); Boyer says d. 19 Jan 1149; Warenne page says d. 1148; Genealogics says d. ca 19 Jan 1149; Med Lands says 19 Jan 1147
Per Wikipedia: "In December 1147 the French-Norman force reached Ephesus. They were joined by remnants of the army of the Holy Roman Empire, which had previously suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Dorylaeum in 1147. They marched across southwest Turkey and fought an unsuccessful battle at Laodicea (3–4 January 1148) on the border between the Byzantine Empire and the Sultanate of Rum. On 6 January 1148 they battled again in the area of Mount Cadmus, where Turks ambushed the infantry and non-combatants only, because they had become separated from the rest of the army. King Louis VII and his bodyguard of Knights Templars and noblemen recklessly charged the Turks. Most of the knights were killed, including William, and Louis barely escaped with his life. His army arrived later at the coastal city of Adalia. The battle is recorded by Odo of Deuil, personal chaplain to Louis, in his narrative De Profectione."
See attached map of Turkey for location of Laodicea.^1,2,3,5,9,10
     Reference: Genealogics cites: GAV-23 EDV-23 GKJ-24.

; Per Genealogics:
     "William was born about 1119, the son of William de Warenne, 2nd earl of Surrey, 2nd earl of Warenne, and Elisabeth de Vermandois. He married Ela de Ponthieu, daughter of Guillaume I Talvas, comte de Ponthieu et Alençon, and Hélie de Bourgogne. They had one child, their daughter Isabel, who was William's heir and would have progeny with her second husband, Hameline bâtard d'Anjou, earl of Surrey, vicomte de Touraine. He took the Warenne surname, and their descendants would carry on the earldom.
     "William was generally loyal to King Stephen. He fought at the Battle of Lincoln in 1141, and was one of the leaders of the army that pursued Empress Matilda in her flight from Winchester, and he captured Robert de Caen, 1st earl of Gloucester.
     "He was one of the nobles who, along with Louis VII of France, took crusading vows at Vezelay in 1146, and he accompanied the initial army of the Second Crusade the next year. He was killed in January 1148 by a Turkish attack at Laodicea while the army was marching across Anatolia (modern day Turkey) on its way to the Holy Land.
     "The battle was recorded by Odo de Deuil, personal chaplain to Louis VII, in his book _De Profectione:_ In December 1147 the French-Norman force reached the Biblical town of Ephesus on the west coast of Turkey. They were joined by remnants of the German army which had previously taken heavy losses at Dorylaeum. Marching across Southwest Turkey they fought an unsuccessful battle at Laodicea against the Turks on the border between the Byzantine empire and the Seljuks of Rum on 3-4 January 1148. On 8 January they battled again in the area of Mount Cadmus, where the Turks ambushed the main train of infantry and non-combatants because the main force was too far forward. King Louis and his bodyguard of Templar Knights and noblemen sallied forth in a classic example of chivalry to protect the poor and valiantly charged the Turks. Most of the knights were killed, including William de Warenne, and Louis barely escaped with his life. His army arrived later at the coastal city of Adalia."³

; This is the same person as William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey at Wikipedia and as Guillaume III de Warenne at Wikipédia (Fr.)^9,11

; Per Med Lands:
     "WILLIAM [III] de Warenne ([1119]-killed in battle Laodicea 19 Jan 1147). Guillaume of Jumièges records that ”secundus Willelmus de Warenna comes Surreiæ...tertius Willelmus filius eius” was born to “Elizabeth filia Hugonis Magni comitis Viromandorum”, who had first married “Roberto comiti Mellenti” by whom she had “tres filios et totidem filias”[1154]. William de Garenne donated property to St Faith, Longueville by charter dated to [1130], witnessed by "Ysabel comitissa uxor comitis et Willelmo et Radulfo filii eorum"[1155]. “W comes de Warenna et Isabella comitissa uxor mea necnon filii nostri Willelmus…et Radulfus” donated property to Castle Acre Priory by undated charter[1156]. He succeeded his father in 1138 as Earl of Surrey. An undated charter of ”Johannes comes Warennæ” confirmed earlier donations to Thetford Priory by “Willielmus comes Warenniæ” for the souls of “Willielmi comitis patris mei…matris meæ Isabellæ et fratrum meorum Radulphi Warenniæ et Reginaldi Warenniæ”[1157]. Robert of Torigny records that "tercii Willermi comitis de Guarenna" accompanied Louis VII King of France to Jerusalem and died there[1158]. William of Tyre records "comes Guarenna...Galcherius de Montiay, Evrardus de Bretol, Berus de Magnac…" among those killed in battle at Laodicea, in early 1148 (N.S.)[1159].
     "m as her first husband, ELA de Ponthieu, daughter of GUILLAUME [I] "Talvas" Comte d'Alençon & his wife Hélie de Bourgogne [Capet] (-10 Dec 1174). Guillaume of Jumièges records that ”Willelmum Talavatium” married “Ala...quæ fuerat antea uxor ducis Burgundiæ” [incorrect], and had “duos filios et totidem filias” of whom “altera” married “tertio Willelmi de Warenna comiti...Surreiæ”[1160]. She married secondly (1152 or before) as his second wife, Patrick Earl of Salisbury. Her second marriage is confirmed by Robert of Torigny who refers to the wife of "comes Patricius" as "filia Guillermi comitis Pontivi, matre comitisse de Warenna"[1161]. Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury wrote to “Alæ comitissæ Warennæ” concerning the retention from the monks of Lewes of tithes from her dower lands, dated to [1162/74][1162]. The register of Lewes priory records the death “IV Id Dec” in 1174 of “domina Ala comitissa Surregiæ filia comitis de Belesme et uxor Willielmi tertii...anno xxvi post virum suum” and states that it is not known where she was buried (“ubi sepulta est nescitur”)[1163]."
Med Lands cites:

Reference: Weis [1992:82] Line 83-25.¹²

; Per Gnealogy.EU: "C1. William III de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey, *1118, +1148; m.before 1148 *[4707] Ela Talvas de Ponthieu (*ca 1110 +1174.)²" He was 3rd Earl of Surrey (3rd creation) between 1138 and 1148.^2,9

     Eva (Eve) Marshal of Pembroke married William de Braiose 6th Baron de Braiose, son of Reginald de Braiose 6th Baron de Braiose and Grace (Gracia) de Briwere.^4,5,6
Eva (Eve) Marshal of Pembroke was born circa 1206 at Pembrokeshire, Wales.⁷
Eva (Eve) Marshal of Pembroke died before 1246.^1,7
      ; Weis AR 66-28. GAV-21 EDV-21 GKJ-22.⁷

     Sir Robert de Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester, Comte de Beaument et Meulan Meulan married Godeheut de Toeni Dame de Conches, daughter of Raoul/Ralph III de Toëny seigneur de Conches, Lord of Flamstead and Isabel (Elizabeth) de Montfort Dame de Nogent-le-Roi,
; his 1st wife.³ Sir Robert de Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester, Comte de Beaument et Meulan Meulan was born in 1049 at England; Genealogy.EU (Beaumont 5 page) says b. 1050.^5,1,3 He and Godeheut de Toeni Dame de Conches were divorced.⁶ Sir Robert de Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester, Comte de Beaument et Meulan Meulan married Isabelle/Elisabeth de Vermandois Countess of Leicester, daughter of Hugues I Magnus de Crepi (?) Duke of France and Burgundy, Count of Amiens, Chaumont, Valois, Vermandois etc. and Adélaïde/Aelis de Vermandois comtesse de Vermandois, Valois et Crépy), in 1096
;
His 2nd wife; her 1st husband.^2,1,3,7,4,8 Sir Robert de Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester, Comte de Beaument et Meulan Meulan and Isabelle/Elisabeth de Vermandois Countess of Leicester were divorced in 1115.^1,2,7,4
Sir Robert de Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester, Comte de Beaument et Meulan Meulan died on 5 June 1118.^5,1,2,3
Sir Robert de Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester, Comte de Beaument et Meulan Meulan was buried after 5 June 1118 at Abbey of Preaux, Les Preaux, Departement de l'Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     1049, France
     DEATH     5 Jun 1118 (aged 68–69), Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England
     1st Earl of Leicester
     Eldest son of Roger de Beaumont, Lord Pont Audemer and Adeline de Meulan. Grandson of Humphrey de Vielles and Aubreye de Haye, Waleran I Count de Meulent and his wife, Liegard. Older brother of Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick. Born between 1040 and 1050 at Normandy, France.
     Husband of Elizabeth (Isabel) de Vermandois, daughter of Hughes Magnus and Adelaide, Countess of Vermandois. There was easily a thirty year difference in their ages. They were married in 1096 and had three sons and six daughters:
     Sir Robert de Beaumont, described as being "the wisest man in his time between London and Jerusalem", and aged over fifty was determined to marry Isabel, aged about eleven. Bishop Ivo dismissed their request based on their being within a few degrees of kindred. Isabel's father was able to sway Bishop Ivo, and saw his daughter married by April of 1096 when he left on a crusade.
     "A powerful English and French nobleman, honored as one of the wisest men of his age. Chroniclers speak highly of his eloquence, his learning, and three kings of England valued his counsel."
     He accompanied William the Conqueror to England in 1066, where his service earned him more than 91 lordships and manors. When his mother died in 1081, Robert inherited the title of Count of Meulan in Normandy, also the title of Viscount Ivry and Lord of Norton. He did homage to Philip I of France for these estates and sat as French Peer in the Parliament held at Poissy. At the Battle of Hastings Robert was appointed leader of the infantry on the right wing of the army.
     He and his brother Henry were members of the Royal hunting party in the New Forest, when William Rufus received his mysterious death wound, 2 August 1100. He then pledged allegiance to William Rufus' brother, Henry I of England, who created him Earl of Leicester in 1107.
     On the death of William Rufus, William, Count of Evereux and Ralph de Conches made an incursion into Robert's Norman estates, on the pretense that they had suffered injury through some advice that Robert had given to the King; their raid was very successful for they collected a vast booty.
     In 1115, Isabel was either carried away or willingly abducted by William de Warrene, revealing they had been lovers for some time. They were unable to marry until the death of Sir Robert, which occurred in 1118. According to Henry of Huntingdon, Robert died of shame after "a certain earl carried off the lady he had espoused, either by some intrigue or by force and stratagem."
     Family Members
     Parents
          Roger de Beaumont 1015–1094
          Adeline Of Meulan 1014–1081
     Spouse
          Isabel Vermandois Beaumont de Warenne 1081–1131
     Siblings
          Henry de Beaumont 1046–1119
     Children
          Waleran de Beaumont 1104–1166
          Robert de Beaumont 1104–1168
          Isabel Elizabeth De Beaumont De Clare 1105–1172
     BURIAL     Abbey of Saint Peter, Les Preaux, Departement de l'Eure, Haute-Normandie, France
     Maintained by: Anne Shurtleff Stevens
     Originally Created by: Jerry Ferren
     Added: 22 Jan 2012
     Find A Grave Memorial 83834600
     SPONSORED BY Elizabeth Morrow.^1,9
      ; Per Camp [1998]: "BEAUMONT: Robert de Beaumont
Robert de Beaumont, mentioned by William of Poitiers and Orderic, was undoubtedly at the Battle [of Hastings]. He was singled out for praise by William of Poitiers. He descended from Thorold de Pontaudemer and a sister of Gunnor, Duchess of Normandy [either Aveline or Wevie: Cf. G.H. White’s paper on “The Sisters and Nieces of Gunnor, Duchess of Normandy” in “The Genealogist”, N.S. xxxvii, 57-65 & 128-132]. He succeeded his father Roger, as Lord of Pontaudemer and Beaumont in Normandy, and his maternal uncle as Count of Meulan in France, and was created Earl of Leicester by Henry I. From his elder son, Waleran, Count of Meulan, descended several Norman lines, whilst the second son Robert, Earl of Leicester, was grandfather of Robert, 4^th Earl of Leicester, who died without issue in 1204. Roger de Beaumont was not himself at the Battle, being left in Normandy as chief adviser of the Duchess Maud."¹⁰

; Per Genealogics:
     "Robert was born about 1046, the son of Roger 'Barbatus' de Beaumont, sire de Beaumont et de Pont-Audemer, and Adeline de Meulan. When very young he accompanied Duke William of Normandy to England and distinguished himself at the Battle of Hastings, and received large grants of lands in the county of Warwick, with smaller holdings in the counties of Leicester and Wiltshire.
     "On 14 July 1080 as Robert de Bellomonte he witnessed the foundation charter of Lessay, and next year he inherited from his mother's family the comté of Meulan. After the death of William the Conqueror he adhered to his son William II Rufus and was high in favour at his court. He quarrelled with Duke Robert Curthose of Normandy about the castellanship of Brionne, in consequence of the exchange of Brionne for Ivry made by his father.
     "He was imprisoned but was released at the intervention of his father Roger, who eventually succeeded in obtaining Brionne in fee. He succeeded to the greater part of his father's lands in Normandy, including Beaumont, Pont-Audemer, Vatteville and Brionne. This paternal inheritance, added to his French county and his great possessions in counties Warwick and Leicester, made him one of the most powerful vassals of the Crown.
     "In 1096 Robert married Elisabeth de Vermandois, daughter of Hugues I Magnus, comte de Vermandois et de Valois, and Adelaide, comtesse de Vermandois et de Valois. They had six children of whom two sons and a daughter would have progeny.
     "Robert became one of the chief lay ministers of William Rufus, with whom he sided against Duke Robert Curthose in 1098, and when William invaded the French Vexin in 1097 he received William's troops in his fortresses of the comté of Meulan.
     "After the death of William Rufus he became one of the chief advisers of Henry I. On the death of Ives de Grandmesnil on crusade, Robert retained his estates, which Ives had mortgaged to him about 1102. Thereby he acquired one-quarter of the town of Leicester, the whole of which was later granted to him by the king. Robert thus added largely to his already vast possessions.
     "In 1104 he was one of the Norman barons who adhered to Henry on his arrival in Normandy. He was present in the king's army in the victory over Robert Curthose at Tenchebrai on 28 September 1106. In 1110 he was besieged at Meulan by Louis VI, king of France, who took the castle by storm, but in the following year he retaliated by a raid on Paris, which he plundered.
     "After obtaining the whole town of Leicester he is said to have become earl of Leicester, but being already count of Meulan, he was never so styled.
     "Robert died on 5 June 1118 and was buried at Préaux Abbey in Normandy."⁴ GAV-24 EDV-24 GKJ-24.

; Per Wikipedia:
     "Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester (c.?1040/1050 – 5 June 1118), also known as Robert of Meulan, Count of Meulan, was a powerful Norman nobleman, one of the companions of William the Conqueror during the Norman Conquest of England, and was revered as one of the wisest men of his age. Chroniclers spoke highly of his eloquence, his learning, and three kings of England valued his counsel. He was granted considerable lands in the Midlands by William and Henry I and made the Earl of Leicester.[1]
Biography
     "Robert was born between 1040–1050, the eldest son of Roger de Beaumont (1015–1094) by his wife Adeline of Meulan (died 1081), a daughter of Waleran III, Count de Meulan, and was an older brother of Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick (c. 1050–1119)
     "Robert de Beaumont was one of only a small number of men known to have fought at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, as well as being a cousin of William,[1] and was leader of the infantry on the right wing of the Norman army, as evidenced in the following near contemporary account by William of Poitiers:
     "'A certain Norman, Robert, son of Roger of Beaumont, being nephew and heir to Henry, Count of Meulan, through Henry's sister Adeline, found himself that day in battle for the first time. He was as yet but a young man and he performed feats of valour worthy of perpetual remembrance. At the head of a troop which he commanded on the right wing he attacked with the utmost bravery and success".[2]
     "His service earned him the grant of more than 91 English manors confiscated from the defeated English, as listed in the Domesday Book of 1086.
     "When his mother died in 1081, Robert inherited the title of Count of Meulan in Normandy, and the title Viscount Ivry and Lord of Norton. He paid homage to King Philip I of France for these estates and sat as a French Peer in the Parliament held at Poissy.
     "He and his brother Henry were members of the Royal hunting party in the New Forest in Hampshire when King William II Rufus (1087–1100) was shot dead accidentally by an arrow on 2 August 1100. He pledged allegiance to William II's brother, King Henry I (1100–1135), who created him Earl of Leicester in 1107.
     "On the death of William Rufus, William, Count of Évreux and Ralph de Conches made an incursion into Robert's Norman estates, on the pretence they had suffered injury through some advice that Robert had given to the king; their raid was successful and they collected a vast booty.
     "During the English phase of the Investiture Controversy, he was excommunicated by Pope Paschal II on 26 March 1105 for advising King Henry to continue selecting the bishops of his realm in opposition to the canons of the church. Sometime in 1106, Henry succeeded in having Anselm, the exiled archbishop of Canterbury, revoke this excommunication. Anselm's (somewhat presumptuous) act was ultimately ratified by Paschal.
     "According to Henry of Huntingdon, Robert died of shame after "a certain earl carried off the lady he had espoused, either by some intrigue or by force and stratagem."[3] He was the last surviving Norman nobleman to have fought in the Battle of Hastings.[4]
     "Robert de Beaumont was buried at the Abbey of Saint-Pierre de Préaux in Normandy.
Family
     "In 1096, he married Elizabeth (or Isabel) de Vermandois, daughter of Hugh Magnus (1053-1101) a younger son of the French king and Adelaide, Countess of Vermandois (1050-1120). After his death Elizabeth remarried in 1118 to William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey. He had the following progeny:
1. Waleran IV de Beaumont, Count of Meulan, 1st Earl of Worcester (b. 1104), eldest twin and heir.
2. Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester & Earl of Hereford (b. 1104), twin
3. Hugh de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Bedford (born c.?1106)
4. Emma de Beaumont (born 1102)
5. Adeline de Beaumont, married twice:
     "i. Hugh IV of Montfort-sur-Risle;
     "ii. Richard de Granville of Bideford (died 1147)
6. Aubree de Beaumont, married Hugh II of Châteauneuf-Thimerais.
7. Agnes de Beaumont, a nun
8. Maud de Beaumont, married William Lovel (born c.?1102)
9. Isabel de Beaumont, a mistress of King Henry I. Married twice:
     "i. Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke;
     "ii. Hervé de Montmorency, Constable of Ireland
In popular culture
Television: Robert De Beaumont is portrayed by Jotham Annan in the 3 part BBC drama-documentary presented by Dan Snow, 1066: A Year to Conquer England.
Sources
** Edward T. Beaumont, J.P. The Beaumonts in History. A.D. 850-1850. Oxford.
References
1. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.) Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2287. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
2. Wm. of Poitiers, per Douglas (1959), p.227
3. [1] J. R. Planché, The Conqueror and His Companions, Vol. I (Tinsley Bros., London, 1874) p. 212
4. Edward T. Beaumont, J.P. The Beaumonts in History. A.D. 850-1850. Oxford.
External links
** The Conqueror and His Companions: Robert de Beaumont: http://patp.us/genealogy/conq/beaumont.¹¹ "

Reference: Genealogics cites:

; Per Med Lands (Reference #1):
     "ROBERT de Beaumont-le-Roger, son of ROGER de Vieilles Seigneur de Beaumont-le-Roger & his wife Adeline de Meulan ([1046]-5 or 6 Jun 1118, bur Préaux, monastery of Saint-Pierre[1496]). Guillaume of Jumièges records that “Rogerius de Bellomonte” married “Adelinam, Waleranni comitis Mellenti filiam“, by whom he had “duos filios Robertum et Henricum...postea comites”, and that Robert succeeded “post Hugonem avunculum suum comes Mellentis”[1497]. Orderic Vitalis names “...Rodbertus tiro Rogerii de Bellomonte filius...” among those who took part in the battle of Hastings[1498]. He was rewarded by William I King of England with the grant of lands, mainly in Warwickshire and Leicestershire. He succeeded his mother's family in 1081 as Comte de Meulan. Orderic Vitalis names “Rodbertum et Henricum” as the heirs of “Rogerius...de Bellomonte”, adding that Robert inherited “comitatum de Mellento in pago Vilcasino hereditario jure post Hugonem Adelinæ matris suæ fratrem” and possessed “in Anglia comitatum Legecestriæ” which he was granted by King Henry I[1499]. “Rogerius et filii mei Robertus et Henricus” donated “decimam tocius Brotonie” to Saint-Wandrille by charter dated 13 Jan 1086[1500]. Domesday Book records “the count of Meulan” holding numerous properties in Warwickshire[1501]. "Rogerus de Bellomonte" founded la Sainte-Trinité de Beaumont-le-Roger, with the consent of "liberis meis Roberto comite Mellentensi et Henrico comite de Warwic", by charter dated [1088/89][1502]. Orderic Vitalis records that “Rodbertus comes Mellenti” demanded “arcem Ibreii” from Duke Robert who said that he had given “Brioniam...castrum” to Robert’s father in exchange for Ivry, that the duke imprisoned Robert and entrusted Brionne to “Rodberto Balduini filio”, dated to [1090][1503]. He succeeded his father in [1090] as Seigneur de Beaumont-le-Roger, de Vieilles et de Pont-Audemer. In [before 1094], he was imprisoned by Robert III Duke of Normandy after challenging the exchange of Ivry for Brionne agreed by his father, the Duke confiscating Brionne. He was released after the intervention of his father, and Brionne was restored to his father after being recaptured[1504]. He was granted the town of Leicester by Henry I King of England, and is thereby said to have become Earl of Leicester but there is no record of his having used this title[1505]. The Chronicon Rotomagensi records the death in 1118 of "Robertus comes de Mellent"[1506]. The necrology of Saint-Père-en-Vallée records the death "VIII Id Jun" of "Robertus comes Mellentensis"[1507]. The necrology of Lyre monastery records the death "5 Jun" of "Robertus comes Mellenti"[1508].
     "[m firstly [as her first husband,] GODECHILDE de Tosny, daughter of RAOUL [III] de Tosny Seigneur de Conches & his wife Isabel de Montfort l'Amaury (-Germanicea, Cilicia Oct 1097[1509]). Orderic Vitalis names “Godehildem” as the daughter of “Radulfus...de Conchis filius Rogerii de Toenia” and his wife “filiam...Simonis [de Montefort]...Isabel”, recording that she married firstly “Rodberto...Mellentensium comiti” and secondly “Balduino filio Boloniensium consulis Eustachii”[1510]. The Complete Peerage[1511] says that this first marriage is "highly improbable" as Godechilde was still a young girl when she married Baudouin de Boulogne in 1096, although infant marriages were by no means unknown at the time. Orderic Vitalis makes no mention of any annulment of her alleged first marriage. The first "marriage" may have merely been a contract of betrothal. She married [secondly] ([1090/1096]) as his second wife, Baudouin de Boulogne, who was chosen in 1100 to succeed as Baudouin I King of Jerusalem.]
     "m [secondly] ([1096], divorced 1115) as her first husband, ISABELLE [Elisabeth] de Vermandois, daughter of HUGUES de France Comte de Vermandois et de Valois [Capet] & his wife Adelais Ctss de Vermandois [Carolingian] ([before 1088][1512]-17 Feb 1131, bur Lewes). Orderic Vitalis records that in 1096 "Hugo Crispeii comes" placed "Radulfo et Henrico filiis suis" in charge of his land, married "Ysabel filiam suam" to "Rodberto de Mellento comiti", and left on pilgrimage taking "secum nobile agmen Francorum"[1513]. Guillaume of Jumièges records that ”secundus Willelmus de Warenna comes Surreiæ...tertius Willelmus filius eius” was born to “Elizabeth filia Hugonis Magni comitis Viromandorum”, who had first married “Roberto comiti Mellenti” by whom she had “tres filios et totidem filias”[1514]. She married secondly (1118) William [II] de Warenne Earl of Surrey. The necrology of Saint-Nicaise de Meulan records the death "XIII Kal Mar" of "Isabel comitissa Mellenti"[1515]. There appears to be no other "Isabelle Ctss de Melun" to whom this can refer apart from Isabelle de Vermandois. However, it is surprising that she is not referred to by the title of her second husband.
Med Lands cites:

Reference: Weis AR [1992:58] 53-24.¹³ He was companion to William the Conqueror at Hastings in 1066 at Battle of Hastings, Hastings, co. Sussex, England.^5,10

; He was a companion of William the Conqueror at the battle of Hastings in 1066, described as young and inexperienced, and received large grants in Warwickshire, with others in Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Wiltshire. After William died he was loyal to William Rufus, but quarrelled with Robert of Normandy over the castellanship of Brionne. This resulted in his imprisonment, but his father was able to arrange his release and obtain Brionne in fee. Once he succeeded to his father's interests he was one of the most powerful vassals of King William Rufus, serving him as one of the chief lay ministers. When William Rufus invaded the French Vexin in 1097 he used the fortresses of the comte of Meulan as his staging area. Robert opposed Robert Curthose in 1098. Rober de Beaumont then became one of the chief advisors of King Henry I. Having taken a mortgage on the estates of Ives de Grandmesnil about 1102, he retained them when de Grandmesnil died while on crusade; these included a quarter of the town of Leicester and other properties in Leicestershire, Hertfordshire, Warwickshire and Northamptonshire. In 1104 he supported Henry I in Normandy; he was at Tenchebrai on 28 Sept. 1106. IN 1110 he was besieged at Meulan by King Louis VI of France, who took the castle by storm, but the following year Robert plundered Paris.¹ He was Seigneur of Beaumont, Pont-Audemer, Brionne, and Vatteville in Normandy, Count of Meulan in the French Vexin in 1081.^14,1 He was Count of Meulan between 1081 and 1118.¹¹ He was 1st Earl of Leicester of the c 1102 cr
Wikipedia says 1107-1118 in 1102.^13,15,2,11

     Sir Robert II de Beaumont Knt., 2nd Earl of Leicester, Viceroy of England was born in 1104; twin of his borther Waleran.^6,7,8 He married AmeciaAmice de Montfort, daughter of Raoul/Ralph II de Montfort seigneur de Montfort-Gael et de Brecilien and Havoise (?) dame de Hede et de Montauban, after November 1120.^9,10,2,3

Sir Robert II de Beaumont Knt., 2nd Earl of Leicester, Viceroy of England was buried circa 1168 at St. Mary's de Pre, Leicestershire, England.¹¹
Sir Robert II de Beaumont Knt., 2nd Earl of Leicester, Viceroy of England died on 5 April 1168.^12,8,3
      ; weis 53-25.⁶ He was 2nd Earl of Leicester. GAV-23 EDV-24 GKJ-23.

; also: knighted 1122; Justiciar of England 1155-68; married 1) Amecia
Montfort, d/o Ralph de Gael de Montfort.^9,13 He was Justiciar of England between 1155 and 1168.⁶

     AmeciaAmice de Montfort married Sir Robert II de Beaumont Knt., 2nd Earl of Leicester, Viceroy of England, son of Sir Robert de Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester, Comte de Beaument et Meulan Meulan and Isabelle/Elisabeth de Vermandois Countess of Leicester, after November 1120.^4,1,5,2

AmeciaAmice de Montfort died after 1168.²
      ; weis AR 53-25.⁶ GAV-23 EDV-24 GKJ-23. AmeciaAmice de Montfort was also known as Amicia de Gael.⁷

.^4,8

     Robert III "Blanchemains" de Beaumont 3rd Earl of Leicester was born before 1135.^5,2 He married Petronilla de Grandmesnil, daughter of Hugh de Grandmesnil Baron of Hinckley, Seneschal of England, before 1155.^5,2,4,3

Robert III "Blanchemains" de Beaumont 3rd Earl of Leicester died on 31 August 1190 at Durazzo, Greece.^5,2,4,3
      ; weis 53-26.⁵ He was 3rd Earl Leicester.⁶ GAV-22 EDV-23 GKJ-22.

; He supported the "Young King" Henry's rebellion against King Henry II in 1173; the King confiscated his Englaish estates at once, burned the town of Leicester on 28 July, but could not take the castle. Robert was in Normandy, in his fortress at Breteuil, but the king captured and burned it on 25-26 Sept. Robert had fled before the siege began, and landed at Walden, Suffolk, with Flemish mercenaries, where he was joined by Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk. Their combine forces plundered Norwich and took Hagenet Castle, but when he headed for Leicester to relieve his castle, he was met by the King's forces under Richard de Lucy, at Forham, near Bury, Suffolk, and was captured 17 Oct. 1173 with his countess. They were sent to Normandy and imprisoned at Falaise until Henry II took them back to England on 8 July 1174. As Robert's forces at Leicester had begun to ravage the neighboring area, the King extorted Robert to surrender his strongholds on 31 July. However, the treaty of peace between Henry II and his sons of 30 Sept. 1174 included terms for their release. At the Council of Northampton, Jan. 1176/7, all his castles except Mount Sorrel were restored. In the summer of 1177 he crossed to Normandy. It was said he went on a pilgrimage in 1179, and little was heard about him until the spring of 1183, when he and his brother-in-law, the Earl of Gloucester, were arrested and imprisoned. However, he was with the Court at Guildford at Christmas 1186, and he carried one of the Swords of State at the Coronation of Richard II on 3 Sept. 1189. After 1 Dec. 1189, when he witnessed a charter at Canterbury, he set out on crusade to Jerusalem, dying on the return trip.² He was Crusader in 1179.⁵

     Petronilla de Grandmesnil was born in 1134.³ She married Robert III "Blanchemains" de Beaumont 3rd Earl of Leicester, son of Sir Robert II de Beaumont Knt., 2nd Earl of Leicester, Viceroy of England and AmeciaAmice de Montfort, before 1155.^4,1,5,2

Petronilla de Grandmesnil died on 1 April 1212.¹
      ; Weis AR 53-26.⁴ GAV-22 EDV-23 GKJ-22.

     Hawise de Beaumont married William Muellent Fitz Robert 2nd Earl of Gloucester, son of Robert de Caen "The Consul" (?) 1st Earl of Gloucester and Maud Mabel Fitz Hamon, circa 1150.^{2,1,3,4,6,7,5}

Hawise de Beaumont died on 24 April 1197.^8,2,4,5
      ; Genealogics cites: The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Edinburgh, 1977, Paget, Gerald. 11, 64.^2,5 GAV-23 EDV-23 GKJ-23.

     William Muellent Fitz Robert 2nd Earl of Gloucester was born circa 1122 at England.² He married Hawise de Beaumont, daughter of Sir Robert II de Beaumont Knt., 2nd Earl of Leicester, Viceroy of England and AmeciaAmice de Montfort, circa 1150.^{3,4,5,6,1,2,7}

William Muellent Fitz Robert 2nd Earl of Gloucester died on 23 November 1183.^1,3,6,2
William Muellent Fitz Robert 2nd Earl of Gloucester was buried after 23 November 1183 at Keynsham Abbey, Keynsham, Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority, co. Somerset, England; From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     23 Nov 1116, Gloucestershire, England
     DEATH     23 Nov 1183 (aged 67), Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, England
     William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester. Son and heir of Sir Robert de Caen, 1st Earl of Gloucester, and Mabel FitzHamon of Gloucester, and the grandson of Henry I Beauclerc, King of England and Sybil Corbet, Robert FitzHamon and Sybil de Montgomery.
Husband of Hawise de Beaumont, daughter of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester and Amica de Gael. They had four children:
     * Robert FitzWilliam
     * Mabel FitzWilliam, wife of Amaury V de Montfort
     * Amice FitzWilliam, wife of Richard de Clare
     * Isabel, Countess of Gloucester, married thrice
     In October 1141, William looked after the estates when his father was captured by partisans at Winchester, and finally exchanged for King Stephen. William also served as Governor of Wareham during his father's absence in 1144. In 1147, William overthrew Henry de Tracy at Castle Cary.
     In 1154 he made an alliance with Roger de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford, by which they agreed to aid each other against all men except Henry II of England. William's daughter would marry Roger's son.
     FitzRobert granted the Glamorgan town of Neath a charter, was Lord of the manor of Glamorgan, as well as Caerleon, yet resided chiefly at Cardiff Castle. It was there in 1158 William, Amice and their son, Robert, were captured by the Welsh Lord of Senghenydd, Ifor Bach, and taken into the woods and held as prisoners until the Earl rectified Ivor's grievances. William founded The Abbey of the Blessed Mary of Keynsham sometime between 1167 and 1172 in memory of Robert, who died in 1166 and was reinterred there.
     In 1173 the earl took the King's part against his sons, but thereafter he appears to have fallen under suspicion, for the following year he submitted to the King, and in 1175 surrendered to him Bristol Castle. Because his only son and heir Robert died in 1166, Earl William made John, the younger son of King Henry II, heir to his earldom, in conformity with the King's promise that John should marry one of the Earl's daughters, if the Church would allow it, they being related in the third degree.
     Earl William was present in March 1177 when the King arbitrated between the Kings of Castile and Navarre, and in 1178, he witnessed Henry's charter to Waltham Abbey. But during the King's struggles with his sons, when he imprisoned a number of magnates of whose loyalty he was doubtful, Earl William was among them.
     Family Members
     Parents
      Robert de Caen 1090–1147
      Mabel FitzHamon FitzRobert 1090–1157
     Siblings
      Robert Fitzrobert1120–1170
      Maud de Caen 1120–1189
      Robert de Caen 1121–1183
     Children
      Robert FitzWilliam unknown–1166
      Amice FitzWilliam Clare 1160–1225
      Isabella FitzWilliam Burgh 1165–1217
     BURIAL     Keynsham Abbey, Keynsham, Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority, Somerset, England
     Maintained by: Anne Shurtleff Stevens
     Originally Created by: Jerry Ferren
     Added: 27 Feb 2012
     Find A Grave Memorial 85800604.⁸
     He was Earl of the manor of Glamorgan and of Cardiff Castle.³

; Per Genealogics:
     "William was the son and heir of Robert de Caen, 1st earl of Gloucester, and Mabel FitzHamon of Gloucester. As his father was an illegitimate son of King Henry I of England, William was a nephew of the Empress Matilda and a cousin of King Stephen, the principal combatants of the English Anarchy period.
     "In October 1141 William looked after the baronial estates when his father fell into the hands of partisans at Winchester. His father was exchanged for King Stephen, and during his father's absence in Normandy in 1144 he served as governor of Warcham. In 1147 he overthrew Henry de Tracy at Castle Cary.
     "About 1150 William married Hawise de Beaumont, daughter of Robert II 'Le Bossu' de Beaumont, 2nd earl of Leicester, and Amicie de Gael, dame de Breteuil et de Pacy-sur-Eure. Of their four children, their daughters Mabel and Amicia would have progeny.
     "In 1154 William made an alliance with Roger 'the Good' de Clare, 3rd earl of Hertford, by which they agreed to aid each other against all men except Henry II of England.
     "William granted a charter to Neath, a town in Glamorgan. He was lord of the manor of Glamorgan, as well as Caerleon, residing chiefly at Cardiff Castle. It was there that in 1158 he and his wife and son were captured by the Welsh lord of Senghenydd, Ivor Bach ('Ivor the Little') and carried away into the woods, where they were held as prisoners until William redressed Ivor's grievances.
     "In 1173 William sided with King Henry II against his sons, but thereafter he appears to have fallen under suspicion, for the following year he submitted to the king, and in 1175 he surrendered to him Bristol Castle. Because his only son and heir Robert died in 1166, William made John, the younger son of Henry II, heir to his earldom, in conformity with the king's promise that John should marry one of William's daughters if the Church would allow it, as they were related in the third degree. In the event, Mabel married Amaury V de Montfort, comte d'Evreux, and Amicie married Richard de Clare, 4th earl of Hertford, earl of Clare.
     "William was present in March 1177 when the king arbitrated between the kings of Castile and Navarre, and in 1178 he witnessed Henry's charter to Waltham Abbey. But during the king's struggles with his sons, when he imprisoned a number of magnates of whose loyalty he was doubtful, William was among them.
     "William died on his birthday, 23 November 1183; his wife Hawise survived him. Since their only son, Robert, predeceased his father, their daughters became co-heirs to the Gloucester inheritance."² GAV-23 EDV-23 GKJ-23.

; also: Lord of Glamorgan and Cardiff Castles.^9,10

Reference: Genealogics cites:
     1. The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Edinburgh, 1977, Paget, Gerald. 11
     2. The Plantagenet Ancestry, Baltimore, 1975 , Turton, Lt.Col. W. H. 94.²

; Weis AR 63-26.¹¹

     Philip de Braiose 2nd Lord of Bramber married Aenor de Toteneis, daughter of Johel (Judhael) de Toteneis and (?) de Picquigny.^5,6
Philip de Braiose 2nd Lord of Bramber was born circa 1070.¹
Philip de Braiose 2nd Lord of Bramber died between 1131 and 1139.¹
      ; weis 177-5.⁷ GAV-24 EDV-24 GKJ-25.

; s/o William and Agnes (d/o Waldron) BRAIOSE.⁸

; Born c1070
Died between 1131 and 1139

Philip confirmed his father's gifts to the abbey of St. Florent in 1096. He was the first Braose Lord of Builth and Radnor, their initial holding in the Welsh Marches. Philip seems to have gone on the 1st Crusade and returned in 1103. He built the Norman church of St Nicolas (right) at Old Shoreham and founded the port of New Shoreham. His lands were confiscated by Henry I in 1110, due to his traitrous support of William, son of Robert Curthose but they were returned in 1112.

Father: William de Braose, 1st Lord of Bramber

Mother: Eve de Boissey (probably)

There are charters where Robert de Harcourt's sons, Philip and Richard, refer to Philip de Braose as "patruus" - paternal uncle. This lends weight to the theory that Robert de Harcourt and Philip de Braose were both sons of Eve de Boissey. In another record dated 1103 (Pipe Roll Soc. Vol 71 no 544) it is stated that Philip de Braose was represented by "his brother Robert, the son of Anketill".

Married to Aanor dau of Judael (Johel) of Totnes

Child 1: William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber
Child 2: Philip
Child 3: Basilia
Child 4: dau = Ralph de Gernon
(ref: Collins' Peerage, 1761)
- unlikely.¹

     Aenor de Toteneis married Philip de Braiose 2nd Lord of Bramber, son of William de Braiose Seigneur of Briouze Saint Gervase, 1st Lord of Bramber and Eve de Boissey.^3,4
Aenor de Toteneis was born circa 1084.⁵
Aenor de Toteneis died between 1129 and 1195; WFT Est.⁶
     GAV-24 EDV-24 GKJ-25.

; van de Pas cites: 1. The Plantagenet Ancestry, Baltimore, 1975 , Turton, Lt.Col. W. H., Reference: 78
2. The Ancestry of Elizabeth of York, 1999 , Lewis, Marlyn, Reference: 10657 page 416.⁵

; Weis AR 177-5.³

; d/o Johel de Toteneis.⁶

     William II de Braiose 3rd Lord Bramber of Brecknock, Abergavenney, & Gowr was born circa 1100 at Bramber, co. Sussex, England.^6,4 He married Bertha (?) de Gloucester-Hereford, daughter of Miles Fitz Walter 1st Earl of Hereford, Lord of Brecknock and Sibyl de Neufmarche, between 1140 and 1150
; Genealogics says m. ca 1150; Med Lands says m. bef 1140.^{7,1,3,8,9,4,5}
William II de Braiose 3rd Lord Bramber of Brecknock, Abergavenney, & Gowr died after 1179; Genealogics says d. ca 1192.^1,3,4
     He was 1st Baron of Gwentland.⁶

; Per Genealogics:
     “William was the son of Philip de Braose, 2nd lord of Bramber, and Ainor de Totness. His family was a second generation English Norman dynasty holding lordships and lands in Sussex at Bramber, also at Totnes in Devon and Radnor and Builth in the Welsh Marches of Wales. He maintained his Sussex lands and titles and extended St. Mary's, Shoreham and contributed to a priory at Sele, West Sussex. He also inherited one half of the Honour of Barnstaple in Devon, paying a fee of 1000 marks for the privilege.
     “William was fortunate in his marriage to Bertha of Hereford, daughter of Miles FitzWalter de Gloucester, 1st earl of Hereford, and Sibyl de Neufmarché. All of her brothers had died young without heirs, so in 1166 she brought a number of important lordships to the de Braose family, including Brecon and Abergavenny. These vast land holdings greatly expanded the territorial power and income of the de Braose dynasty. They now held the Middle March with extensive interests in Sussex and Devon. William and Berta had at least five children of whom William and Sybilla would have progeny.
     “William's younger brother Philip accompanied King Henry II to Ireland, receiving in 1172 the Honour of Limerick.
     “In 1174 William became sheriff of Hereford. His continuing interest in Sussex was shown when he confirmed the grants of his father and grandfather for the maintenance of Sele Priory and extended St. Mary's, Shoreham. He died in about 1192 and was succeeded as lord of Bramber by his son William.”.⁴

; Per The de Braose Web:
     "Died about 1180
     "William was very fortunate in his marriage to Berta. All of her brothers died young without heirs so she brought a number of important lordships to the de Braoses in 1166. These included Brecon and Abergavenny. William became Sheriff of Hereford in 1174. His interest in Sussex was maintained as he confirmed the grants of his father and grandfather for the maintenance of Sele Priory and extended St. Mary's, Shoreham.
Father: Philip de Braose
Mother: Aanor
Married to Bertha de Pîtres, dau of Miles of Gloucester, Earl of Hereford
Child 1: William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber
Child 2: Maud = John de Brompton
Child 3: Sibilla = (1)William de Ferrers =(2)Adam de Port
Child 4: John
Child 5: Roger - Roger is a witness to a charter of his brother William. (Dugdales "Monasticon" iv, 616 per Elwes)
(Some sources give a daughter Bertha who married a Beauchamp. I believe this Bertha is a daughter of William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber. See her page for references.)³"

Reference: Weis [1992:153] Line 177-5.¹⁰ GAV-23 EDV-23 GKJ-24.

Reference: Genealogics cites:

; This is the same person as:
”William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber” at Wikipedia and as
”Guillaume II de Briouze” at Wikipédia (Fr.)^11,12

; Per Racines et Histoire (Braose): “William II de Braose ° ~ 1100/1126 (Bramber) + après 1179 (1192 ?) Lord of Brecknock, Abergavenny, Over-Gwent et Gower, 1er baron de Gwentland, Sheriff
     ép. ~1150 Bertha de Gloucester (of Hereford) ° ~1130 (Gloucester) (fille de Miles FitzWalter, earl of Hereford, et de Sibyl de Neufmarché)”.¹³

; Per Med Lands:
     "WILLIAM [II] de Briouse, son of PHILIPPE de Briouse & his wife Eleanor de Barnstaple (before 5 Jan [1096]-after [1175]). The most difficult question relating to William [II] de Briouse is whether he in fact represents one person or two persons, father and son. If the charter dated to [1096] is correctly dated, his life was improbably long if he was one person. In addition, the 1157 Pipe Roll lists William among "Nova Placita et Novæ Conventiones" for the honour of Barnstaple, which suggests that the William in question had recently inherited his property rights, presumably from his father as the death of his supposed grandfather Philippe is dated to [1131/39]. This looks straightforward until we consider the charter dated [1140], which clarifies that Bertha of Gloucester was the wife of William, son of Philippe de Briouse, which appears to exclude their being two individuals named William. "Philippus de Brausia" confirmed the donations to the church of Saints Gervais et Protais de Briouze, by "pater eius Guillemus de Brausia", before leaving for Jerusalem, by charter dated 5 Jan [1096], with the consent of "uxor eius Aanor et Guillelmus filius suus"[770]. "Willielmus de Braiosa" confirmed the donations to the church of Saints Gervais et Protais de Briouze by "Philippus de Braiosa pater eiusdem Willielmi", by undated charter, witnessed by "Bertam conjugem meam, Philippum fratrem meum"[771]. "Willelmus de Braiosa, Philippi filius" notified "filio suo" that he had donated "Armigetone mansionem" to the monks of Saint-Florent by charter dated to [1140], witnessed by "Robertus frater meus…", later confirmed by "Willelmus dominus de Braiosa filius Philippi, avi mei filii Willelmi" witnessed by "Bertam conjugem meam, Philippum fratrem meum…"[772]. A charter dated [1154] records that "Willelmus de Braiosa et Willelmus de Harecourt" donated the church of Sumtinges to the Templars[773]. This joint donation suggests a family relationship between the donors, but this has not yet been traced. The 1157 Pipe Roll records "Will’s de Braiosa" owing 1000 marks for "parte sua de honore de Barnestapl" in "Nova Placita et Novæ Conventiones"[774]. The 1157 Pipe Roll records "Will. de Braiosa" in Herefordshire[775]. Military fee certifications in the Red Book of the Exchequer, in 1166, record the knights’ fees held from "Willelmi de Brahosa de honore de Berdestaple" in Devon[776]. The Red Book of the Exchequer refers to "Willelmus de Breose xxviii m" in Devonshire in [1167/68][777]. The Red Book of the Exchequer records enfeoffments in the duchy of Normandy in [1172], "Willemus de Braiosa" with three knights "de Braiosa"[778]. He was Lord of Abergavenny and Brecon from [1173] by grant of his brother-in-law Mahel FitzMiles[779]. The Annales Cambriæ record that "Willielmo de Breusa" killed "Seisil filius Dinawal et Gefrei filius eius…in Abergavenni" in 1175[780]. “Willielmus de Braosa” confirmed donations to Abergavenny Priory by “Hamelinus de Balon et Brientius comitis filius et Walterus de Herefort et Henricus de Herefort” by undated charter, witnessed by “Rogero fratre meo…”[781].
     "m (before [1140]) BERTHA, daughter of MILES of Gloucester Earl of Hereford & his wife Sibylle de Neufmarché. The Historia fundationis cum fundatoris genealogia of the priory of Abergavenny names “Margaretam, Bertam et Luciam” as the three daughters of “Milonem” & his wife, adding that Berthe married “Philippo de Brusa domino de Duelth“ (naming their descendants) and inherited “tota terra Breconiæ, Wenciæ superioris et Gower”[782]. A manuscript narrating the history of Brecknock priory records that “Berte” married “Willame de Brewes”, and also lists her descendants[783]. "Willielmus de Braiosa" confirmed the donations to the church of Saints Gervais et Protais de Briouze by "Philippus de Braiosa pater eiusdem Willielmi", by undated charter, witnessed by "Bertam conjugem meam, Philippum fratrem meum"[784]. "Willelmus de Braiosa, Philippi filius" notified "filio suo" that he had donated "Armigetone mansionem" to the monks of Saint-Florent by charter dated to [1140], witnessed by "Robertus frater meus…", later confirmed by "Willelmus dominus de Braiosa filius Philippi, avi mei filii Willelmi" witnessed by "Bertam conjugem meam, Philippum fratrem meum…"[785]."
Med Lands cites:

; Per Med Lands:
     "BERTHA . The Historia fundationis cum fundatoris genealogia of the priory of Abergavenny names “Margaretam, Bertam et Luciam” as the three daughters of “Milonem” & his wife, adding that Berthe married “Philippo de Brusa domino de Duelth“ (naming their descendants) and inherited “tota terra Breconiæ, Wenciæ superioris et Gower”[404]. A manuscript narrating the history of Brecknock priory records that “Berte” married “Willame de Brewes”, and also lists her descendants[405]. "Willielmus de Braiosa" confirmed the donations to the church of Saints Gervais et Protais de Briouze by "Philippus de Braiosa pater eiusdem Willielmi", by undated charter, witnessed by "Bertam conjugem meam, Philippum fratrem meum"[406].
     "m (before [1140]) WILLIAM [II] de Briouse, son of PHILIPPE de Briouse & his wife Eleanor of Barnstaple (-[1175]). He was Lord of Abergavenny and Brecon from [1173] by grant of his brother-in-law Mahel FitzMiles[407]."
Med Lands cites: He was Sheriff of Hereford between 1173 and 1175 at Herefordshire, England.^14,1,4

     Maud/Mahaut/Mathilde de Saint-Valéry The Lady of Hay was born circa 1150.³ She married William III de Braiose 4th Lord of Bramber, son of William II de Braiose 3rd Lord Bramber of Brecknock, Abergavenney, & Gowr and Bertha (?) de Gloucester-Hereford, before 1170
; Racines et Histoire and Med Lands say m. ca 1170/75.^{6,7,8,9,10,1,11,3}
Maud/Mahaut/Mathilde de Saint-Valéry The Lady of Hay died in 1210 at Corfe Castle, Dorsetshire, England; Per Stone (2000) chart 21-8: "...starved to death by King John."^7,10,1,3
      ; Per Med Lands:
     "MATHILDE de Saint-Valéry (-Corfe Castle 1210). The 13th century Histoire des ducs de Normandie et des rois d’Angleterre names "fille fu Bernart de Saint-Waleri…Mehaus" as the wife of "Guillaumes de Brayouse", commenting that she once boasted about her cows to "Bauduin le conte d’Aubemalle son neveu"[808]. A manuscript which narrates the descents of the founders of Lanthony Abbey names “Matildis de S. Walerico, quondam uxoris Willielmi de Brewes” when recording the marriage of her daughter[809]. "Willelmus de Braosa dominus de Brechen" donated property to Flaxley Abbey, Gloucestershire, for the souls of "uxoris meæ Matildis de Sancto Walerico et puerorum nostrorum", by undated charter, witnessed by "Willelmo et Philippo filiis meis"[810]. The Annals of Waverley record that “Matildis matrona nobilis cognomento de la Haie, uxor Willelmi de Braose” was captured with “Willelmo filio suo milite…in Galwaitha” in 1210 and starved to death “apud Windeshores”[811]. Matthew Paris records that "uxorem Willelmi de Brause et Willelmum filium eius cum uxore sua" were captured in 1210 at the siege of Meath, but escaped, were captured again “in insula de May”, and imprisoned at Windsor, in a later passage recording that all four died “apud Windleshores”[812]. A manuscript which narrates the descents of the founders of Lanthony Abbey records that “Mathildis uxor eius et Willielmus filius eorum” (referring to William, son of “Willelmo Brewes” and his wife “Berta…comitis Milonis secunda filia”) were imprisoned by King John and died in prison[813]. The Annals of Dunstable record that “Willelmum de Brause juniorem et sororem eius et Matildam matrem eius” were captured in Ireland in 1210 by King John, adding that they later died in prison[814]. The 13th century Histoire des ducs de Normandie et des rois d’Angleterre records that "Mehaus sa feme [Guillaumes de Braiouse] et Guillaumes ses fils" fled from King John to Ireland where they were captured at "le castiel de Cracfergu", taken to England, and imprisoned at "el castiel del Corf" where they were starved to death[815]. The question whether "Mathilde de Saint-Valéry" and "Mathilde de la Haie" refer to the same person appears to be resolved by the 13th century Histoire des ducs de Normandie et des rois d’Angleterre which records her parentage and the circumstances of her death in the same lengthy passage.
     "m ([1170/75]) WILLIAM [III] de Briouse, son of WILLIAM [II] de Briouse Lord of Abergavenny, Briouse, Bramber, Brecon and Over-Gwent & his wife Bertha of Hereford (-Corbeil 9 Apr 1211, bur Paris, Saint-Victor)."
Med Lands cites: GAV-23 EDV-23 GKJ-24.

Reference: Genealogics cites:

; Per Wikipedia:
     "Maud de Braose, Lady of Bramber (c. 1155 – 1210) was an English noble, the spouse of William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber, a powerful Marcher baron and court favourite of King John of England. She would later incur the wrath and enmity of the King who caused her to be starved to death in the dungeon of Corfe Castle along with her eldest son.[1] In contemporary records, she was described as beautiful, very wise, doughty, and vigorous. She kept up the war against the Welsh and conquered much from them.[2]
     "She features in many Welsh myths and legends; and is also known to history as Matilda de Braose, Moll Wallbee, and Lady of La Haie.
Family and marriage
     "She was born Maud de St. Valery (Maud de Saint-Valéry) in France in about 1155, the child of Bernard de St. Valéry[3][4] of Hinton Waldrist in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire)[5] and his first wife, Matilda. Her paternal grandfather was Reginald de St. Valéry (died c.1162).
     "She had many siblings and half-siblings, including Thomas de St. Valéry (died 1219), who was a son of Bernard by his second wife Eleanor de Domnart. Thomas married Adele de Ponthieu, by whom he had a daughter, Annora, who in her turn married Robert III, Count of Dreux, by whom she had issue. Thomas fought on the French side, at the Battle of Bouvines on 27 July 1214.[6]
     "Sometime around 1166, Maud married William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber, son of William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber and Bertha of Hereford de Pitres. He also held the lordships of Gower, Hay, Brecon, Radnor, Builth, Abergavenny, Kington, Painscastle, Skenfrith, Grosmont, White Castle and Briouze in Normandy. When King John of England ascended the throne in 1199, Braose became a court favourite and was also awarded the lordship of Limerick, Ireland. Maud had a marriage portion, Tetbury from her father's estate.
     "Maud supported her husband's military ambitions and he put her in charge of Hay Castle and surrounding territory. She is often referred to in history as the Lady of Hay. In 1198, Maud defended Painscastle in Elfael against a massive Welsh attack led by Gwenwynwyn, Prince of Powys.[7] She successfully held off Gwenwynwyn's forces for three weeks until English reinforcements arrived. Over three thousand Welsh were killed. Painscastle was known as Matilda's Castle by the locals.[8]
     "Maud and William are reputed to have had 16 children.[9] The best documented of these are listed below.
Issue

Enmity of King John
     "In 1208, William de Braose quarrelled with his friend and patron King John. The reason is not known but it is alleged that Maud made indiscreet comments regarding the murder of King John's nephew Arthur of Brittany. There was also a large sum of money (five thousand marks) de Braose owed the King. Whatever the reason, John demanded Maud's son William be sent to him as a hostage for her husband's loyalty. Maud refused, and stated loudly within earshot of the King's officers that "she would not deliver her children to a king who had murdered his own nephew."[14] The King quickly led troops to the Welsh border and seized all of the castles that belonged to William de Braose. Maud and her eldest son William fled to Ireland, where they found refuge at Trim Castle with the de Lacys, the family of her daughter Margaret. In 1210, King John sent an expedition to Ireland. Maud and her son escaped but were apprehended in Galloway by Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick.[15] After being briefly held at Carrickfergus Castle,[16] they were dispatched to England.
Imprisonment and death
     "Maud and William were first imprisoned at Windsor Castle, but were shortly afterwards transferred to Corfe Castle in Dorset where they were placed inside the dungeon. The contemporaneous History of the Dukes of Normandy and Kings of England claims Maud and William both starved to death.[16] The manner in which they met their deaths so outraged the English nobility that the Magna Carta, which King John was forced to sign in 1215, contains clause 39: "No man shall be taken, imprisoned, outlawed, banished or in any way destroyed, nor will we proceed against or prosecute him, except by the lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land."
     "Her husband died a year later in exile in France where he had gone disguised as a beggar to escape King John's wrath after the latter had declared him an outlaw, following his alliance with Llywelyn the Great, whom he had assisted in open rebellion against the King, an act which John regarded as treason. He was buried in the Abbey of St. Victor, Paris.
     "Maud's daughter Margaret de Lacy founded a religious house, the Hospital of St. John, in Aconbury, Herefordshire in her memory.[2] On 10 October 1216, eight days before his death, King John conceded three carucates of land in the royal forest of Aconbury to Margaret for the construction of the religious house. He sent the instructions to her husband Walter de Lacy, who held the post of Sheriff of Hereford, by letters patent.[17]
Legends
     "Maud de Braose features in many Welsh folklore myths and legends. There is one legend which says that Maud built the castle of Hay-on-Wye single handed in one night, carrying the stones in her apron.[18] She was also said to have been extremely tall and often donned armour while leading troops into battle.[19]
     "The legend about her building Hay Castle probably derives from the time she added the gateway arch to a tower which was built in the 1180s.[20]
In fiction
     "A book entitled Lady of Hay was written by author Barbara Erskine. It is a highly fictional account of Maud's life simultaneously set in the past and in 20th century England where she was fictitiously reincarnated as a modern Englishwoman. Maud is also mentioned in the novel Here Be Dragons by Sharon Penman, and in the novels To Defy A King and The Scarlet Lion by Elizabeth Chadwick, and in Jean Plaidy's novel The Prince of Darkness about King John.
References
1. Cokayne, G.E., ed V. Gibbs (1910). The Complete Peerage, Vol. 1. London: The St. Catherine Press Ltd. pp. 21/22.
2. Histoire des Ducs de Normandie et des Rois d' Angleterre
3. Histoire des Ducs de Normandie et des Rois d' Angleterre, ed. Francique Michel (Paris 1840) "Extract E". translated on Dr Helen Nicholson's website. Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
4. Richardson, Douglas; Everingham, Kimball G. Everingham (2004). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. p.133
5. Ford, David Nash (2003). "Matilda De St. Valery, Lady Bergavenny (c.1153-1210)". Royal Berkshire History. Nash Ford Publishing. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
6. Xenophon Group, Military History Database
7. MHRA Tudor & Stuart Translations: Vol. 5: The Breviary of Britain By Humphrey Llwyd, p.163
8. The Barons de Braose, Blood Feuds, by Lynda Denyer (History of Family de Braose website)
9. F.M. Powicke, "Loretta, Countess of Leicester", in Historical Essays in Honour of James Tait, ed. J. G. Edwards et al. (Manchester: 1933), pp. 247-274
10. Bridgeman, George Thomas Orlando (1876). History of the Princes of South Wales). Thomas Birch. p. 81. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
11. "Cawley, Charles, Medieval Lands, Untitled English nobility, A-C Briouse". Retrieved 6 June 2014.
12. D. G. C. Elwes, "A History of the Castles, Mansions and manors of western Sussex" (London: 1876) opp p48
13. L. F. Salzman (ed.), The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, (London: 1907) p75
14. Costain, Thomas B. The Conquering Family, pp. 260-62
15. Turner, RV (2006). "Briouze [Braose], William de (d. 1211)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.) Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3283. Retrieved 22 January 2012. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.); Holden, BW (2001). "King John, the Broases, and the Celtic Fringe, 1207–1216". Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies. 33 (No. 2): 1–23. doi:10.2307/4053044. JSTOR 4053044.
16. Histoire des Ducs de Normandie et des Rois d'Angleterre, pp.112-5
17. Cambridge Journals, Cambridge University Press, retrieved 26 October 2008
18. Wirt Sikes, British Goblins, (London: 1880) p370
19. Costain, page260
20. Mike Salter, Hay Castle
Bibliography
** Costain, Thomas B. (1962). The Conquering Family. Graden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, Inc."¹²

; Per Genealogics:
     "Matilda was the daughter of Bernard IV de St.Valéry and his first wife Maud. She married William de Braose, lord of Brecknock, known as the 'Ogre of Abergavenny', the son of William de Braose, 3rd lord of Bramber, and Bertha of Hereford. They had nine children of whom two sons and three daughters would have progeny.
     "She was a significant warrior in her own right. Her long defence of Pain's Castle when it was besieged by the Welsh earned it the name 'Matilda's Castle'. The local people saw her as a supernatural being, and she inspired many legends. She was said to have built Hay Castle single handed in one night, carrying the stones in her apron. It was said that when one fell out and lodged in her slipper she picked it out and flung it to land in St.Meilig's churchyard, three miles away across the River Wye at Llowes.
     "The fall of her husband owed a lot to her hasty reply to King John's messenger when he requested her son William as a hostage in 1208: 'I will not deliver up my sons to your lord, King John, because he basely murdered his nephew Arthur, whom he ought to have kept in honourable custody'. The dispute between King John and the de Braoses led to Maud's death in 1210, probably by starvation, in the castle of Windsor along with her son William, while her husband, stripped of all his lands, died the following year in France."³

Reference: Weis [1992:152] Line 177-6.⁶ Maud/Mahaut/Mathilde de Saint-Valéry The Lady of Hay was also known as Maud/Mahaut/Mathilde de St. Valéry The Lady of Hay.^4,10

; Per Racines et Histoire (Saint-Valéry): "2) Mahaut (Mathilde) de Saint-Valéry + 1210 (Corfe Castle)
     ép. ~1170/75 William III de Braiose (Braose), Lord of Brecknock et de Bramber, baron de Braiose ° ~1153 (Bramber) + 09/04/1211 (Corbeil) (fils de William II, Lord of Brecknock, Abergavenny, Bramber, Brecon et Over-Gwent, baron de Braose, et de Bertha of Gloucester-Hereford)"
Per Racines et Histoire (Braose): "William III de Braose ° ~ 1153 (Bramber) + 09/04/1211 (Corbeil, France) Lord of Brecknock et de Bramber, baron de Braiose
     ép. ~1170/75 (Braose) Mathilde (Maud) (de La Haye) de Saint-Valéry ° ~1155 + 1210 (Corfe Castle ou Windsor, Berkshire) (fille de Renaud ou Bernard de Saint-Valéry et de Eléonore (de Dammartin ?)^10,13 "

     Margaret (Margery) de Braiose married Walter de Lacy 2nd Lord of Meath, Ireland, son of Hugh de Lacy and Rohese de Monmouth.^6,7
Margaret (Margery) de Braiose was born circa 1177.^8,9
Margaret (Margery) de Braiose died on 19 November 1200.¹
      ; weis 177-7.¹⁰ GAV-22 EDV-22 GKJ-23.

     Nesta Fitz Richard married Bernard de Neufmarche Lord of Brecon, son of Geoffrey de Neufmarché Seigneur de Neufmarché and Ada (?) de Hugleville.^1,2

      ; Weis AR 177-3. GAV-24 EDV-24 GKJ-24.

     Bernard de Neufmarche Lord of Brecon married Nesta Fitz Richard, daughter of Osborn (Osbert) Fitz Richard of Richard's Castle, co. Hereford and Nesta ferch Gruffyd (?) of North Wales.^1,4

Bernard de Neufmarche Lord of Brecon died in 1093.^1,5
      ; Weis AR 177-3.⁵ He was Lord of Brecon.⁶ GAV-24 EDV-24 GKJ-24.

; s/o Geoffrey, (s/o Thureytel), by Ada d/o Richard FitzGULBERT.⁶

     Sibyl de Neufmarche was buried at Chapter House of Llanthony Priory, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.² She married Miles Fitz Walter 1st Earl of Hereford, Lord of Brecknock, son of Walter Fitz Roger of Gloucester and Berthe (?), in 1121.^3,4,2

Sibyl de Neufmarche died after 1139.¹
      ; weis 177-4.

.⁵ GAV-24 EDV-23.

     Miles Fitz Walter 1st Earl of Hereford, Lord of Brecknock was born circa 1097 at Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.³ He married Sibyl de Neufmarche, daughter of Bernard de Neufmarche Lord of Brecon and Nesta Fitz Richard, in 1121.^4,5,1

Miles Fitz Walter 1st Earl of Hereford, Lord of Brecknock was buried circa 1143 at Chapter House of Llanthony Priory, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.¹
Miles Fitz Walter 1st Earl of Hereford, Lord of Brecknock died on 24 December 1143.^5,1
     He was Sheriff and Constable of Gloucester.⁵

; weis 177-4. GAV-23 EDV-23 GKJ-23. He was 1st Earl of Herford of the 1141 cr - In 1141, during the struggle between the EMPRESS MAUD and STEPHEN for the throne the former conferred the Earldom of Hereford on Miles of Gloucester, so-called from his father being hereditary Constable of that shire. Only two years earlier the new Earl had supported STEPHEN, but it has been suggested that he went over to the EMPRESS in part because his overlord, the Earl of Gloucester, was one of HENRY I's many bastard sons, hence MAUD's half-brother. (Her generous gifts to Miles of land, houses and castles, in addition to the Earldom, may have helped win him over.) in 1141.^1,2,6