Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester
Robert " ès Blanche Mains " de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester († August 31, 1190 ) was an Anglo -Norman nobleman and Lord High Steward of England in the 12th century. His nickname is " with white hands ".
He was a son of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, and Amice de Gaël. In 1168 his father died, he took over his legacy as the Earl of Leicester, by his mother he inherited the castle of Breteuil in Normandy.
Robert joined in April 1173 revolt of the King's eldest son, the young King Henry, against King Henry II to. After Breteuil was destroyed in the September of the year by the King, Robert fled to the allied with him Count Philip of Flanders. From this he received an army of 8,000 Flemish mercenaries provided, with which he, landed on 29 September at Walton ( Suffolk ) on the English coast. Together with Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk, he marched towards Leicester, which was besieged by Royalist forces. However, on October 17, 1173, it turned them at Fornham, near Bury St Edmunds, an army under the leadership of Richard de Luci royal Justiciars, Humphrey de Bohun Constable and the royalist Earl of Cornwall, Arundel and Gloucester in the way. In a great battle, the rebels were defeated, Robert as well as his wife accompanying him fell into captivity, and his Flemings were massacred. Until July 1174, King Henry II had put down the rebellion and in the course of a general equalization Robert and other rebels were released until August 1174 again.
In 1189, Robert took the cross for the third crusade. Instead of the British main army to pull under King Richard the Lionheart, he joined an advance party of French knights. The Annales de Margan after he died in 1190 during the siege of Acre, the necrology of the abbey of Saint- Évroult d' Ouche to August 31. According to the report by Roger of Hoveden contrast, Robert died when he was on his way home in " Romagna " ( Byzantine Empire ), as his place of death is therefore often Dyrrachium ( Durres ) called.
Familial
He married Pétronille († 1212 ) from the family Grandmesnil. Their children were:
- Guillaume de Breteuil " the leper ," † after 1189
- Robert de Beaumont " Fitzpernel " († 1204), 4th Earl of Leicester and Lord High Steward
- Roger de Beaumont († 1189/1212 ), Bishop of St Andrews and Chancellor of Scotland
- Amicie de Beaumont († 1215)
- Marguerite de Beaumont († 1235 ) ∞ with Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester ( † 1219 )