Robert de Beaumont, Count of Meulan

Robert de Beaumont (* 1142, † by September 21, 1207 in Poitiers) was Count of Meulan, as such he was called Robert II of Meulan.

He was a son of Waleran IV de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Worcester, and Agnes, a daughter of Amalric III. of Montfort. In 1166 he inherited the paternal county of Meulan.

In the conflict of his immediate lord King John to King Philip II Augustus held Robert former loyalty. As a result, the French king had occupied the county of Meulan in his rise to Normandy. Robert's son Peter was doing the castle of Beaumont- le -Roger without a fight, which transferred the king out in October 1203 to one of his henchmen. The county of Meulan was incorporated into the French royal domain. While this was happening, Robert was entrusted himself on behalf of John with the defense of Rouen. But after the French king had the supposedly impregnable castle of Château -Gaillard quickly conquered, Robert gave up the struggle and acted on June 1, 1204, King Philip II, the capitulation of Rouen, which he handed out this few days.

Family and children

About 1165 he married Maud de Dunstanville, daughter of Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall and Beatrice FitzRichard; their children were: