Roger de Beaumont

Roger de Beaumont called barbatus ( the bearded one, * 1015, † November 29, 1094 ) was a Norman nobleman in the area of William the Conqueror. He was Vicomte de Rouen, Lord of Beaumont, Pont- Audemer, Vatteville -la -Rue and perhaps Brionne.

Biography

Roger was a son of Onfroi de Vieilles, a relative of the first lords of Harcourt, and Aubrée. He became the first Lord of Beaumont, the renamed in honor of Beaumont- le -Roger to him.

With Roger II de Montgomery and William Fitz Osbern, Roger de Beaumont was the new generation, on the Herzog Wilhelm II, who later conquerors, was based after the turmoil of his minority. British writer James Planché (1796-1880) reported that he was the richest, noblest and bravest men of Normandy and the most loyal friend of Rolloniden. He was averse to around 1040 victorious Roger I de Tosny; possession of Beaumont was a valuable support in the Pays d' Ouche for the young Duke.

Wace, the historian of the 12th century, reports that Roger had been called at the moment of the conquest of England by virtue of his wisdom to the great council of Lille Bonne, but he was already too old to participate in the campaign [ of 1066 ]. Instead, he became one of the Governors of the Normandy at this time, but did not hesitate to participate in the costs of the invasion by fitting out 60 ships to transport the troops across the English Channel. Consequently, it is probably not him who is depicted on the 43 part of the Bayeux Tapestry, where a bearded man between William and his half-brother Odo of Bayeux sitting, as this scene takes place shortly before the Battle of Hastings. Some good but that beards at the Norman nobles were rare.

Orderic Vitalis explains that Duke William entrusted to him the castle of Ivry, but that in 1089 the new Duke Robert II had given the fortress Guillaume de Breteuil. To compensate Roger had received the castle of Brionne. Another chronicler, Robert of Torigni, there are easily another report, after Rogers son of Robert I, have asked for this exchange.

To 1050 he founded near the restored by his father men monastery of Saint- Pierre in Préaux the same nunnery. In 1070 he founded the abbey of Sainte- Trinité in Beaumont- le -Roger. From 1071 until the death of William he had the rebellious Earl Morcar of Northumbria under his supervision.

Progeny

Between 1045 and 1050 he married Adeline de Meulan († 1081 ), daughter of Count Waleran III. of Meulan, who, when her brother Hugues II went to the monastery in 1077, Countess of Meulan was. My children were:

  • Robert I de Beaumont, Comte de Meulan ( 1081 ) Earl of Leicester ( 1090 ).
  • Henri de Beaumont (1046-1123), Earl of Warwick.
  • Guillaume de Beaumont.
  • Alberée (or Aubrée ) de Beaumont, Abbess of Eton.

Footnotes

  • Graf ( Meulan )
  • Viscount (France)
  • Mr. (Beaumont -le- Roger )
  • Beaumont House
  • Born in the 11th century
  • Died in 1094
  • Man
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