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 1022 - 1094 (72 years)
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| Name |
Roger de Beaumont |
| Title |
Lord of Beaumont-le-Roger and Pont-Audemer, Viscount of Hiesmes |
| Birth |
1022 |
Pont-Audemer, Eure, France  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
29 Nov 1094 |
- Abbey of Preaux, Pont-Audemer, Eure, France
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| Person ID |
I7974 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
Humphrey de Vielles, b. 980, Pont-Audemer, Eure, France d. 28 Sep 1044, Normandy, France (Age 64 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Aubreye de la Haye Auberie, b. 984, Pont-Audemer, Eure, France d. 20 Sep 1045 (Age 61 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
Abt 1010 |
France |
| Family ID |
F14846 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Adeline de Meulan, b. Abt 1025 |
| Marriage |
1040 |
| Children |
| | 1. 1st Earl of Warwick Henry de Beaumont, b. Abt 1048 d. 20 Jun 1123 (Age 75 years) [natural] |
| | 2. 1st Earl of Leicester Robert de Beaumont, Count Meulan I, b. 1046, Beaumont-le-Roger, Eure, Normandy, France d. 5 Jun 1118, Préaux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France (Age 72 years) [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F3070 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- Seigneur of Beaumont, Pontaudemer, Brionne and Vatteville, Normandy.
Roger was nicknamed Barbatus or La Barbe because he wore a moustache and beard while the Normans usually were clean shaven. This peculiarity is recognized in the forty-first panel of the Bayeux Tapestry where he is depicted sitting at a feast with Duke William on his left hand, Odo brother of William and Bishop of Bayeux in the centre.
Planché tells us that "he was the noblest, the wealthiest, and the most valiant seigneur of Normandy, and the greatest and most trusted friend of the Danish family." There is an explanation for this - as an older cousin who had never rebelled against the young Duke, he was part of the kinship group of noblemen that William relied upon in governing Normandy and fighting off frequent rebellion and invasions. The historian Frank McLynn notes that William relied on relatives descended via his mother (namely his half-brothers and brothers-in-law) and on relatives descended from the Duchess Gunnora's sisters, since his own paternal kin had proved unreliable.
Wace, the 12th century historian, says that "at the time of the invasion of England, Roger was summoned to the great council at Lillebonne, on account of his wisdom; but that he did not join in the expedition as he was too far advanced in years." Although Roger could not fight, he did not hesitate in contributing his share of the cost, for he provided at his own expense sixty vessels for the conveyance of the troops across the channel. Furthermore, his eldest son and heir fought bravely at Hastings as noted in several contemporary records. As a result, Roger's elder sons were awarded rich lands in England, and both eventually were made English earls by the sons of the Conqueror.
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