636464184. Seigneur Roger de Beaumont & 636464185. Countess Adeline of Meulan
~1020, Roger
de Beaumont born in Normandy, s/o §§Humphrey
de Vielles & Albreda de la Haye. (S) FMG.
~1025,
Adeline of Meulan born in France, d/o §§Waleran of Meulan & Ode de Conteville. (S) FMG.
1035,
‘Humfridus constructor eiusdem loci cum filiis suis Rogerio, Roberto, Willelmo’
present when ‘Willelmus adhuc puerulus … Roberti comitis filius’ donated
‘Turstini villa’ to the abbey of Préaux. (S) FMG.
1040, Alan
of Brittany died; and William’s wardship given to Gilbert of Brionne. [A
succession of guardians died – William (the Conqueror) is said to have been
raised by William fitz Osbern (1272928378), Roger de Beaumont (636464184), and
Roger de Montgomery.]
1041-45,
Waleran of Meulan sought refuge with the Beaumonts when he rebelled against
King Henry I of France and was expelled from his estates.
By 1042,
Roger’s father died.
1042,
‘Rogerius filius Hunfredi’ witnessed the charter of Guillaume II, Duke of
Normandy, donating ‘nostras insulas Serc et Aurrene, propter medietatem
Grenere’ to the abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel. (S) FMG.
[––Roger
& Adeline––]
1045, Roger
married Adeline.
1050-54,
Roger’s father died.
1055, Duke
William, Roger de Beaumont, and ‘Robert son of Roger’ attested gifts to
Marmoutier.
5/23/1059, Philip I crowned King of France.
By 1060, Duke William, the duke’s sons, Roger de Beaumont, and Robert
son of Roger, attested a grant by the duke’s stepfather, Herluin of Conteville,
to Grestain abbey.
By 1066, Roger donated a tithe of the forest of Brionne to the abbey of
Bec.
9/1066 at Rouen, Duke William on the eve of the invasion had his son
Robert confirm to the abbey of Marmoutier all the property which he himself had
given. Witnesses: Roger de Montgomery, William fitz Osbern, William his son,
Roger de Beaumont, Hugh de Grandmesnil, … (S) Norman Conquest: Sources and
Documents, Brown, 1984, P143.
1066, Roger de Beaumont left in Normandy by Duke William during the
invasion of England to be an advisor to Duchess Matilda. [Roger also
contributed 60 ships to the invasion.]
10/25/1066, William I crowned King of England
2/1067 from Penvensy, King William returned to Normandy.
4/8/1067 at Fecamp, King William held ‘the most splendid royal court ever seen in France in recent
years.’ (S) The Normans, Crouch, 2006, P98.
12/1067, Roger accompanied King William back to England. [But soon
returned to Normandy, as Matilda was to travel to England.]
1068, Matilda crossed to England. Roger de Beaumont one of the advisors
left in Normandy to her son Robert.
5/1068 at Winchester, Matilda crowned Queen of England.
1069, Roger
returned to England. [Matilda had returned to Normandy as regent.]
1071, King
William entrusted Roger de Beaumont with the captured Earl Morcar of
Northumbria.
1072-3,
Roger returned to Normandy.
1073 at Le
Mans, Normandy, Roger and his son Henry at the Court of William the Conqueror.
1073,
‘Rotgerius de Bello Monte, Hainricus filius eius’ witnessed the charter under
which William I, King of England, confirmed the donation of six churches on
Guernsey to the abbey of Marmoutier. (S) FMG.
1074, Roger
and son Robert attested a royal grant in favor of the bishopric of Bayeux.
Bef. 1077,
Roger and son Robert attested a royal confirmation for St-Etienne, Caen.
9/13/1077 at
Caen, Normandy, Henry with his father Roger at the Conqueror’s dedication of
St-Etienne.
1079-81,
Roger de Beaumont and sons Robert and Henry attested a royal confirmation for Troarn.
4/12/1080,
Roger de Beaumont and sons Robert and Henry present at King William’s Easter
court in Normandy.
5/31/1080,
Roger de Beaumont, vicomte, granted the castellanship of Ivery, a fortress on
the frontier between Normandy and the French Vexin.
7/14/1080 at
Caen, Normandy, Roger de Beaumont and sons Robert and Henry attested a royal
confirmation for Lessay.
5/31/1081,
Adeline, wife of Roger de Beaumont, with Queen Matilda of England made grants
at the abbey of St-Evroul.
4/8/1082,
Adeline died; buried at Abbaye du Bec. (S) FMG.
[––Roger––]
9/5/1082,
Roger de Beaumont; Robert, count of Meulan, and Henry at the Norman court of
King William.
1/13/1086,
‘Rogerius et filii mei Robertus et Henricus’ donated ‘decimam tocius Brotonie’
to Saint-Wandrille. (S) FMG.
1086, Roger
held estates in England worth £80, in Gloucester and Dorset.
9/26/1087, William Rufus crowned King of England;
succeeding William the Conqueror. His elder brother Robert became Duke
of Normandy.
1088-89,
‘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.’ (S) FMG.
1090, A
charter of Roger de Beaumont attested by his seneschal, chamberlain, and
doorkeeper. (S) Image of Aristocracy, Crouch, 1992, P222.
1090, Roger,
as Seigneur de Beaumont-le-Roger, de Vieilles et de
Pont-Audemer, retired to become a monk at St-Pierre de Preaux.
1090, Roger
came out of retirement to help with the release of his son Robert from
imprisonment by Duke Robert Curthose; and helped recapture Brionne.
11/29/1094,
Roger died; buried at the Préaux monastery of Saint-Pierre.
(S) Anselm
of Bec and Robert of Meulan, Vaughn, 1987.
Family notes:
Humphrey de Vielles, s/o §§Turold. (S) Oderic Vitalis, V1, 1969, P13.
1034-5, Humphrey founded the monastery of St. Peter of
Preaux.
1050, Humphrey founded the nunnery of St. Leger of
Preaux.
Children
of Roger and Adeline:
i. Robert de Beaumont (318232092), born 1046 in
Normandy.
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