Robert DE BEAUMONT , 2nd Earl of Leicester
- Born: 1104
- Marriage (1): Amice DE MONTFORT after 1120
- Died: 5 Apr 1168, Brackley, Northamptonshire, England aged 64
General Notes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Beaumont,_2nd_Earl_of_Leicester Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (1104 \endash 5 April 1168) was Justiciar of England 1155\endash 1168. The surname "de Beaumont" is given him by genealogists. The only known contemporary surname applied to him is "Robert son of Count Robert". Henry Knighton, the fourteenth-century chronicler notes him as Robert "Le Bossu" (meaning "Robert the Hunchback" in French). The manuscript Genelogies of the Erles of Lecestre and Chester[1] states that he was "surnamed Boissu", and refers to him by the names Robert Boissu, Robert Beamond and Robert Beaumonde.
Robert married Amice DE MONTFORT, daughter of Raoul II DE MONTFORT , Lord of Gael and Montfort and Unknown, after 1120.
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