House of Beaumont

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The House of Beaumont was a prominent medieval noble family of French origin that held significant lands and influence in both France and England.

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Label Occurrences
House of Beaumont canonical 16

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval dynasty ⓘ
noble family ⓘ
associatedWithMonarch Henry I of England ⓘ
Henry II of England ⓘ
Stephen of England ⓘ
coatOfArmsDescription checky or and gules (for the Beaumont Earls of Leicester) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
dynasticConnections Anglo-Norman nobility ⓘ
Capetian France ⓘ
linked to: Capetian dynasty
ethnicOrigin French ⓘ
feudalStatus vassals of the King of England ⓘ
vassals of the King of France ⓘ
floruit 11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
founder Yves de Beaumont ⓘ
governedTerritory County of Meulan ⓘ
Earldom of Leicester ⓘ
Lordship of Beaumont-le-Roger ⓘ
hasTitle Count of Meulan ⓘ
Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Viscount of Beaumont ⓘ
heldLandsIn Bedfordshire ⓘ
Leicestershire ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
Warwickshire ⓘ
Île-de-France ⓘ
historicalStatus extinct noble house ⓘ
involvedIn The Anarchy (English civil war, 1135–1154) ⓘ
languageOfFamily Old French ⓘ
nobleRank high nobility ⓘ
notableFor holding lands in France and England ⓘ
influence in Anglo-Norman politics ⓘ
notableMember Hugh de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Bedford ⓘ
Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Waleran de Beaumont, Count of Meulan ⓘ
originPlace Beaumont-le-Roger ⓘ
patronage Bec Abbey ⓘ
Leicester Abbey ⓘ
politicalAlignment Anglo-Norman aristocracy ⓘ
politicalRole magnates in Normandy ⓘ
royal counsellors in England ⓘ
region Normandy ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
secondaryLanguage Latin ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
typeOfNobility cross-Channel aristocracy ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ermengarde de Beaumont → nobleFamily → House of Beaumont ⓘ
Álvarez de Toledo family → associatedWith → House of Beaumont ⓘ
Richard I of Beaumont → nobleFamily → House of Beaumont ⓘ
Robert II of Leicester → nobleFamily → House of Beaumont ⓘ
Viscount of Beaumont → nobleFamily → House of Beaumont ⓘ
Lordship of Beaumont-le-Roger → nobleFamily → House of Beaumont ⓘ
Beaumont-le-Roger → ancestralSeatOf → House of Beaumont ⓘ
Beaumont-le-Roger → associatedWithNobleFamily → House of Beaumont ⓘ
Robert de Beaumont → nobleFamily → House of Beaumont ⓘ
Hugh de Puiset → nobleFamily → House of Beaumont ⓘ