Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester

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Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester, was a powerful 11th–12th century Anglo-Norman nobleman and close advisor to King Henry I of England, noted for his military and political influence after the Norman Conquest.

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Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Norman noble ⓘ
earl ⓘ
military leader ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
political advisor ⓘ
allegiance Duchy of Normandy ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
birthDate circa 1040 ⓘ
birthPlace Normandy ⓘ
burialPlace Leicester Abbey (traditional attribution) ⓘ
linked to: Leicester Abbey
child Hugh de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Bedford ⓘ
Isabel de Beaumont ⓘ
Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Waleran de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Worcester ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Normandy ⓘ
deathDate 5 June 1118 ⓘ
deathPlace Leicestershire ⓘ
era 11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Norman ⓘ
familyName de Beaumont ⓘ
father Roger de Beaumont ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
heldTitle Count of Meulan ⓘ
Earl of Leicester ⓘ
languageSpoken Latin ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
lordOf Leicester ⓘ
Meulan ⓘ
monarchServed Henry I of England ⓘ
William I of England ⓘ
William II of England ⓘ
mother Adeline of Meulan ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Beaumont ⓘ
nobleRank earl ⓘ
nobleTitle Earl of Leicester ⓘ
notableFor military service after the Norman Conquest ⓘ
political influence in early Norman England ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Hastings ⓘ
Norman Conquest of England ⓘ
positionHeld member of the royal council of England ⓘ
royal advisor to Henry I of England ⓘ
receivedLandFrom William I of England ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sibling Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth de Vermandois ⓘ

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

Earl of Leicester → hasTitleHolder → Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
House of Beaumont → notableMember → Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick → sibling → Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Count of Meulan → heldBy → Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Earldom of Leicester → firstHolder → Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Earldom of Leicester → notableHolder → Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester → father → Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester → precededByAsEarlOfLeicester → Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
St Mary de Castro Church → foundedBy → Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ