Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester

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Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, was a prominent 12th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and statesman who served as Chief Justiciar of England under King Henry II.

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Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Norman nobleman ⓘ
Earl ⓘ
human ⓘ
medieval politician ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
allegiance Kingdom of England ⓘ
associatedWith royal court of Henry II of England ⓘ
birthDate circa 1104 ⓘ
burialPlace Leicester Abbey ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 12th century ⓘ
child Hawise de Beaumont ⓘ
Isabel de Beaumont ⓘ
Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 5 April 1168 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Norman ⓘ
familyName de Beaumont ⓘ
father Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
governedTerritory honour of Leicester ⓘ
heldLandIn Leicestershire ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
languageSpoken Latin ⓘ
Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
monarchServed Henry II of England ⓘ
mother Amicia de Gael ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Beaumont ⓘ
nobleTitle 2nd Earl of Leicester ⓘ
notableFor influence in early reign of Henry II ⓘ
service as Chief Justiciar of England ⓘ
notableWork administration of royal justice under Henry II ⓘ
positionHeld Chief Justiciar of England ⓘ
Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Justiciar of England ⓘ
precededByAsEarlOfLeicester Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
precededByInOffice Richard de Lucy ⓘ
linked to: Richard de Luci
rank great magnate of the Anglo-Norman realm ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sibling Aubrey de Beaumont ⓘ
Hugh de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Bedford ⓘ
Waleran de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Worcester ⓘ
spouse Amice de Gael ⓘ
Amicia de Montfort ⓘ
succeededByAsEarlOfLeicester Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester ⓘ
succeededByInOffice Richard de Lucy ⓘ
linked to: Richard de Luci
supportedMonarch Henry II of England ⓘ
titleHeldFrom Earl of Leicester from circa 1118 ⓘ

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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, 2nd Earl of Leicester ⓘ
House of Beaumont → notableMember → Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Nuneaton Abbey ruins → foundedBy → Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester ⓘ
2nd Earl of Gloucester → fatherInLaw → Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester ⓘ
William, Earl of Gloucester → fatherInLaw → Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Combe Abbey, Warwickshire → foundedBy → Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Earldom of Leicester → notableHolder → Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Robert de Beaumont → child → Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester → child → Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester → father → Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester ⓘ