Earls of Leicester

The arms of Beaumont, Earls of Liecester: Gules a cinquefoil argent (or ermine) [usually blazoned ermine]

1. Margaret De Harcourt: Born about 1160, of Hampshire, England; Died 12 January 1234/1235; Married before 1173, England; Saher De Quincy, Earl of Winchester: Born about 1150, of Winchester, Hampshire, England; Died 3 November 1219/1220, On the way to the Holy Land, Damietta, Palestine. (See De Quincy)

2. Robert "Blanchmains" De Harcourt, Earl of Leicester: Born about 1121, of Beaumont, France; Died 31 August 1190, Durazzo Provence, West Albania; Married about 1155; Petronilla (Pernel) Grentmesnil: Born about 1134, of Leicestershire, England; Died 1 April 1212, Leicester, Leicestershire, England. (See De Grentmesnil)

3. Robert "Bossu" De Beaumont, Earl of Leicester: Born 1104, Leicester, Leicestershire, England; Died 5 April 1168, England; Married after November 1120, of Brittany, France; Amice De Gael, De Waiet, Countess of Leicester: Born about 1100, of Norfolk, England. Robert and his twin brother Waleran (#691) were key figures in the civil war between King Stephen and the Empress Maude.

Robert's Parents--

• I. Robert, 1st Lord De Beaumont, 1st Lord of Liecester, Count of Meulan: Born about 1046, Pont-Audemer, Beaumont, Normandy, France; Died 5 June 1118, Leicestershire, England; Married France; Isabel (Elizabeth), De Vermandois, Countess of Liecester: Born about 1081, of Valois, Bretagne, France; Died 13 February 1131, England. (See Beaumont)

Amice's Father--

4. Ralph De Waiet, Seigneur of Gael: Born about 1078, of Montfort, Normandy, France.

5. Ralph, Seigneur De Gael, Earl of Norfolk: Born before 1040, of Gael, Brittany, France; Died after 1095; Married 1075, Exning, Cambridgeshire, England; Emma Fitz Osborne: Born about 1059, of Breteuil, Normandy, France; Died after 1095.

Emma's Parents and Maternal Grandparents--

• I. William Fitz Osbern, Earl of Hereford: (See La Zouche) Born about 1030, of Poitiers, Poitou, France; Died 20 February 1071, killed in battle, in Flanders; Married about 1051, of France; Alice (Adelise) De Toeni, Countess of Hereford: Born about 1035, of Toeni, France; Buried Lire Abbey France.
  • A. Roger "The Spaniard" De Toeni: Born about 990; Died about 1038; Married Godeheut (Godehilde) Borrell: Born about 995; Died after 1077. (See De Toeni)

Ralph's Parents--

6. Ralph "the Staller", Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk: Born before 1011, of Brittany, France; Died after February 1068; Married about 1038, of Norfolk, England; Mrs. Ralph, Countess of Norfolk and Sufffolk: Born about 1017, of Norfolk, England.