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    <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</font><p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><strong>Roger de Beaumont-le-Roger</strong> (c. 1015 &ndash; 29 November 1094) was son of Humphrey de Vielles (himself a great-nephew of the Duchess Gunnora of Normandy) and his wife Albreda de la Haye Auberie. Roger de Beaumont, Lord of Beaumont-le-Roger and Pont-Audemer, Viscount of Hiesmes, was thus a second cousin once removed of the Conqueror.</font></p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span>Life</span></font> <p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Roger was nicknamed <em>Barbatus</em> or <em>La Barbe</em> because he wore a moustache and beard while the Normans usually were clean shaven. This peculiarity is recognized in the thirty-second panel of the Bayeux Tapestry where he is depicted sitting at a feast with Duke William on his left hand, Odo, brother of William and Bishop of Bayeux, in the centre.</font></p> <p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Planch&eacute; tells us that &quot;he was the noblest, the wealthiest, and the most valiant seigneur of Normandy, and the greatest and most trusted friend of the Danish family.&quot; There is an explanation for this - as an older cousin who had never rebelled against the young Duke, he was part of the kinship group of noblemen that William relied upon in governing Normandy and fighting off frequent rebellion and invasions. The historian Frank McLynn notes that William relied on relatives descended via his mother (namely his half-brothers and brothers-in-law) and on relatives descended from the Duchess Gunnora&#39;s sisters, since his own paternal kin had proved unreliable.</font></p> <p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Wace, the 12th century historian, says that &quot;at the time of the invasion of England, Roger was summoned to the great council at Lillebonne, on account of his wisdom; but that he did not join in the expedition as he was too far advanced in years.&quot; Although Roger could not fight, he did not hesitate in contributing his share of the cost, for he provided at his own expense sixty vessels for the conveyance of the troops across the channel. Furthermore, his eldest son and heir fought bravely at Hastings as noted in several contemporary records. As a result, Roger&#39;s elder sons were awarded rich lands in England, and both eventually were made English earls by the sons of the Conqueror.</font></p> <p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"></font></p> <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span>Family and children</span></font> <p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">He married circa 1048 or earlier Adeline of Meulan (ca. 1014-1020 - 1081), daughter of Waleran III, Count de Meulan and Oda de Conteville, and sister and heiress of a childless Count of Meulan. Meulan eventually passed to their elder son who became Count of Meulan in 1081. Their surviving children were:</font></p> <ol><li><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester, Count of Meulan (b ca 1049 - 1118) who succeeded his father in the major part of his lands, and who fought in his first battle at Hastings.</font></li><li><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick, overshadowed by his elder brother, but who established a more enduring line of Beaumont earls at Warwick Castle.</font></li><li><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">William de Beaumont (not mentioned in most sources).</font></li><li><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Alberee de Beaumont, Abbess of Eton.</font></li></ol> <p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"></font></p> <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span>Roger de Beaumont in Literature</span></font> <p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Roger de Beaumont appears as a minor character (the overlord of the secondary hero) in Georgette Heyer&#39;s historical novel <em>The Conqueror</em>. His family appears little in the book, but reference is made to Roger&#39;s wife and daughters and his eldest son.</font></p> <p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"></font></p> <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span>External links</span></font> <ul><li><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Lines: 50-24, 151-24.</font></li><li><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Beaumont genealogy , to be used with caution (check soc.genealogy.medieval)</font></li><li><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">The Conqueror and His Companions: Robert de Beaumont (link now broken)</font></li></ul> <p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"></font></p> <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span>Sources</span></font> <ul><li><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Edward T. Beaumont, J.P. <em>The Beaumonts in History. A.D. 850-1850</em>. Oxford.</font></li><li><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">J.R. Planch&eacute;. <em>The Conqueror and His Companions</em>. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874.</font></li></ul>

 
 
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