Robert de Beaumont-le-Roger

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ROBERT de Breteuil "FitzPernel" (-20/21 Oct 1204, bur Leicester Abbey). He succeeded his father in 1190 as Earl of Leicester, while accompanying Richard I King of England on Crusade and was invested as such at Messina in 1191[1270]. He defended the duchy of Normandy against Philippe II King of France during King Richard's imprisonment in Austria, was captured 15 Jun 1194 and remained a prisoner until early 1196[1271]. Steward of England. Robert son of Parnel, Earl of Leicester, donated property to the abbey of Lire for the soul of Loreta his wife, by charter dated to [1190/1204][1272]. The Annales Cambriæ record the death in 1204 of "Robert comes Lerecestriæ"[1273]. The necrology of Lyre monastery records the death "20 Oct" of "Robertus III comes Legrecestriæ"[1274]. m LAURETTE de Briouse, daughter of WILLIAM de Briouse & his wife Mathilde de Saint-Valéry Dame de la Haye (-Hackington 4 Mar [1266 or after]). Robert son of Parnel, Earl of Leicester, donated property to the abbey of Lire for the soul of Loreta his wife, by charter dated to [1190/1204][1275]. Her parentage is confirmed by the Testa de Nevill which includes a writ of King John dated 1212 recording that "Willelmus de Brause" granted "manerium de Taustock" in Devon to "comiti Leycestrie in maritagium cum filia sua"[1276]. The Testa de Nevill includes a list of landholdings in Berkshire, dated 1219, which includes "Laurentia comitissa de Leicestria" holding land "in Hungerford…in hundredo de Launburn"[1277]. She became a recluse at Hackington, near Canterbury, before Feb 1221[1278]. The necrology of Lyre monastery records the death "4 Mar" of "Laureta comitissa"[1279].