1st Earl of Worcester, Count of Meulan Waleran de Beaumont

1104 - 1166  (61 years)

• Name	Waleran de Beaumont
  Title	1st Earl of Worcester, Count of Meulan
  Birth	24 Nov 1104	Beaumont, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France
  Christening	Meulan-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
  Gender	Male
  Title of Nobility	1118
  	Count of Meulan ... Comte de Meulan
  On+their+father%27s+death%2C+he+and+his+twin+brother+Robert+came+into+the+wardship+	Jun 1118
  	of King Henry I of England.
  Title of Nobility	5 Jun 1118
  	He succeeded as the Comte de Meulan [France]
  Military Service	Sep 1136
  	He commanded the army of Norman magnates that repelled the invasion by Geoffrey of Anjou, husband of Empress Matilda. He was also able to capture the chief rebel Roger de Toeni.
  Title of Nobility	1138
  	He was given the title of 1st Earl of Worcester, founding the Cistercian abbey of Bordesley at the end of the year to mark his arrival in the county.
  Military Service	1141
  	He surrendered to Empress Matilda as news reached him that his Norman lands were being taken by the invading Angevin army.
  Military Service	1141
  	He was at the Battle of Lincoln and one of the royalist earls who fled when they saw the battle was lost. He fought on for several months, probably basing himself at Worcester.
  Physical Description	twin - with his brother Robert
  _FSFTID	KCR2-Y4C
  Burial	1166	Normandy, France
  Death	9 Apr 1166	Les Préaux, Eure, Normandy, France
  Person ID	I26313	My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	1st Earl of Leicester, Count of Meulan Robert I de Beaumont,,   b. 6 Dec 1046, Pont-Audemer, Eure, Upper Normandy, France d. 5 Jun 1118, Pont-Audemer, Normandy, France (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth of Vermandois,   b. 13 Feb 1081, Oise, Picardie, France d. 13 Feb 1131, Seine-et-Oise, France (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	1096	Aquitaine, Geronde, France
  Family ID	F10949	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Dame de Gournay-sur-Marne Agnes Elizabeth de Montfort,   b. 1104, Évreux, Eure, Normandy, France d. 15 Dec 1181, Gournay-sur-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	1141
  Children	1. Joan de Beaumont,   b. Abt 1139, Beaumont, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France d. DECEASED   2. Robert II de Beaumont,   b. Abt 1142, Meulan-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France d. 16 Aug 1204, Poitiers, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France (Age 62 years)   3. Sgr de Montfort-sur-Risle Galeran de Meulan,,   b. Abt 1144, Île-de-France, France d. Abt 1181, Worcester, Worcestershire, England (Age 37 years)   4. Amauary de Meulan,   b. 1145, Meulan-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France d. Feb 1195 (Age 50 years)   5. Amice de Meulan,   b. Abt 1145, England d. 24 Apr 1197 (Age 52 years)   6. Amaury I de Meulan,,   b. Abt 1146, Meulan-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France d. From 1182 to 1187 (Age 36 years)   7. Dame de Mayenne Isabelle de Meulan,   b. Abt 1148, Meulan-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France d. 10 May 1220, Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France (Age 72 years)   8. Sgr de Meulan et de la Queue-en-Brie Roger de Beaumont,,   b. Abt 1150, Meulan-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France d. 23 Sep 1207 (Age 57 years)   9. Isabel De Meulan Beaumont-Le-Roger,   b. Abt 1150, Beaumont-sur-Oise, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France d. 10 May 1220 (Age 70 years)   10. Raoul de Muelan,   b. Abt 1152, Meulan-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France d. Aft 1181 (Age > 30 years)   11. Etienne de Meulan,   b. Abt 1154, Meulan-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France d. Aft 1165 (Age > 12 years)   12. Marie de Meulan,   b. Abt 1156   d. DECEASED   13. Seigneur de Brotonne Hugues de Meulan,,   b. Abt 1158, France d. DECEASED
  Family ID	F10006	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Matilda de Boulogne,   b. Abt 1125, London, England d. 1137, London, England (Age 12 years)
  Marriage	circ March 1136
  Family ID	F12323	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023