Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Roger de Beaumont and Adeline de Meulan

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Husband Roger de Beaumont [19015] ¹

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           Born: Between 1010 and 1015 - Beauchamp , Calvados, Caen, Normandie, France 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Nov 1094 - Maine, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France 1
         Buried: 1094 - Abbey of Saint-Pierre de Préaux, Normandy, France 1
FamilySearch ID: L1Z8-522

       Marriage: Abt 1048 - Duchy of Normandy, France 2

Events

• MilitaryService: 1066, Normandy, France.

• TitleOfNobility: Count of Meulan, .

• He worked as a Close advisor to William the Conqueror on an unknown date.

• Event: Priory of Saint Trinit. At the end of the 11th century, Roger de Beaumont, a powerful feudal lord and advisor to William the Conqueror, had a castle and priory built in Beaumont. The castle was destroyed in 1378 during the conquest of the town occupied by the English. As for the priory, occupied by Oxford Canons, it then belonged to the Bec-Hellouin Abbey. During the 19th century, it became a ribbon manufacture and a cotton spinning mill, of which only ruins remain today. From the top of the esplanade, enjoy a stunning panoramic view over Beaumont and the Risle Valley.

• Event: Roger's father Humphrey was the first holder of the "grand honneur" of Beaumont-le-Roger, one of the most important groups of domains in eastern Normandy
Bef 1094
Beaumont-le-Roger, Duchy of Normandy, under Anglo-Norman rule, Kingdom of England (France).

• Event: Bef 1094, Beaumont-le-Roger, Eure, France. He built the castle of Beaumont-le-Roger on the hill above Vieilles
Bef 1094
Beaumont-le-Roger, Eure, France.

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Wife Adeline de Meulan [19016] ¹

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           Born: 1014 - Pont-Audemer, Diocese of Lisieux, Duchy of Normandy, France 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Apr 1081 - Eure region, Diocese of Évreux, Duchy of Normandy, France 1
         Buried:  - Abbey of Notre-Dame du Bec, Le Bec-Hellouin, Diocese of Évreux, Duchy of Normandy, France 1
FamilySearch ID: L1S4-4N9

Events

• TitleOfNobility: Countess of Meulan, .

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Children

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1 M Earl Robert Beaumont of Leicester [19013] ³

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           Born: Abt 1049 - Pont-Audemer, Duchy of Normandy, France 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Jun 1118 - Les Préaux, Eure, Duchy of Normandy, France 3
         Buried: Abt 5 Jun 1118 - Abbey of Saint-Pierre (St. Peter), Les Préaux, Duchy of Normandy, France 3
FamilySearch ID: L1Q8-65G

         Spouse: Elizabeth Isabel de Vermandois Countess de Leicester 3 [19014] (1085-1131)

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Sources

1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 28 Nov 2025), entry for Robert Beaumont of Leicester, person ID L1Q8-65G.

2 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 28 Nov 2025), entry for Roger de Beaumont, person ID L1Z8-522.

3 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 28 Nov 2025), entry for Adeline de Beaumont, person ID L133-Z45.