Richard I of Beaumont
{{Short description|French nobleman}}
Richard I of Beaumont, ( d. 1201), viscount of Beaumont, Fresnay and Sainte-Suzanne. He initially supported Arthur of Brittany against King John of England but by September 1199, he had join John's forces. It was at his castle, Bourg-le-roi, that King John gained the support of William des Roches. Richard died sometime before October 1201.
Biography
Richard was the son of Roscelin de Beaumont and Constance, illegitimate daughter of King Henry I of England.{{sfn|Marshall|2021|p=121}} As a show of favor, he exempted the monks of Saint-Etienne of Caen from any tolls.{{sfn|Power|2004|p=305}} With the coronation of John as King of England in 27 May 1199, Richard, previously a supporter of Arthur I, Duke of Brittany, joined with King John's army against Arthur.{{sfn|Power|2004|p=433-435}} At Richard's castle, Bourg-le-Roi, William des Roches parleyed with John, after his falling out with King Philip II of France.{{sfn|Power|2004|p=434-435}} On 22 September, Richard's son-in-law, Roger IV de Tosny became a surety for John.{{sfn|Power|2004|p=435}}
Richard died before October 1201.{{sfn|Power|2004|p=487}}
Family
{{Main|L'Aigle family}}
Richard married Luce de L'Aigle.{{sfn|Keats-Rohan|2002|p=1138}} Richard and Luce had:
- Ralph VIII of Beaumont, {{sfn|Keats-Rohan|2002|p=1138}} who succeeded his father
- Richard of Beaumont, (d.1202){{sfn|Keats-Rohan|2002|p=1138}}
- Geoffroy of Beaumont,{{sfn|Keats-Rohan|2002|p=1138}} made a donation to the Abbey of Sainte-Trinité de Tiron in 1241, prior to leaving for Jerusalem
- William of Beaumont, (d.1177)
- Ermengarde de Beaumont, (February 12, 1233), who married William I of Scotland{{sfn|Keats-Rohan|2002|p=1138}}
- Constance de Beaumont (d.1226), who married in 1175 Roger IV de Tosny, lord of Conches{{sfn|Power|2004|p=241}}
- Pétronille, married around c. 1184 to Alain I of Penthièvre{{sfn|Keats-Rohan|2002|p=1138}}
References
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Sources
- {{cite book |title=Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1006-1166 |volume=II: Pipe Rolls to Cartae Baronum |first=K.S.B. |last=Keats-Rohan |publisher=The Boydell Press |year=2002 }}
- {{cite book |title=Illegitimacy in Medieval Scotland, 1100-1500 |volume=3 |first=Susan |last=Marshall |publisher=The Boydell Press |year=2021 }}
- {{cite book |title=Scotland, England and France after the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296 |first=M.A. |last=Pollock |publisher=The Boydell Press |year=2015 }}
- {{cite book |title=The Norman Frontier in the Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Centuries |first=Daniel |last=Power |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2004 }}