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Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester

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22: 37: 137:, he attempted to retake his castle of Pacy. He was captured by forces of the French king and remained imprisoned for 3 years. Later, King John would bestow the new fortress and lordship of Radepont (the land of Radepont was traded to King John by the seigneur du Neubourg for lands and revenues in the pays de Caux) upon the earl. 151:
In the year of his death, Normandy was lost to the French; Earl Robert attempted to come to an independent arrangement with King Philip of France, in which he would hold his land in Normandy as a liege-vassal of the Kings of France, and his lands in England as a liege-vassal of the Kings of England.
121:. He held castles at Pacy, Pont-Saint-Pierre and Grandmesnil. Earl Robert also was lord of the vast honour of Breteuil, but the family castle there had been dismantled after the 204: 152:
In any event, Robert died on 20 or 21 October 1204, and his large English estates were divided between the heirs of his two sisters. The eldest sister,
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Arms of Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, adopted at the start of the age of heraldry, c.1200-15:
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nobleman, the last of the Beaumont earls of Leicester. He is sometimes known as
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on 2 February 1191, following the death of his father in 1190 at
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Robert's newly gained estates included a large part of central
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City of Leicester

Latinized
English
Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester
Petronilla de Grandmesnil
Hugh de Grandmesnil
King Richard I of England
Third Crusade
Messina
Sicily
Earldom of Leicester
Durazzo
Holy Land
Normandy
1173-1174 War
French
Rouen
Philip II of France
Loretta de Braose
William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber
Amice
baron
Simon de Montfort
Simon de Montfort
Saer de Quincy
Earl of Winchester

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