Richard I de Beaumont-au-Maine

( -  1199), Viscount of Beaumont, Fresnay and Sainte-Suzanne.

The family of Beaumont, and Beaumont-Brienne, dominated this region of Maine in the tenth century to the fourteenth century.

Viscounts of Maine

Mr. Depoin in his study on Viscounts Beaumont, attributed to Richard, Viscount Beaumont, son of Roscelin Beaumont and Constance, a liberal in favor of Robert, abbot of St. Vincent, before the end of 1176, a second act of 1177, the Abbé Angot indicates an awareness of King Henry II of England for the hospital of Angers which he witnessed, as well as that of the same King for Bonshommes Angers where it occurs in 1188.
Richard founded in 1190, the anniversary of his parents, Roscelin Beaumont and Constance of England, to Saint-Etienne de Caen; certifies donations Robert III of Alençon at the Abbey Perseigne on May 7th 1191, and the tenth day of the customs of castellany Fresnay and that Constance, his sister, also possessed in 1194. He did not live beyond 1196.

Family

Luce de Laigle (°? - †> 1217), his wife, married between 1170 and 1177, as Gilles Menage and Father Anselm gives first wife for his son Raoul, is designated by the genealogist Quatrebarbes Rene de known as Luce of Quelaines. The real name of Luce, wife of Richard, is Luce de Laigle Lucia de Aquila, or Aquilana, a forced diversion has lead Quelaines.

Henry I of England

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├ ─ ─> Mathilde, wife of Geoffrey Plantagenet

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│ └ ─ ─> Henry II of England

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├ ─ ─> Constance, daughter bastard 

│ x Roscelin Beaumont
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│ └ ─ ─> Richard I de Beaumont

│ │ x Luce de Laigle
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│ │ └ ─ ─> Raoul VIII de Beaumont

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│ │ └ ─ ─> William de Beaumont, bishop of Angers

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│ │ └ ─ ─> Ermengarde of Beaumont, Queen of Scotland

│ │ │ x William I of Scotland
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│ │ └ ─ ─> Constance Beaumont

│ │ │ x Roger IV Tosny
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│ │ └ ─ ─> Petronilla de Beaumont

│ │ x Alain I de-Penthievre Avaugour
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│ └ ─ ─> Raoul de Beaumont, bishop of Angers

There were, of the union of Richard and Luce, at least seven children:

Raoul († 1238 - 1239) who succeeded his father.

Richard Beaumont, † 1202, died even before his father, who, after a charter Marmoutier quoted by Dom Villevieille, have proposed the foundation of his birthday, and who left the performance with his son

Geoffrey de Beaumont, who, about to leave for Jerusalem, made a donation to the abbey of Tiron in 1241.

William Beaumont (b. 1177 - September 2 † 1240) Bishop of Angers from 1202 to 1240.

Ermengarde de Beaumont, († February 12th 1233), who married 5 September 1186 in Woodstock William I of Scotland, King of Scotland.

Constance de Beaumont (†> 1226), who married before 22 September 1199 Roger Tosny IV, Seigneur de Conches (†> December 29 1208), the illustrious family of Normandy Tosny.

Perronnelle or Petronilla, married to 1,180 - 1184 with Alain I de-Penthievre Avaugour (° 1151 - † December 29 1212), son of Henry I Davaugour, Earl of Penthievre, and Mahaut de Vendôme, Comte de Tréguier and Penthievre of Goëlo of Guingamp and Avaugour.

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RICHARD [I] de Beaumont

(-after 1199, bur Etival).  Robert of Torigny names "Ricardum…et Guillermum" as children of "Roscelini vicecomitis Cenomannensis" & his wife[558].  "Roscelinus vicecomes Bellimontis…cum Radulpho fratre suo" donated revenue from a mill to the abbey of Saint-Aubin d´Angers, for "filiis suis Richardo et Guillelmo", by charter dated 1156[559].  "Roscelinus vicecomes Cenomannis et Sancte Suzanne" donated "basilicam de Ponto Novo…supra Sartam" to Cluny by charter dated [1161/72] which names "Ricardus filius eius"[560].  He succeeded his father as Vicomte de Beaumont.  "Ricardus vicecomes Sancte Susanne" granted rights to the hospice of Raillon, with the consent of "Lucie uxoris mee et Radulfi filii mei", by charter dated to [1165/77][561].  

m (before 1177) LUCIE de Laigle, daughter of RICHER [II] de Seigneur de Laigle & his wife --- (-1 Apr after 1217). "Ricardus vicecomes Sancte Susanne" granted rights to the hospice of Raillon, with the consent of "Lucie uxoris mee et Radulfi filii mei", by charter dated to [1165/77][562]. The primary source which confirms her parentage has not yet been identified. "Radulfus vicecomes Sancte Suzanne" donated the chapel of Raillon to the abbey of Angers Saint-Aubin, for the soul of "patris mei Richardi", with the consent of "matre mea Lucia vicecomitissa", by charter dated to [1200][563]. "Lucia vicecomitissa Sancte Suzanne" donated property to Notre-Dame de la Trappe for the soul of "domini R viri mei" with the consent of "R vicecomitis Belli Montis filii sui" by charter dated 1208[564]. The necrology of Notre-Dame-de-Beauport records the death "Kal Apr" of "matris prime uxoris comitis Alani fundatoris nostri" [Alain [I] d´Avaugour, husband of Lucie´s daughter Petronille, see below][565].

Richard [I] & his wife had seven children:

i) RAOUL [VII] de Beaumont (-13 Apr [1238/39]). "Ricardus vicecomes Sancte Susanne" granted rights to the hospice of Raillon, with the consent of "Lucie uxoris mee et Radulfi filii mei", by charter dated to [1165/77][566]. Vicomte de Beaumont et de Sainte-Suzanne. "Radulfus vicecomes Sancte Suzanne" granted rights to the hospice of Raillon by charter dated to [1200][567]. "Radulfus vicecomes Sancte Suzanne" donated the chapel of Raillon to the abbey of Angers Saint-Aubin, for the soul of "patris mei Richardi", with the consent of "matre mea Lucia vicecomitissa", by charter dated to [1200][568]. "Lucia vicecomitissa Sancte Suzanne" donated property to Notre-Dame de la Trappe for the soul of "domini R viri mei" with the consent of "R vicecomitis Belli Montis filii sui" by charter dated 1208[569]. The necrology of Angers Cathedral records the death "Id Apr" of "Radulphus vicecomes de Bellomonte frater Guillelmi…episcopi Andegavensis"[570].

m (before 1212) AGNES, daughter of --- (-30 Aug before 1218, bur Etival).  

ii) GUILLAUME de Beaumont (-2 Sep 1240). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. Bishop of Angers 1202.

iii) RICHARD de Beaumont (-before 1202, bur Marmoutier). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified.

iv) GEOFFROY de Beaumont . The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified.

v) CONSTANCE de Beaumont (-2 Oct 1236 or after). The necrology of Angers Cathedral records the death "VI Non Oct" of "Constantia de Togné soror Guillelmi de Bellomonte episcopi nostri et mater Richardi de Togné thesaurarius nostri"[572]. m (before 22 Sep 1199) ROGER [IV] Seigneur de Tosny, son of RAOUL [V] Seigneur de Tosny & his wife Marguerite de Beaumont of Leicester (-after 29 Dec 1208).

vi) ERMENGARDE de Beaumont (-11 Feb 1233, bur Balmerino Abbey, Fife). Benedict of Peterborough records that "Ricardus vicecomes de Bellomonte et uxor sua…filiam" brought their daughter to be married to "Willelmo regis Scotiæ" at "Wdestoke Non Sep…1186"[573]. The Chronicle of Melrose records the marriage in 1186 of "William king of the Scots" and "a relation of Henry king of England…Ermengarda…daughter of the count of Beaumont who was the son of the daughter of the elder son of William the Bastard"[574]. The Chronicle of John of Fordun (Continuator - Annals) records the death of "Queen Ermengarde" in 1233 and her burial at "the abbey of St Edward of Balmurinath"[575]. m (Woodstock Palace, Oxford 5 Sep 1186) WILLIAM "the Lion" King of Scotland, son of HENRY of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon and Northumberland & his wife Ada de Warenne (1143-Stirling 4 Dec 1214, bur Arbroath Abbey).

vii) PETRONILLE de Beaumont (-19 Aug [1203]). The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. "Alanus Henrici comitis filius" founded the abbey of Saint-Rion, with the consent of "P. uxoris mee, Ste. et Con. fratrum meorum", by charter dated to [1184/86][576]. "Alanus Henrici comitis filius" confirmed the privileges of Saint-Rion by charter dated 1189, signed by "…domina Petronilla uxor domoini Alani, Alienor sponsa domini Conani"[577]. "Alanus, dominus de Goellou, Henrici comitis filius" founded the abbey of Notre-Dame-de-Beauport, for the souls of "Henrici comitis patris mei et Mathildis matris mee…", with the consent of "P. uxoris mee et Stephani et Conani fratrum meorum", by charter dated 1202[578]. The necrology of Notre-Dame-de-Beauport records the death "XIV Kal Aug" of "Petronille comitisse; Merhaute prime uxoris fundatoris nostri"[579]. m (before 1186) ALAIN [I] d'Avaugour Comte de Tréguier et de Penthièvre, son of HENRI de Bretagne Comte de Tréguier & his wife Mathilde de Vendôme (-29 Dec 1212).

Siblings: Roscelin, 1115 Constance, 1116