Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester

Politician

1104 – 1168

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Who was Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester?

Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester was Justiciar of England 1155–1168.

The surname "de Beaumont" is given him by genealogists. The only known contemporary surname applied to him is "Robert son of Count Robert". Henry Knighton, the fourteenth-century chronicler notes him as Robert "Le Bossu".

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Born
1104
England
Also known as
  • Robert "Le Bossu"
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Died
Apr 5, 1168
Brackley

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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