Biography of Waleran Beaumont 1st Earl of Worcester Count Meulan 1104-1166

In 1096 [his father] Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan [aged 56] and [his mother] Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey [aged 11] were married. She by marriage Countess of Leicester. The difference in their ages was 45 years. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Hugh "Great" Capet [aged 39] and [his grandmother] Adelaide I Countess Vermandois.

In 1104 Waleran Beaumont 1st Earl of Worcester Count Meulan was born to Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan [aged 64] and Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey [aged 19].

In 1107 [his father] Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan [aged 67] was created 1st Earl of Leicester.

On 5th June 1118 [his father] Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan [aged 78] died. His son [his brother] Robert [aged 14] succeeded 2nd Earl of Leicester. [his future sister-in-law] Amice Gael Countess Leicester by marriage Countess of Leicester. His son Waleran [aged 14] succeeded Count Meulan.

Before 1119 [his step-father] William Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey and [his mother] Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey [aged 33] were married. She by marriage Countess Surrey. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Hugh "Great" Capet and [his grandmother] Adelaide I Countess Vermandois. He the son of William Warenne 1st Earl of Surrey and Gundred Countess of Surrey.

In 1121 [his brother] Robert Beaumont 2nd Earl of Leicester [aged 17] and [his sister-in-law] Amice Gael Countess Leicester were married. He the son of [his father] Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan and [his mother] Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey [aged 36]. They were fourth cousin once removed.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1123. Then went the king [aged 55] thence to Portsmouth, Hampshire [Map], and lay there all over Pentecost week. Then, as soon as he had a fair wind, he went over into Normandy; and meanwhile committed all England to the guidance and government of the Bishop Roger of Salisbury. Then was the king all this year¹⁵⁰ in Normandy. And much hostility arose betwixt him and his thanes; so that the Earl Waleram of Mellent [aged 19], and Hamalric, and Hugh of Montfort [aged 48], and William of Romare, and many others, went from him, and held their castles against him. And the king strongly opposed them: and this same year he won of Waleram his castle of Pont-Audemer, and of Hugh that of Montfort; and ever after, the longer he stayed, the better he sped.

Note 150. The writer means, "the remainder of this year"; for the feast of Pentecost was already past, before the king left England.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. After 26th March 1124. After this went the king [aged 56], and won all the castles of the Earl Waleram [aged 20] that were in Normandy, and all the others that his enemies held against him. All this hostility was on account of the son of the Earl Robert [aged 73] of Normandy, named William [aged 21]. This same William had taken to wife the younger daughter [aged 12] of Fulke, Earl of Anjou [aged 35]: and for this reason the King of France [aged 42] and all the earls held with him, and all the rich men; and said that the king held his brother Robert wrongfully in captivity, and drove his son William unjustly out of Normandy.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1126. All this year was the King Henry [aged 58] in Normandy-all till after harvest. Then came he to this land, betwixt the Nativity of St. Mary [8th September 1126] and Michaelmas [29th September 1126]. With him came the queen [aged 23], and his daughter [aged 23], whom he had formerly given to the Emperor Henry of Lorrain to wife. And he brought with him the Earl Waleram [aged 22], and Hugh, the son of Gervase [aged 28]. And the earl he sent to Bridgenorth [Map] in captivity: and thence he sent him afterwards to Wallingford, Oxfordshire [Map]; and Hugh to Windsor Castle [Map], whom he ordered to be kept in strong bonds.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1129. Afterwards came the king [aged 61] to England within the harvest: and the earl [aged 25] came with him: and they became as good friends as they were foes before.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1129. In this year sent the King to England [aged 61] after the Earl Waleram [aged 25], and after Hugh, the son of Gervase [aged 31]. And they gave hostages for them. And Hugh went home to his own land in France; but Waleram was left with the king: and the king gave him all his land except his castle alone.

In 1131 Maud Queen Consort Scotland [aged 57] died. Her son [his future brother-in-law] Henry [aged 17] succeeded 3rd Earl Huntingdon, 3rd Earl of Northampton. [his half-sister] Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria [aged 11] by marriage Countess Huntingdon.

On 13th February 1131 [his mother] Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey [aged 46] died.

Around March 1136 Waleran Beaumont 1st Earl of Worcester Count Meulan [aged 32] and Matilda Blois Countess of Worcester [aged 3] were married. She by marriage Countess Worcester. The difference in their ages was 29 years. She the daughter of King Stephen I England [aged 42] and Matilda Flanders [aged 31]. He the son of Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan and Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey. They were third cousin once removed.

Before 1137 [his half-brother] William Warenne 3rd Earl of Surrey [aged 17] and [his sister-in-law] Adela Montgomery Countess of Salisbury and Surrey were married. She the daughter of William "Talvas" Montgomery III Count Ponthieu [aged 43] and Helie Burgundy Countess Ponthieu [aged 56]. He the son of [his step-father] William Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey and [his mother] Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey. They were third cousin once removed.

In 1137 [his wife] Matilda Blois Countess of Worcester [aged 4] died.

In 1138 [his brother] Hugh Beaumont [aged 32] was created 1st Earl Bedford. There is some doubt as to whether this creation existed.

In 1138 Waleran Beaumont 1st Earl of Worcester Count Meulan [aged 34] was created 1st Earl Worcester.

After 1138 [his brother] Hugh Beaumont [deceased] died. Earl Bedford extinct.

On 11th May 1138 [his step-father] William Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey died. His son [his half-brother] William [aged 19] succeeded 3rd Earl Surrey and inherited his estates including Conisbrough Castle [Map]. [his sister-in-law] Adela Montgomery Countess of Salisbury and Surrey by marriage Countess Surrey.

Before 1139 [his brother-in-law] Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria [aged 24] and [his half-sister] Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of [his step-father] William Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey and [his mother] Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey. He the son of King David I of Scotland [aged 54] and Maud Queen Consort Scotland. They were half sixth cousins.

In 1139 [his brother-in-law] Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria [aged 25] was created 1st Earl of Northumbria. [his half-sister] Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria [aged 19] by marriage Countess of Northumbria.

In 1142 Waleran Beaumont 1st Earl of Worcester Count Meulan [aged 38] and Agnes Elizabeth Montfort Countess Worcester were married. She by marriage Countess Worcester. She the daughter of Amaury Montfort Count Évreux. He the son of Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan and Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey. They were fourth cousin once removed.

Around 1142 [his son] Robert Beaumont Count Meulan was born to Waleran Beaumont 1st Earl of Worcester Count Meulan [aged 38] and [his wife] Agnes Elizabeth Montfort Countess Worcester. He married before 1204 his fourth cousin Maud FitzRoy de Dunstanville of Cornwall, daughter of Reginald de Dunstanville Fitzroy 1st Earl Cornwall and Mabel Fitzrichard, and had issue.

On 6th January 1148 [his half-brother] William Warenne 3rd Earl of Surrey [aged 29] died. His daughter [his niece] Isabella [aged 11] succeeded 4th Countess Surrey and inherited his estates including Conisbrough Castle [Map].

On 9th April 1166 Waleran Beaumont 1st Earl of Worcester Count Meulan [aged 62] died. Earl Worcester extinct. His son Robert [aged 24] succeeded Count Meulan.