Waleran de Beaumont, Count of Meulan, 1st Earl of Worcester , was the son of Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester and Elizabeth de Vermandois, and the twin brother of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester. He is not referred to by any surname in a contemporary document other than 'Waleran son of Count Robert'.
Waleran was born in 1104, the eldest of twin sons of Robert de Beaumont, count of Meulan, who was also to become earl of Leicester in 1107. On their father's death in June 1118, the boys came into the wardship of King Henry I of England. They remained in his care till late in 1120 when they were declared adult and allowed to succeed to their father's lands by a division already arranged between the king and their father before his death. By the arrangement, Waleran succeeded to the county of Meulan upriver on the Seine from the Norman border, and the principal family Norman honors of Beaumont and Pont Audemer. His great possessions included the forest of Brotonne, which was centered on his castle of Vatteville on the left bank of the Seine. As part of the family arrangement, Waleran also received a large estate in Dorset centered on the manor of Sturminster Marshall.
He married, firstly, Matilda, daughter of King Stephen of England and Matilda of Boulogne, Countess de Boulogne, about March 1136. She died in 1137 aged only four. He married, secondly, Agnes de Montfort, daughter of Amaury III de Montfort, Count of Evreux, and Agnes de Garlande, in 1141/2.
His children with Agnes de Montfort (the boys as they appear in order in his 1165 charter to Gournay priory):
Robert de Beaumont, Count of Meulan.
Isabelle de Meulan (d. 10 May 1220), married twice:
1. ca 1161 Geoffroy, lord of Mayenne;
2. ca 1170 Maurice II, lord of Craon.
Waleran de Meulan
Amaury de Meulan, lord of Gournay-sur-Marne.
Roger de Meulan or Beaumont, viscount of Evreux.
Raoul (Ralph) de Meulan.
Etienne (Stephen) de Meulan.
Mary de Meulan.
Twenty days before his death he entered the abbey of St Peter of Préaux, the ancestral abbey of his family south of Pont Audemer in Normandy, and died as a monk there on 9 or 10 April 1166. He was buried in its chapter house alongside several other family members
Waleran was born in 1104, the eldest of twin sons of Robert de Beaumont, count of Meulan, who was also to become earl of Leicester in 1107. On their father's death in June 1118, the boys came into the wardship of King Henry I of England. They remained in his care till late in 1120 when they were declared adult and allowed to succeed to their father's lands by a division already arranged between the king and their father before his death. By the arrangement, Waleran succeeded to the county of Meulan upriver on the Seine from the Norman border, and the principal family Norman honors of Beaumont and Pont Audemer. His great possessions included the forest of Brotonne, which was centered on his castle of Vatteville on the left bank of the Seine. As part of the family arrangement, Waleran also received a large estate in Dorset centered on the manor of Sturminster Marshall.
He married, firstly, Matilda, daughter of King Stephen of England and Matilda of Boulogne, Countess de Boulogne, about March 1136. She died in 1137 aged only four. He married, secondly, Agnes de Montfort, daughter of Amaury III de Montfort, Count of Evreux, and Agnes de Garlande, in 1141/2.
His children with Agnes de Montfort (the boys as they appear in order in his 1165 charter to Gournay priory):
Robert de Beaumont, Count of Meulan.
Isabelle de Meulan (d. 10 May 1220), married twice:
1. ca 1161 Geoffroy, lord of Mayenne;
2. ca 1170 Maurice II, lord of Craon.
Waleran de Meulan
Amaury de Meulan, lord of Gournay-sur-Marne.
Roger de Meulan or Beaumont, viscount of Evreux.
Raoul (Ralph) de Meulan.
Etienne (Stephen) de Meulan.
Mary de Meulan.
Twenty days before his death he entered the abbey of St Peter of Préaux, the ancestral abbey of his family south of Pont Audemer in Normandy, and died as a monk there on 9 or 10 April 1166. He was buried in its chapter house alongside several other family members
Waleran de Beaumont, Count of Meulan, 1st Earl of Worcester , was the son of Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester and Elizabeth de Vermandois, and the twin brother of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester. He is not referred to by any surname in a contemporary document other than 'Waleran son of Count Robert'.
Waleran was born in 1104, the eldest of twin sons of Robert de Beaumont, count of Meulan, who was also to become earl of Leicester in 1107. On their father's death in June 1118, the boys came into the wardship of King Henry I of England. They remained in his care till late in 1120 when they were declared adult and allowed to succeed to their father's lands by a division already arranged between the king and their father before his death. By the arrangement, Waleran succeeded to the county of Meulan upriver on the Seine from the Norman border, and the principal family Norman honors of Beaumont and Pont Audemer. His great possessions included the forest of Brotonne, which was centered on his castle of Vatteville on the left bank of the Seine. As part of the family arrangement, Waleran also received a large estate in Dorset centered on the manor of Sturminster Marshall.
He married, firstly, Matilda, daughter of King Stephen of England and Matilda of Boulogne, Countess de Boulogne, about March 1136. She died in 1137 aged only four. He married, secondly, Agnes de Montfort, daughter of Amaury III de Montfort, Count of Evreux, and Agnes de Garlande, in 1141/2.
His children with Agnes de Montfort (the boys as they appear in order in his 1165 charter to Gournay priory):
Robert de Beaumont, Count of Meulan.
Isabelle de Meulan (d. 10 May 1220), married twice:
1. ca 1161 Geoffroy, lord of Mayenne;
2. ca 1170 Maurice II, lord of Craon.
Waleran de Meulan
Amaury de Meulan, lord of Gournay-sur-Marne.
Roger de Meulan or Beaumont, viscount of Evreux.
Raoul (Ralph) de Meulan.
Etienne (Stephen) de Meulan.
Mary de Meulan.
Twenty days before his death he entered the abbey of St Peter of Préaux, the ancestral abbey of his family south of Pont Audemer in Normandy, and died as a monk there on 9 or 10 April 1166. He was buried in its chapter house alongside several other family members
Waleran was born in 1104, the eldest of twin sons of Robert de Beaumont, count of Meulan, who was also to become earl of Leicester in 1107. On their father's death in June 1118, the boys came into the wardship of King Henry I of England. They remained in his care till late in 1120 when they were declared adult and allowed to succeed to their father's lands by a division already arranged between the king and their father before his death. By the arrangement, Waleran succeeded to the county of Meulan upriver on the Seine from the Norman border, and the principal family Norman honors of Beaumont and Pont Audemer. His great possessions included the forest of Brotonne, which was centered on his castle of Vatteville on the left bank of the Seine. As part of the family arrangement, Waleran also received a large estate in Dorset centered on the manor of Sturminster Marshall.
He married, firstly, Matilda, daughter of King Stephen of England and Matilda of Boulogne, Countess de Boulogne, about March 1136. She died in 1137 aged only four. He married, secondly, Agnes de Montfort, daughter of Amaury III de Montfort, Count of Evreux, and Agnes de Garlande, in 1141/2.
His children with Agnes de Montfort (the boys as they appear in order in his 1165 charter to Gournay priory):
Robert de Beaumont, Count of Meulan.
Isabelle de Meulan (d. 10 May 1220), married twice:
1. ca 1161 Geoffroy, lord of Mayenne;
2. ca 1170 Maurice II, lord of Craon.
Waleran de Meulan
Amaury de Meulan, lord of Gournay-sur-Marne.
Roger de Meulan or Beaumont, viscount of Evreux.
Raoul (Ralph) de Meulan.
Etienne (Stephen) de Meulan.
Mary de Meulan.
Twenty days before his death he entered the abbey of St Peter of Préaux, the ancestral abbey of his family south of Pont Audemer in Normandy, and died as a monk there on 9 or 10 April 1166. He was buried in its chapter house alongside several other family members
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