Robert de Neubourg
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Robert I de Neubourg[1] (1100-1159)[2] was an Anglo-Norman aristocrat.
He was the fourth son of Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick, and inherited his father's Normandy lands, holding Neubourg[3] from Waleran de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Worcester, a Beaumont family cousin, as Comte de Meulan[4]. He was Sire du Ponteaudemer, and acquired other lands at Winfrith, Dorset [5]. He took part in the Norman rebellion of 1118-9, against Henry I of England, around William Clito. The immediate issue was a conflict with his feudal overlord, Waleran. He rebelled for a short time only,[6], being burnt out of Neubourg. It was only in the early 1140s that Robert and Waleran resolved their difficulties formally.
Later he was steward, justiciar[7] and seneschal of Normandy under Henry II of England.[8]
[edit] Family
He married Godehildis de Toni (or Conches)[9]
Robert II of Neubourg (c.1175-c.1260) was his grandson.[10]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Neufbourg, Novoburgo, Newburgh, Newburg, Newberg, Newborough.
- ^ [1] gives 1101-1158.
- ^ Today Le Neubourg, near Louviers, Eure.
- ^ [2]
- ^ [3]
- ^ [4]
- ^ [5]
- ^ [6]; called also Godeheut de Toeni, Godelbreda, Godechilde[7]; but some biographical information about her in chronicles has been questioned.
- ^ [8]
