Petronilla de Grandmesnil
- Born: Abt 1134
- Marriage: Sir Robert de Beaumont 3rd Earl of Leicester 529
- Died: 1 Apr 1212, Leicester, Leicestershire, England about age 78 141,529
 Another name for Petronilla was Pernell de Grantmesnil.
General Notes:
Weis' Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 8th Edition, 53:26, identifies her as the daughter of Hugh de Grandmesnil, and the great-granddaughter of Hugh de Grandmesnil, a Companion of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings. 160
~Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, (Appendix D , Vol. VII, p.717). (Leicester, p.533). She took an active part with her husband in his rebellious activities. She outlived Robert by 22 years. She was granted the market and bridge at Ware for life in 1207/8. 141
~Henry I, p. 174, calls Petronilla, the heiress of the Norman honor of Grandmesnil, and the granddughter of Ivo. 160
~England Under the Angevin Kings, by Kate Norgate, p. 138, also called Petronilla the grand daughter of Ivo de Grandmesnil. 961
Petronilla married Sir Robert de Beaumont 3rd Earl of Leicester, son of Robert de Beaumont Earl of Leicester and Amice de Gael.529 (Sir Robert de Beaumont 3rd Earl of Leicester was born after 1135 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England 529 and died in 1190 in Durazzo, Greece 529.)
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