Henry de Beaumont Earl of Warwick 1st

   Another name for Henry was Henry de Beaumont Earl of Warwick 1st.

  General Notes:

Pedigree given The Inquisitions Post Mortem for the County of Worcester, Part I, pg. vii ⁷⁴⁹

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁷⁴⁸
Henry de Newburgh, aslo known as Henry de Beaumont, was the younger brother of Robert, Count of Meulan, and both were sons of Roger de Beaumont, Snigneur de Pontaudemer, by Adeline, sister of Hugh and daughter of Waleran, each who were the Count of Meulan.

Henry was born about 1046. He was called "a brave Knight" in 1066, although it does not appear that he was present at the battle of Hastings. He was Constable of Warwick Castle in 1068 and Councillor to William the Conqueror in 1079. He was a Baron of the Exchequer of Normandy in 12 Apr 1980, and lived mostly in Normandy. He received a grant of the vast possessions in Warwickshire of the Saxon Noble, Thurkill of Arden from William II in about 1090, and given the titled of Earl of Warwick. Being a friend and companion of Henry, aftwards to become Henry I, he worked in 1100 to making Henry the next king, and was one of the few who remained faithful to him in 1101. Some time before 1100, he married Margaret, the elder daughter of Geoffry II, Count of Perche, by Deatrice, daughter of Hilduin IV, Count of Montdidier and Rouch. He died on 20 Jun 1124 and was buried with his ancestors in the Abbey of Preaux near Pont Audemer in Normand. His widoe survied him almost year, and was living in 2 Henry II (1156) when she was a benefactress to the Kinghts Templars.
~The Complete Peerage of England, Vol. VIII, 1896 edition, pgs. 52-53

Henry married Marguerite de Perche, daughter of Geoffrey Seigneur de Mortaigne Comté de Perche and Béatrix de Montdidier.⁷⁴⁸ (Marguerite de Perche was born in Normandy, France and died after 1153 in Normandy, France ⁷⁴⁸.)