Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester
Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester | |
|---|---|
| Chief Justiciar of England | |
| In office October 1155 – 5 April 1168 | |
| Monarch | Henry II |
| Preceded by | Roger, Bishop of Salisbury |
| Succeeded by | Richard de Luci |
| Lord High Steward | |
| In office 1154–1168 | |
| Monarch | Henry II |
| Succeeded by | The 3rd Earl of Leicester |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1104 |
| Died | 5 April 1168 Brackley |
| Spouse | Amice de Gael |
| Relations | Waleran de Beaumont, twin brother |
| Children | Hawise, Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester, Isabel, Margaret |
| Parent(s) | Robert de Beaumont, Count of Meulan and 1st Earl of Leicester, and Elizabeth de Vermandois |
Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (1104 – 5 April 1168) was Justiciar of England 1155–1168.
The surname "de Beaumont" was given to him by genealogists. The only known contemporary surname applied to him is "Robert son of Count Robert". Henry Knighton, a fourteenth-century chronicler, calls him Robert "Le Bossu" (meaning "Robert the Hunchback" in French). The manuscript Genelogies of the Erles of Lecestre and Chester states that he was "surnamed Boissu", and mentions him by the names Robert Boissu, Robert Beamond and Robert Beaumonde.