ROSCELIN de Beaumont

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RAOUL [VI] de Beaumont, son of HUBERT Vicomte du Maine et de Beaumont & his wife Ermengarde de Nevers (-14 Jan [1120/25], bur Etival). "Hubertus vicecomes" donated "capellam…Sancti Floscelli martiris…in urbe Cenomannica" to Saint-Vincent du Mans, for the souls of "uxoris Ermengardis et filiorum suorum Radulfi, Huberti atque Guillelmi", by charter dated to [1080/95], witnessed by "uxor eius Armengardis et filii eorum Radulfus, Hubertus atque Willelmus, Goffridus suus patruus…", and adding that "post mortem patris in tempore quadragesimo…Radulfus cum matre Ermingarde et fratre Huberto Cennomannis" confirmed the donation[702]. "Hucbertus…Cenomannensium vicecomes" confirmed the possession of the chapel of Saint-Aubin at Lude by the abbey of Saint-Aubin d´Angers, with the consent of "Hermengardis vicecomitisse, Radulfi, Herberti, Guillelmi, Dionisii", by charter dated to [1090][703]. Vicomte de Beaumont, de Fresnay et de Sainte-Suzanne. "Radulfus vicecomes" restored "canonicatum Frederniaci castri" to Angers Saint-Aubin by charter dated to [1082/1107][704]. “Vicecomes Radulfus” recognised the rights of Angers Saint-Aubin over “ecclesia S. Leonardi”, with the consent of “Roscelinus, Radulfus, Gervasius filii vicecomitis”, by charter dated 1112[705]. The necrology of Le Mans Cathedral records the death "XVII Kal Feb" of "R[adulfus] vicecomes Bellimontis"[706].

m (1095) --- de Laval, daughter of [GUY [II] Seigneur de Laval] & his [first/second] wife [---/Denise de Mortain]. A charter of the monks of Saint-Vincent du Mans dated 24 May 1095 records the donation by "bonæ memoriæ Huberti vicecomitis…filius…Radulfus", adding that this was the year in which he married "sororem Widonis de Valle"[707]. In that year Guy [II] is recorded as Seigneur de Laval. However, he would then have been too old to have had a sister of marriageable age, assuming that the 11 Nov 1039 charter in which he is named is correctly dated. It is therefore more likely that the wife of Raoul [VII] Vicomte du Maine was the daughter not sister of Guy [II]. It is also possible that the charter in question was written later than 1095. If that is correct, Guy [III] may by then have been sire de Laval and Raoul´s wife could have been described as "sororem Widonis de Valle" to indicate the current sire de Laval rather than the sire de Laval when she married. If Raoul´s wife was the daughter of Guy [II], she must have been born from either his first or second marriage.

Raoul [VI] & his wife had five children

1. ROSCELIN de Beaumont (-[1173/76]). “Vicecomes Radulfus” recognised the rights of Angers Saint-Aubin over “ecclesia S. Leonardi”, with the consent of “Roscelinus, Radulfus, Gervasius filii vicecomitis”, by charter dated 1112[708]. He succeeded his father as Vicomte de Beaumont. "Roscelinus vicecomes Bellimontis…cum Radulpho fratre suo" donated revenue from a mill to the abbey of Saint-Aubin d´Angers, for "filiis suis Richardo et Guillelmo", by charter dated 1156[709]. "Rosselinus vicecomes Cenomannus…et Richardus filius eius" donated property to Cluny, with the support of "Constantia vicecomitissa", by charter dated 1173[710].

m CONSTANCE [Matilda], illegitimate daughter of HENRY I King of England & his mistress --- (-after 1173). Robert of Torigny names "Mathildem filiam notham primi Henrici regis Anglorum" as wife of "Roscelini vicecomitis Cenomannensis"[711]. Orderic Vitalis records the marriage of Roscelin Vicomte du Mans and Constance illegitimate daughter of King Henry I[712]. "Rosselinus vicecomes Cenomannus…et Richardus filius eius" donated property to Cluny, with the support of "Constantia vicecomitissa", by charter dated 1173[713].

Roscelin & his wife had four children:

a) RICHARD [I] de Beaumont

b) GUILLAUME de Beaumont

c) RAOUL de Beaumont BIshop of Angers

d) CONSTANCE de Beaumont