Robert de Neubourg

Robert I de Neubourg[1] (died 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 (today Le Neubourg, near Louviers, Eure) from Waleran de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Worcester, a Beaumont family cousin, as Comte de Meulan.[3] He was Sire du Ponteaudemer, and acquired other lands at Winfrith, Dorset.[citation needed] He took part in the Norman rebellion of 1118–1119, 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,[4] 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[5] and seneschal of Normandy under Henry II of England.[6]

Family

He married Godehildis de Tosny (or Conches). William of Jumièges mentions this marriage and states that she was the daughter of Raoul II de Tosny[7][8] His eldest son Henry de Neubourg (c. 1130 - 1214) inherited his lands in Normandy, while his younger son Roger de Newburgh (c. 1135 - 1192) inherited his lands in Dorset.[9] Roger was responsible for the relocation of Bindon Abbey to Wool. Henry's lands were inherited by his brother Roger's son, Robert II de Neubourg (c. 1175 – c. 1260).

Notes

  1. ^ Neufbourg, Novoburgo, Newburgh, Newburg, Newberg, Newborough.
  2. ^ http://usgenealogy.net/cgi-bin/geneweb.cgi?b=Isabelladc;i=43683 gives 1101–1158.
  3. ^ Banks/Dean Genealogy - Person Page 321
  4. ^ PDF[dead link‍]
  5. ^ Information on de Neubourg, Robert, Steward of Normandy
  6. ^ http://www.southfarm.plus.com/pl_tree/ps14/ps14_076.htm [dead link‍]
  7. ^ William of Jumièges - Histoire des Normands, par Guillaume de Jumiège. — Vie de Guillaume-Le-Conquérant, par Guillaume de Poitiers. — published in 1826 within Collection des Mémoires Relatifs à l’histoire De France. Depuis la Fondation de la Monarchie Française jusqu’au 13e Siècle, by M. Guizot, Professeur D’histoire Moderne A L’académie De Paris (Chez J.-L.-J. Brière, Libraire, Rue Saint-André-Des-Arts, No. 68). Page 308: "Il prit pour femme la sœur de Roger du Ternois, fille de Raoul II, nommée Godechilde" (Note: William of Jumièges used the spelling 'de Ternois' and 'de Toëni' for the 'de Tosny' family)
  8. ^ http://www.southfarm.plus.com/pl_tree/ps36/ps36_380.htm; but some biographical information about her in chronicles has been questioned.
  9. ^ There does not appear to be any direct evidence relating Roger de Newburgh to Robert de Neubourg, but a reference in Kirby's Quest (1284) makes it plausible. This reference (see [1]) shows that part of Hasler Hundred in Dorset had been owned by the Newburgh family "since time immemorial". And Domesday Book shows that Robert's grandfather, Roger de Beaumont had owned three manors in Hasler Hundred, Creech, Steeple and Church Knowle. This is quite strong circumstantial evidence of a relationship.