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Robert de Beaumont, earl of Leicester

English noble

Also known as: Robert de Beaumont

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opposition to Roger of Salisbury

In United Kingdom: Matilda and Stephen
…Beaumont family, headed by the Earl of Leicester, and their allies, who formed a powerful court faction. They planned the downfall of the bishops, and, when a council meeting was held at Oxford in June 1139, they seized on the opportunity provided by a brawl in which some of Roger’s…
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