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| Father | Thorold / Turold de Pont-Audemer3 b. circa 949, d. circa 1040 | |
| Mother | Wevia de Crépon4 b. 952, d. 990 | |
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| Biography* | Humphrey (or Honfroy, Onfroi or Umfrid) de Vieilles (died c. 1050) was the first holder of the "grand honneur" of Beaumont-le-Roger, one of the most important groups of domains in eastern Normandy and the founder of the House of Beaumont. He was married to Albreda or Alberée de la Haye Auberie. His early life and origins are the subject of much discussion. As reported by later Norman chronicler Robert of Torigni, he was son of Thorold de Pont-Audemer and grandson of a Torf, from whose name derived that of the village of Tourville-sur-Pont-Audemer. Humphrey's mother, according to Robert of Torigni, was Duvelina, sister of Gunnor, concubine of Richard I, Duke of Normandy. Thus Humphrey and his Beaumont descendants were kinsmen of the Norman Dukes and other members of the early Anglo-Norman nobility similarly descended from Gunnor's kindred. His ancestry remains controversial. Whatever the truth, there is no doubt that Humphrey is descended--at least in part--from a Scandinavian family. Besides Beaumont-le-Roger, he had lands dispersed through the whole of Normandy, in Cotentin, in Hiémois, in the Pays d'Auge, in Basse Seine (Vatteville-la-Rue), in Évrecin (Normanville) and in Vexin normand (Bouafles). These lands originated in the favour of the dukes Richard II and Robert II, from confiscated church lands. The "honneur" of Beaumont was, for example, constituted from the remains of the lands of the abbey of Bernay. The abbot of Bernay, Raoul, parent of Humphrey, would have entrusted to him between 1027 and 1040, part of the heritage of his monastery. Like other lords of the beginning of the 11th century, like the family of Bellême, he increased the family's power by recovering or winning of ecclesiastical lands. On the other hand, the possessions around Pont-Audemer came to him by family inheritance. In 1034, he 'founded' (or, rather, restored) the monastery at Préaux, a few kilometres from Pont-Audemer, with monks from the Saint-Wandrille. He also held Bernay Abbey By contrast, the possessions around Pont-Audemer are from the heritage of his ancestors. During the minority of Duke William the Bastard, Roger I of Tosny, holder of the "honneur" of Conches, attacked Humphrey's domains. But around 1040, Humphrey's son, Roger de Beaumont, met and defeated Roger in battle, during which Roger of Tosny was killed. His descendants were: His known children by his wife Albreda or Alberée de la Haye Auberie: Robert, the elder, assassinated by Roger de Clères after 1066 and buried at the abbey of Saint-Pierre de Préaux; Roger de Beaumont, known as le Barbe († 1094), who succeeded his father. Henri de Beaumont fights Roger de Toesny with his brother Roger, sent by his father in 1040. Dunelma (perhaps a corrupted form of Duvelina, the name of her grandmother) sister of Roger of Beaumont and mother of a daughter who was a nun at Saint-Léger de Préaux One other possible child: Guillaume de Beaumont, Monk at the abbey of Saint-Pierre de Préaux5 | |
| Name Variation | Honfroi "Humphrey" de Beaumont2 | |
| Marriage | Principal=Auberee de la Haye2 | |
| Birth* | 980 | Pont-Audemer, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France2 |
| Death* | 28 September 1044 | Normandel, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France2 |
| Family | Auberee de la Haye | |
| Children | 1. | Roger de Beaumont |
| 2. | Albreda de Preaux | |
| Last Edited | 28 Jan 2021 |
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