DE BEAUMONT, Queen Emengarde

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• Name	DE BEAUMONT, Emengarde
  Prefix	Queen
  Birth	Scotland
  Gender	Female
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  Death	4 Feb 1234	Scotland
  Burial	11 Feb 1234	Balmerino, Fife, Scotland
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  Father	BEAUMONT, Viscount Roscelin de ,   b. 1094, Beaumont, Allier, Auvergne, France Beaumont, Allier, Auvergne, Franced. 1176 (Age 82 years)
  Mother	MAINE, Viscountess Constance Maud ,   b. 1098, Selby, Yorkshire, England Selby, Yorkshire, Englandd. 1173, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1135	England
  Notes	MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married 1120 ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 2 Mar 1955, SLAKE.
  Family ID	F16383	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	SCOTLAND, William ,   b. Abt 1134, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotlandd. 4 Dec 1214, Stirling, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	5 Sep 1189	Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
  Children	1 son and 2 daughters
  + 1. SCOTLAND, King Alexander ,   b. 24 Aug 1198, Haddington, Lothian, Scotland Haddington, Lothian, Scotlandd. 8 Jul 1249, Kerrera, Argyleshire, Scotland (Age 50 years)   2. SCOTLAND, Princess Marjory ,   b. Abt 1204, Haddington, Lothian, Scotland Haddington, Lothian, Scotlandd. 17 Nov 1244, Holme Lacey, Hertsfordshire, England (Age 40 years)   3. SCOTLAND, Isabella ,   b. , Haddington, Lothian, Scotland Haddington, Lothian, Scotlandd. Aft Oct 1263
  Family ID	F24360	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Ermengarde was born c. 1170 to Richard I (fr), Viscount of Beaumont-le-Vicomte, Fresnay and Ste-Suzanne (died aft. 1199, bur. Etival), and wife (m. bef. 1177) Lucie de l'Aigle (fr) (died aft. 1217), daughter of Richard II de l'Aigle.[1] Her father was the son of Roscelin, Viscount of Beaumont (fr) (died ca. 1176) and wife (m. 1122) Constance or Maud FitzRoy, illegitimate daughter of King Henry I of England. She married William I of Scotland at the royal chapel at Woodstock Palace near Oxford in England on 5 September 1186 by Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury. The marriage was arranged by King Henry of England, who was at the time the acknowledged overlord of Scotland: William considered her status beneath him, but agreed after Henry offered to pay for the entire wedding, land valued at 100 merks and 40 knight’s fees, and to return the castles that he had forfeited, one of them being Edinburgh. The chronicler Walter Bower described Ermengarde as ‘an extraordinary woman, gifted with a charming and witty eloquence’. Though William had many lovers before his marriage, he was reportedly never unfaithful to her after their wedding. The relatives of Ermengarde benefited from her status as Queen. She is recorded to have presided with the Bishop of St. Andrews over a complex court case. In 1207, there was a complaint by a canon that a royal chaplain obtained the bishopric of Glasgow by bribing the King and the Queen. Queen Ermengarde is credited with mediating a renegotiation of the 1209 treaty, probably due to her husband’s incapacity. Due to the illness of William, Ermengarde took over some of his duties during his later years, and there is evidence that she wielded considerable influence in public affairs. In 1212, she accompanied William with their children to King John of England to secure the succession of their son Alexander. Ermengarde was described as distraught and lethargic over her husband’s death in 1214. As Queen Dowager, she devoted her time to the foundation of a Cistercian abbey at Balmerino in Fife. It was completed in 1229, and she often visited it as a guest with her son Alexander. She stayed at the abbey many times. Children[edit] Margaret of Scotland (1193–1259). Married Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent. Isabella of Scotland (1195–1253). Married Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk. Alexander II of Scotland (1198–1249). Marjorie of Scotland (1200–1244). Married Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke. She died on 12 February 1233/1234, and was buried at St Edward of Balmerino Abbey, Fife.