Ermengarde de Beaumont

Ermengarde de Beaumont ( c. 1170–1233/1234), was a Queen Consort of the Kingdom of Scotland.

Life

Ermengarde was born c. 1170 to Richard I, Viscount de Beaumont-le-Vicomte, de Fresnay et de Ste-Suzanne (died aft. 1199, bur. Etival), and wife (m. bef. 1177) Lucie de l'Aigle (died aft. 1217), daughter of Richard II de l'Aigle. Her father was the son of Roscelin, Viscount de Beaumont (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 Woodstock Palace on 5 September 1186. They had four children:

• 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.

Ancestry

Family of Ermengarde de Beaumont

16. Hubert, Viscount of Beaumont and Maine 8. Ralph VII, Viscount of Beaumont 17. Ermengarde de Nevers 4. Roscelin, Viscount of Beaumont 18. Guy II de Laval 9. Adenor? de Laval 19. Denise de Mortain 2. Richard I, Viscount of Beaumont 20. William I of England 10. Henry I of England 21. Matilda of Flanders 5. Constance or Maud FitzRoy 1. Ermengarde de Beaumont 24. Gilbert de l'Aigle, Count of Perche 12. Richard I de l'Aigle 25. Julienne du Perche 6. Richard II de l'Aigle 13. Beatrice 3. Lucie de l'Aigle 7. Edelina

References

• Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy

External links

• Her profile in Peerage.com