Roger de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1102 – 12 June 1153) was the elder son of Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick

Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick

Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick was a Norman nobleman. Henry was the younger son of Roger de Beaumont and Adeline of Meulan, daughter of Waleran I, Count of Meulan. He was given by his father the modest lordship of Le Neubourg, in central Normandy...

 and Marguerite, daughter of Geoffrey II of Perche and Beatrix of Montdidier. He was also known as Roger de Newburg.

He was generally considered to have been a devout and pious man; a chronicle of the period, the Gesta Regis Stephani, speaks of him as a "man of gentle disposition". The borough of Warwick

Warwick

Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England. The town lies upon the River Avon, south of Coventry and just west of Leamington Spa and Whitnash with which it is conjoined. As of the 2001 United Kingdom census, it had a population of 23,350...

 remembers him as the founder of the Hospital of S. Michael for lepers which he endowed with the tithes of Wedgnock, and other property; he also endowed the House of the Templars

Knights Templar

The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon , commonly known as the Knights Templar, the Order of the Temple or simply as Templars, were among the most famous of the Western Christian military orders...

 beyond the bridge. In the reign of Stephen

Stephen of England

Stephen , often referred to as Stephen of Blois , was a grandson of William the Conqueror. He was King of England from 1135 to his death, and also the Count of Boulogne by right of his wife. Stephen's reign was marked by the Anarchy, a civil war with his cousin and rival, the Empress Matilda...

 he founded a priory dedicated to S. Kenned at Llangennilth, Co. Glamorgan

Glamorgan

Glamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It was originally an early medieval kingdom of varying boundaries known as Glywysing until taken over by the Normans as a lordship. Glamorgan is latterly represented by the three...

 and he attached it as a cell to the Abbey of S. Taurinus at Evreux

Évreux

Évreux is a commune in the Eure department, of which it is the capital, in Haute Normandie in northern France.-History:In late Antiquity, the town, attested in the fourth century CE, was named Mediolanum Aulercorum, "the central town of the Aulerci", the Gallic tribe then inhabiting the area...

 in Normandy

Normandy

Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...

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Family and children

He married 1130 Gundred de Warenne, daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey

William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey

William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey was the son of William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey and his first wife Gundred. He is more often referred to as Earl Warenne or Earl of Warenne than as Earl of Surrey....

 and Elizabeth de Vermandois

Elizabeth de Vermandois

Elizabeth de Vermandois may refer to:* Elizabeth of Vermandois , daughter of Hugh of Vermandois, granddaughter of Henry I of France and wife of Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester...

 and had children:

1. William de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Warwick
   William de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Warwick
   William de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Warwick was an English nobleman.He inherited the earldom from Roger de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Warwick. He died, probably on Crusade, in 1184, and was succeeded by his brother Waleran de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Warwick....
   
   .
2. Waleran de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Warwick
   Waleran de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Warwick
   Waleran de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Warwick was the younger son of Roger de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Warwick and Gundred de Warrenne, daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey and Elizabeth de Vermandois...
   
     (1153 – 12 December 1204).
3. Henry de Beaumont, was Dean of Salisbury
   Salisbury
   Salisbury is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England and the only city in the county. It is the second largest settlement in the county...
   
    in 1205.
4. Agnes de Beaumont, married Geoffrey de Clinton, Chamberlain
   Chamberlain (office)
   A chamberlain is an officer in charge of managing a household. In many countries there are ceremonial posts associated with the household of the sovereign....
   
    to the King and son of Geoffrey de Clinton
   Geoffrey de Clinton
   Geoffrey de Clinton was an Anglo-Norman noble, chamberlain and treasurer to King Henry I of England. He was foremost amongst the men king Henry "raised from the dust". He married Lescelina.-Life:Clinton's family origins are a little obscure...
   
   , the founder of Kenilworth Castle
   Kenilworth Castle
   Kenilworth Castle is located in the town of the same name in Warwickshire, England. Constructed from Norman through to Tudor times, the castle has been described by architectural historian Anthony Emery as "the finest surviving example of a semi-royal palace of the later middle ages, significant...
   
    and Priory.
5. Margaret de Beaumont.
6. Gundred de Beaumont (c.1135–1200), married:
   1. Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk
      Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk
      Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk was born in Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England.He was the second son of Roger Bigod , Sheriff of Norfolk, who founded the Bigod name in England...
      
      ;
   2. Roger de Glanville.