Amice de Gaël ^{2 3}

  General Notes:

AMICE de Gaël (-31 Aug [1168 or after]). She is named by Orderic Vitalis, who also names her father and specifies that her marriage was arranged by Henry I King of England after she had been betrothed to his deceased son Richard. Heiress of Breteuil. She is said to have become a nun at Nuneaton after her husband's death. The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "II Kal Sep" of "Amicia comitissa Leecestre". The necrology of Lyre monastery records the death "31 Aug" of "Robertus comes Leicestriæ, Amicia comitissa".

Betrothed to RICHARD, illegitimate son of HENRY I King of England & his mistress Ansfride --- (before 1101-drowned off Barfleur, Normandy 25 Nov 1120).

m (after 25 Nov 1120) ROBERT de Beaumont Earl of Leicester "le Bossu", son of ROBERT de Beaumont-le-Roger Comte de Meulan, & his wife Elisabeth de Vermandois [Capet] (1104-5 Apr 1168, bur [Sainte-Marie de Pré]).

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He [Robert Earl of Leicester] married, after November 1120, Amice, daughter of Ralph, SEIGNEUR OF GAEL AND MONTFORT in Brittany, who was son of Ralph, EARL OF NORFOLK, by Emma, daughter of William FITZOSBERN, 1st Earl of Hereford. By this marriage he acquired a large part of the FitzOsbern inheritance in Normandy and England. He died 5 April 1168, and was probably buried in St. Mary de Pré. Amice survived him, and is said to have entered the convent of Nuneaton. [Complete Peerage VII:527-30, XIV:429, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)] ¹

  Death Notes:

As a nun.

Amice married Robert II de Beaumont 2nd Earl of Leicester, son of Robert I de Beaumont Comte de Meulan, 1st Earl of Leicester and Isabelle de Vermandois, after 25 Nov 1120.^{1 2 3} (Robert II de Beaumont 2nd Earl of Leicester was born in 1104,^{1 2 3} died on 5 Apr 1168 ^{1 2 3} and was buried in St. Mary de Pré Priory, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1, GB ¹.)