de Gael, Amice de Montfort
1108 - 1168 (60 years)-
Name de Gael, Amice [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Suffix de Montfort Birth 1108 Montfort, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France 
[1, 3, 4] Gender Female Appointments / Titles Countess of Leicester FSID L8YM-JSK [5, 6, 7, 8, 9] Death 31 Aug 1168 Leicester, Leicestershire, England [1, 3] Burial Aft 31 Aug 1168 Leicestershire, England [1, 3] Person ID I35506 The Thoma Family Last Modified 20 Sep 2023
Family ID F14121 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family de Beaumont, Robert, b. 1104, Leicester, Leicestershire, England d. 5 Apr 1168, Leicester, Leicestershire, England (Age 64 years) Children 1. de Beaumont, Hawise, b. 1129, Leicester, Leicestershire, England d. 9 Dec 1208, Dudley, Worcestershire, England (Age 79 years) [natural]Family ID F14120 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Sep 2023
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Event Map 
Birth - 1108 - Montfort, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France 
Death - 31 Aug 1168 - Leicester, Leicestershire, England 
Burial - Aft 31 Aug 1168 - Leicestershire, England = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - She was betrothed to Richard, son of Henry I of England, but he died in the White Ship Disaster, she then became a nun.
Heiress of Breteuil
(a) AMICE de Gaël (-31 Aug [1168 or after], bur Eton). 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[907]. Heiress of Breteuil. She is said to have become a nun at Nuneaton after her husband's death[908]. The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "II Kal Sep" of "Amicia comitissa Leecestre"[909]. The necrology of Garendon abbey (Leicestershire) records the death “pridie Non Apr...in die Sancti Ambrosii” of “Robertus comes Leyc fundator huius abbatie”, and “die Sancti Egidii abbatis” of “Amicia uxor eiusdem Roberti” and her burial “in monasterio prioratus monialium de Etona”[910]. The necrology of Lyre monastery records the death "31 Aug" of "Robertus comes Leicestriæ, Amicia comitissa"[911]. 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 Leicester Abbey).
http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#AmiceGaeldiedafter1168
- She was betrothed to Richard, son of Henry I of England, but he died in the White Ship Disaster, she then became a nun.
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