Ermengarde de Beaumont

Ermengarde de Beaumont (d. 1233), queen of William I of Scotland. Married to William the Lion on 5 December 1186, she was chosen for him by Henry II, then overlord of Scotland. Her father was one of Henry's French vassals, Richard, vicomte of Beaumont-sur-Sarthe. During her long widowhood from 1214 she founded the Cistercian abbey of Balmerino (Fife), where she was buried.

Ermengarde de Beaumont was Queen Consort of the Kingdom of Scotland.

Ermengarde was born c. 1170 to Richard I, Viscount de Beaumont and his wife Constance FitzRoy, illegitimate daughter of 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 Balmerino Abbey, Fife.

Preceded by Maud, 2nd Countess of Huntingdon

Queen consort of Scotland 1186 - 1214

Succeeded by Joan of England

References

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

External links

• Her profile in Peerage.com

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