Person:Petronilla de Grandmesnil (1)
Petronilla de Grandmesnil, Countess of Leicester
b.Abt 1145 Leicester, Leicestershire, England
d.1 Apr 1212 Leicester, Leicestershire, England
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  1. Petronilla de Grandmesnil, Countess of LeicesterAbt 1145 - 1212
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m. Est 1154
  1. Amice de Beaumont, Countess of LeicesterEst 1155 - 1215
  2. Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of LeicesterEst 1157 - Abt 1204
  3. William de BeaumontEst 1159 - Abt 1190
  4. Roger de BeaumontEst 1162 - 1202
  5. Pernelle de BeaumontEst 1165 -
  6. Margaret de Beaumont, Countess of WinchesterEst 1167 - 1235
  7. Hawise de BeaumontEst 1170 -
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Name Petronilla de Grandmesnil, Countess of Leicester
Alt Name Petronille _____
Alt Name Pernel _____
Alt Name Pernell _____
Alt Name Pernelle _____
Gender Female
Birth? Abt 1145 Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Marriage Est 1154 to Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester
Death[2] 1 Apr 1212 Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Burial? Leicester, Leicestershire, EnglandLeicester Abbey
Reference Number? Q7179034?


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Petronilla de Grandmesnil, Countess of Leicester ( unknown– 1212) was the wife of Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester, known as "Blanchmains" (d. 1190). After a long widowhood, she was buried in Leicester Abbey after her death on 1 April 1212.

The chronicler Jordan Fantosme wrote that Earl Robert and his wife Petronilla were participants in the 1173–1174 rebellion of Henry "the Young King" against King Henry II, his father. Jordan claimed that Earl Robert participated because of grievances against King Henry and credits dismissive remarks about the English who were fighting on the king's side to the countess: "The English are great boasters, but poor fighters; they are better at quaffing great tankards and guzzling." Countess Petronilla accompanied her husband on his military campaign against English troops under the command of the earl of Arundel and Humphrey III de Bohun. During the final showdown, she is said to have fled from the battle, only to be found in a ditch. "The earl’s wife wanted to drown herself, when Simon of Odell saw to pulling her out: ‛My lady, come away from this place, and abandon your design! War is all a question of losing and winning." She was noted as wearing male armour when captured. She was wearing a mail hauberk with a sword and a shield. Earl Robert was also captured and his holdings were confiscated. Countess Petronilla was released and during the earl's continued imprisonment he wrote to her asking that she discharge the bequests stated in his father's will.

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References
  1.   Petronilla de Grandmesnil, countess of Leicester, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ PERNEL [Petronille] (-1 Apr 1212)., in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
  3.   Pernel Grandmesnil, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  4.   Cawley suggests that she is the daughter of either Hugues or his sister Agnes. Wikipedia suggests that her father was William.
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