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- Amicia was the second daughter and coheiress of William, the Second
Earl of Gloucester, who was the son of Robert the Consul, the Earl of
Mellent, who was created in 1109, the Earl of Gloucester, said Robert
being the natural son of King Henry I by Elizabeth De Bellomont,
daughter of Robert, Earl of Mellent. Robert, Earl of Mellent, was
created in 1103, the Earl of Leicester. His wife (mother of Elizabeth
De Bellomont) Elizabeth (or Isabel) De Vermandois, was the daughter of
Hugh Magnus, a son of Henry I, King of France. Amecia, wife of Richard
De Clare, was the sister of King John's divorced wife. Amecia's
mother, wife of William, the Second Earl of Gloucester (above), was
the daughter of Robert-bossu de Bellomont, or Beaumont, second Earl of
Leicester
(Source: Billy Polk)
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