Ermengarde de Beaumont

Ermengarde de Beaumont
Queen consort of Alba (Scotland)
Tenure1186–1214
Bornc. 1170
Died12 February 1233(1233-02-12) (aged 62–63) or
12 February 1234(1234-02-12) (aged 63–64)
Scotland
Burial
Balmerino Abbey, Fife, Scotland
Spouse
(m. 1186; died 1214)
IssueMargaret, Countess of Kent
Isabella, Countess of Norfolk
Alexander II, King of Scots
Marjorie, Countess of Pembroke
FatherRichard I, Viscount de Beaumont-le-Vicomte, de Fresnay et de Ste-Suzanne
MotherLucie de l'Aigle

Ermengarde de Beaumont (c. 1170 – 12 February 1233/1234) was Queen of Alba as the consort of William the Lion.[1] She is reported to have exerted influence over the affairs of state as queen, though the information on her is lacking in detail.[2] Her paternal grandmother was Constance FitzRoy, illegitimate daughter of Henry I of England.[3]

  1. ^ Pollock 2015, p. 132.
  2. ^ Panton, Kenneth J. (15 October 2023). Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 598. ISBN 978-1-5381-7577-4.
  3. ^ Scott, W. W. (2004). "Ermengarde [Ermengarde de Beaumont] (d. 1233), queen of Scots, consort of William I". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/49356. Retrieved 14 September 2024. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)