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Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick

d. 1119 · 12th century · Also known as Henry de Newburgh

Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick, was a Norman nobleman and companion of William II and Henry I of England. Around 1106 he took the Gower peninsula from its Welsh rulers, building a castle at Swansea and founding the marcher lordship of Gower. He was made Earl of Warwick in 1088.

Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick
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Lordship of Gower

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