Family
Henry de Beaumont was the eldest son of Sir Louis de Brienne, Knt., (d. after September 1, 1297) who was in right of his wife Agnés de Beaumont, Vicomte of Beaumont in Maine and Seigneur of Beaumont-le-Vicomte (alias Beaumont-sur-Sarthe), Sainte-Suzanne, la Fleche, Fresnay, le Lude, etc. He was the grandson of John of Brienne, King of Jerusalem.
The children of Henry and his wife Alice Comyn, (granddaughter of Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan) Lord High Constable of Scotland include:
- Elizabeth Beaumont c. 1320-1400 who married Nicholas Audley, 3rd Baron Audley 1328-1391.
- John de Beaumont, 2nd Lord Beaumont c1318, who married Eleanor Plantagenet, great granddaughter of King Henry III.
- Isabel de Beaumont, married Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster. They were ancestors of England's Royal House of Lancaster, with King Henry IV of England being the couple's grandson.
- Katherine de Beaumont, married David III Strathbogie, titular Earl of Atholl, 1st Lord Strathbogie.
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