Biography of Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury -1094

Paternal Family Tree: Montgomery

Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury was born to Roger Montgomery.

Around 1044 Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel Belleme were married.

Around 1056 [his son] Robert II Belleme 2nd Count Ponthieu 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury was born to Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and [his wife] Mabel Belleme.

Around 1065 [his son] Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois was born to Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and [his wife] Mabel Belleme.

Before 1066 [his son-in-law] Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall (age 34) and [his daughter] Matilda or Maud Montgomery were married. She the daughter of Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and [his wife] Mabel Belleme.

Around 1066 [his son] Arnulf Montgomery was born to Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and [his wife] Mabel Belleme.

Council of Lillebonne

After 5th January 1066 King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 38) convened the Council of Lillebonne at Lillebonne to raise support for his claim to the English throne. The attendees are not known but likely to have included his companions at the subsequent 14th October 1066 Battle of Hastings including Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Bishop Odo of Bayeux.

14th October 1066 Battle of Hastings

                    On 14th October 1066 the Norman army led by King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 38) defeated the English army of King Harold II of England (age 44) at the 14th October 1066 Battle of Hastings fought at Senlac Hill Hastings. Aimery Thouars (age 42), Ralph de Gael 2nd Earl East Anglia (age 24), Eustace Flanders II Count Boulogne (age 51), William Fitzosbern 1st Earl Hereford (age 46), Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche, William Warenne 1st Earl of Surrey, Raoul Tosny, Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan (age 26), Hugh Grandesmil (age 34), Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (possibly), [his son-in-law] Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall (age 35) and Bishop Odo of Bayeux fought for William.
                
                    King Harold II of England was killed. Earl Wessex, Earl Hereford extinct.
                
                    Leofwine Godwinson 2nd Earl Kent (age 31) was killed. Earl Kent extinct.
                
                    His brothers Gyrth Godwinson Earl East Anglia (age 34) and Engenulphe Aigle (age 56) were killed.

In November 1071 Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury was created 1st Earl of Shrewsbury 1C 1071. [his future wife] Adelaide du Puiset Countess Shrewsbury by marriage Countess of Shrewsbury.

Before 1079 [his daughter] Sibyl Montgomery was born to Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and [his wife] Mabel Belleme.

After 1079 Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Adelaide du Puiset Countess Shrewsbury were married.

On 2nd December 1079 [his wife] Mabel Belleme was murdered.

Around 1085 [his daughter] Matilda or Maud Montgomery died.

Before 1086 [his son] Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois (age 20) and [his daughter-in-law] Almodis La Marche were married at Poitou. She the daughter of Aldebert La Marche II Count La Marche. He the son of Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and [his former wife] Mabel Belleme.

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Before 9th September 1087 [his son] Robert II Belleme 2nd Count Ponthieu 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 31) and [his daughter-in-law] Agnes Ponthieu Countess Ponthieu and Shrewsbury (age 7) were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years. She the daughter of Bishop Guy Ponthieu (age 60). He the son of Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and [his former wife] Mabel Belleme.

Before 1090 [his son-in-law] Robert Fitzhamon and [his daughter] Sibyl Montgomery (age 11) were married. She the daughter of Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and [his former wife] Mabel Belleme.

In 1094 Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury died. His son [his son] Hugh succeeded 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury 1C 1071. His son [his son] Robert (age 38) succeeded 2nd Count Ponthieu. [his daughter-in-law] Agnes Ponthieu Countess Ponthieu and Shrewsbury (age 14) by marriage Countess Ponthieu.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1095. Among these things it was made known to the king (age 39), that the Welshmen in Wales had broken into a castle called Montgomery [Map], and slain the men of Earl Hugo, that should have held it. He therefore gave orders to levy another force immediately, and after Michaelmas went into Wales, and shifted his forces, and went through all that land, so that the army came all together by All Saints to Snowdon. But the Welsh always went before into the mountains and the moors, that no man could come to them.

                    Time Team Series 1 Episode 3: The New Town of a Norman Prince was filmed between 9th April 1993 and 11th April 1993. It was originally shown on 30th January 1994.
                
                    Location: Much Wenlock, Shropshire [Map], Wenlock Priory, Shropshire [Map].
                
                    Category: Time Team Late Medieval.
                
                    Time Team:
                
                    Tony Robinson (age 47), Presenter
                
                    Mick Aston (age 47), Bristol University Landscape Archaeologist
                
                    Carenza Lewis (age 30), Royal Commission on Historic Monuments
                
                    Phil Harding (age 44), Wessex Archaeological Trust Field Archaeologist
                
                    Gerry Barber, Bristol University Environmental Archaeologist
                
                    Robin Bush (age 50), Archivist.
                
                    Victor Ambrus (age 58), Historical Illustrator
                
                    Oliver Butler, Geophysics Specialist
                
                    Mark Horton, Local Archaeologist
                
                    Dan Miles, Dendrochronologist
                
                    Bob Milligan, Geophysics Specialist
                
                    Techniques: Excavations, Dendrochronology, Radar Scan.
                
                    Historical Figures: Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury.
                
                    Sources. Charter of King Stephen granting a three day fair, Domedays Book [Map], Document stating in 1231 King Henry III visited Much Wenlock.
                
                    Outcomes. Location of Great Hall, burbage plots, 1254-1299 Dendrochronology date, 12th-13th Century Pottery.
                
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[his daughter] Emma Abbess Montgomery was born to Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel Belleme.

[his son] Everard Montgomery was born to Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Adelaide du Puiset Countess Shrewsbury.

[his son] Roger Montgomery was born to Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel Belleme.

[his daughter] Mabel Montgomery was born to Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel Belleme.

[his daughter] Matilda or Maud Montgomery was born to Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel Belleme.

[his son] Hugh Montgomery 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury was born to Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel Belleme.

[his son] Philip Montgomery was born to Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel Belleme.

Biography of Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury -1094

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