Everything about Roger Of Montgomery 1st Earl Of Shrewsbury totally explained
Roger de Montgomerie, known as
Roger the Great de Montgomery, was the first
Earl of Shrewsbury. His father was also Roger de Montgomerie, and was a relative, probably a grandnephew, of the Duchess
Gunnor, wife of Duke
Richard I of Normandy. The elder Roger had large holdings in central
Normandy, chiefly in the valley of the
Dives, which the younger Roger inherited.
Roger was one of
William the Conqueror's principal counselors. He didn't fight in the initial invasion of England in
1066, instead staying behind to help govern Normandy. Afterwards he was entrusted with land in two places critical for the defense of England, receiving the
rape of
Arundel at the end of 1067 (or in early 1068), and in November
1071 he was created
Earl of Shrewsbury. (A few historians believe that while he received the Shropshire territories in 1071 he wasn't created Earl until a few years later.)
Roger was thus one of the half a dozen greatest magnates in England during William the Conqueror's reign. In addition to the large part of
Sussex included in the Rape of Arundel, and seven-eights of
Shropshire which were associated with the earldom of Shrewsbury, he'd estates in
Surrey,
Hampshire,
Wiltshire,
Middlesex,
Hertfordshire,
Gloucestershire,
Worcestershire,
Cambridgeshire,
Warwickshire and
Staffordshire.
After William I's death in
1087, Roger had joined with other rebels to overthrow the newly crowned King
William Rufus in the
Rebellion of 1088. However William Rufus was able to convince Roger to abandon the rebellion and side with him, which was fortuitous as the rebels were beaten and lost their land holdings in England.
Roger first married Mabel of Bellême, who was heiress to a large territory on both sides of the border between Normandy and
Maine. By her he'd 10 children:
Roger then married Adelaide de
Le Puiset, by whom he'd one son, Everard, who entered the Church.
After his death, Roger's estates were divided. The eldest surviving son, Robert, received the bulk of the Norman estates (as well as his mother's estates); the next son, Hugh, received the bulk of the English estates and the Earldom of Shrewsbury. After Hugh's death the elder son Robert inherited the earldom.
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