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Personal data Roger II "de Grote" van Montgomery 

  • He was born in the year 1010.

    Waarschuwing Attention: Was older than 65 years (75) when child (Roger "Poitevin" van Montgomery) was born (??-??-1085).

  • (Geschiedenis) .Source 1
    Rogier II van Montgommery (ca. 1010 - 1094), bijgenaamd de Grote, was een van de belangrijkste Normandische edelen ten tijde van Willem de Veroveraar, en werd na 1066 ook een van de machtigste en rijkste baronnen van Engeland.

    Rogier erfde van zijn vader, Rogier I van Montgomery (ca. 975 - voor 1048), grote bezittingen in het hart van Normandië. Zijn moeder heette Josceline, mogelijk een dochter van Turchetil van Harcourt. Vader Rogier was heer van Montgommery en burggraaf van de Hiémois. Van hem is bekend dat hij naar Parijs werd verbannen wegens zijn "verdorvenheid".

    Rogier steunde Willem II Talvas van Bellême in diens conflict met zijn zoon en verwierf zo de hand van Mabilla van Bellême. Mabilla erfde haar familiebezit rond Bellême en Alençon. Rogier verdreef in 1056 de kanunnikken van Troarn omdat die zich alleen met hun eigen genoegens bezig hielden en installeerde nieuwe monniken vanuit Chatillon. Hij stichtte de abdij van Sint Maarten van Sées opnieuw, en stichtte de abdij van Almenêches. Op aanzetten van zijn vrouw keerde hij zich tegen de families Grandmesnil en Giroie, en tegen het door hen begunstigde klooster van Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois. Deze families hadden indertijd de opstand tegen Willem II van Bellême gesteund. Rogier werd een belangrijke adviseur van Willem de Veroveraar en het lukte hem om Hugo van Grandmesnil te laten verbannen, in 1068 verwierf hij ook de bezittingen van de familie Giroie.

    In 1066 ondersteunde Rogier de invasie van Engeland door 60 schepen te financieren. Zelf nam hij niet deel aan de expeditie maar hij bleef achter in Normandië om het hertogdom namens Willem de Veroveraar te besturen en te verdedigen. In 1067 kreeg hij ook het bestuur over Arundel, een belangrijke plaats voor het verkeer tussen Normandië en Engeland. Rogier stichtte daar het bekende kasteel. In november 1071 werd Rogier benoemd tot earl van Shrewsbury (Engeland) en kreeg daarmee een belangrijke functie in de beveiliging van de grens met Wales. Daarnaast begunstigde Willem hem met goederen door heel Engeland. Rond 1075 deed Rogier schenkingen aan de Notre Dame van Bellême en in 1083 stichtte hij de abdij van Shrewsbury. Ook op hoge leeftijd bleef Rogier politiek actief. In 1088 nam hij deel aan de opstand tegen Willem II van Engeland maar toen de aanvoerder van de opstandelingen, Robert Curthose, Rogiers zoon gevangen nam, wisselde Rogier van kant. Hij trok persoonlijk naar Normandië en bracht zijn kastelen in staat van verdediging. Na enkele gevechten sloot Robert vrede met Rogier en liet zijn zoon vrij. In 1093 nog ondernam Rogier een veldtocht naar Wales. Het jaar daarna trok hij zich terug in de abdij van Shrewsbury en werd daar monnik, en overleed drie dagen later. Rogier werd begraven in de abdij van Shrewsbury.
  • (Levens event) .Source 2
    Roger de Montgomerie (died 1094), also known as Roger the Great de Montgomery, was the first Earl of Shrewsbury. His father was Roger de Montgomery, seigneur of Montgomery, 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.
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    Roger was one of William the Conqueror's principal counsellors. He may not have fought in the initial invasion of England in 1066, instead staying behind to help govern Normandy. According to Wace’s Roman de Rou, however, he commanded the Norman right flank at Hastings, returning to Normandy with King William in 1067.[1] 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 was not created Earl until a few years later.

    Roger was thus one of the half dozen greatest magnates in England during William the Conqueror's reign. William gave Earl Roger nearly all of what is now the county of West Sussex, which at the time of the Domesday Survey was the Rape of Arundel.[2] The Rape of Arundel was eventually split into two rapes, one continuing with the name Rape of Arundel and the other became the Rape of Chichester.[2] Besides the 83 manors, in Sussex, his possessions also included seven-eighths of Shropshire which was associated with the earldom of Shrewsbury, he had estates in Surrey (4 manors), Hampshire (9 manors), Wiltshire (3 manors), Middlesex (8 manors), Gloucestershire (1 manor), Worcestershire (2 manors), Cambridgeshire (8 manors), Warwickshire (11 manors) and Staffordshire (30 manors).[3] The income from Roger’s estates would amount to about £2000 per year, in 1086 the landed wealth for England was around £72,000, so it would have represented almost 3% of the nation’s GDP.[4][5]

    After William I's death in 1087, Roger joined with other rebels to overthrow the newly crowned King William II in the Rebellion of 1088. However, William was able to convince Roger to abandon the rebellion and side with him. This worked out favourably for Roger, as the rebels were beaten and lost their land holdings in England.

    Roger first married Mabel de Bellême, who was heiress to a large territory on both sides of the border between Normandy and Maine. The medieval chronicler Orderic Vitalis paints a picture of Mabel of Bellême being a scheming and cruel woman.[6] She was murdered by Hugh Bunel and his brothers, who in December 1077? rode into her castle of Bures-sur-Dive and cut off her head as she lay in bed.[6][7] Their motive for the murder was that Mabel had deprived them of their paternal inheritance.[8] Roger and Mabel had 10 children.

    Roger then married Adelaide de Le Puiset, by whom he had one son, Everard, who entered the Church.

    After his death, Roger's estates were divided.[17] 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.[17] After Hugh's death the elder son Robert inherited the earldom
  • He died in the year 1094, he was 84 years old.
  • A child of Roger I van Montgomery and Josceline de Pont-Audemer
  • This information was last updated on October 26, 2012.

Household of Roger II "de Grote" van Montgomery

(1) He is married to Mabillia "de gifmengster" van Belleme-Alencon.

They got married in the year 1082, he was 72 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Robert II van Belleme  1055-1130 


(2) He is married to Adelheid van Puisset.

They got married after 1082.Source 2


Child(ren):


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  2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_de_Montgomery,_1st_Earl_of_Shrewsbury
  3. http://www.genealogieonline.nl/de-meijer-stamboom/I8460.php en http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_de_Montgomery,_1st_Earl_of_Shrewsbury

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