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

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.

Before 1049 [his brother-in-law] Arnulf Belleme died.

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 35) and [his daughter] Matilda or Maud Montgomery were married. She the daughter of Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel Belleme.

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

After 05 Jan 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 Battle of Hastings including Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Bishop Odo of Bayeux.

                    On 14 Oct 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 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 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.                

                    The brothers King Harold II of England (age 44) was killed. Earl Hereford extinct.
                
                    His borthers Gyrth Godwinson Earl East Anglia (age 34) and Leofwine Godwinson 2nd Earl Kent (age 31), and Engenulphe Aigle (age 56) were killed. Earl Kent extinct.

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

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

On 02 Dec 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 21) 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 Mabel Belleme.

Before 09 Sep 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 Mabel Belleme.

In 1094 Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury died. His son [his son] Hugh Montgomery 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury succeeded 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury 1C. His son [his son] Robert II Belleme 2nd Count Ponthieu 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury (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, 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 09 Apr 1993 and 11 Apr 1993. It was originally shown on 30 Jan 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, 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.
                
                    Channel 4 Episode

[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 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 daughter] Sibyl Montgomery 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.

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

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

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