Paternal Family Tree: Montgomery
Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois was appointed Viscount Hiemois.
Around 1044 [his father] Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and [his mother] Mabel de Bellême [aged 9] were married.
Around 1065 Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois was born to Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel de Bellême [aged 30].
On 14th October 1066 the Norman army led by King William "Conqueror" I of England [aged 38] defeated the English army of King Harold II of England [aged 44] at the 14th October 1066 Battle of Hastings fought at Senlac Hill Hastings. Aimery Thouars [aged 42], Ralph de Gael 2nd Earl East Anglia [aged 24], Eustace II Count Boulogne [aged 51], William Fitzosbern 1st Earl Hereford [aged 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 [aged 26], Hugh Grandesmil [aged 34], [his father] Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (possibly), Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 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 [aged 31] was killed. Earl Kent extinct.
His brothers Gyrth Godwinson Earl East Anglia [aged 34] and Engenulphe Aigle [aged 56] were killed.
In November 1071 [his father] Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury was created 1st Earl of Shrewsbury 1C 1071. Adelaide du Puiset Countess Shrewsbury by marriage Countess of Shrewsbury.
After 1079 [his father] Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Adelaide du Puiset Countess Shrewsbury were married.
On 2nd December 1079 [his mother] Mabel de Bellême [aged 44] was murdered.
Before 1086 Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois [aged 20] and 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 de Bellême.
Before 9th September 1087 [his brother] Robert II Belleme 2nd Count Ponthieu 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 31] and [his sister-in-law] Agnes Ponthieu Countess Ponthieu and Shrewsbury [aged 7] were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years. She the daughter of Guy aka Wido I Count of Ponthieu [aged 67]. He the son of [his father] Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and [his mother] Mabel de Bellême.
In the Domesday Book of 1088 the manor of Sutton Scarsdale [Map] was owned by Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois [aged 23].
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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In 1094 [his father] Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury died. His son [his brother] Hugh [aged 36] succeeded 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury 1C 1071. His son Robert [aged 38] succeeded 2nd Count Ponthieu. Agnes Ponthieu Countess Ponthieu and Shrewsbury [aged 14] by marriage Countess Ponthieu.
In 1094 Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois [aged 29] established the Benedictine Lancaster Priory [Map], dedicated to St Mary, as a cell of the Abbey of Saint Martin of Sées in Normandy.
In 1098 [his brother] Hugh Montgomery 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 40] died.
On 13th October 1100 Guy aka Wido I Count of Ponthieu [aged 80] died. His daughter [his sister-in-law] Agnes [aged 20] succeeded I Countess Ponthieu. [his brother] Robert II Belleme 2nd Count Ponthieu 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 44] by marriage Count Ponthieu.
After 1130 [his brother] Robert II Belleme 2nd Count Ponthieu 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury [deceased] died. His son [his nephew] William [aged 37] succeeded III Count Ponthieu.
Before 1140 Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois [aged 74] died.
[his son] Aldebert IV La Marche was born to Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois and Almodis La Marche.
[his son] Boso IV La Marche was born to Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois and Almodis La Marche.
[his son] Odo II La Marche was born to Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois and Almodis La Marche.
[his daughter] Avice de Lancaster La Marche was born to Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois and Almodis La Marche.
[his daughter] Pontia La Marche Countess Angoulême was born to Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois and Almodis La Marche. She married Wulfgrin II Count Angoulême, son of William V Count Angoulême and Vitapoy Benauges Countess Angoulême, and had issue.
Grandfather: Roger Montgomery
Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois
Great x 2 Grandfather: Yves Belleme
Great x 1 Grandfather: William "Princeps" Belleme
Great x 2 Grandmother: Godeheut Unknown
Grandfather: William "Talvas" Belleme
Great x 2 Grandfather: Arnulf de Ganelon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mathilde Condé Sur Noireau
mother: Mabel de Bellême
Great x 1 Grandfather: Arnulf
Grandmother: Hildeburg