Roger (Montgomery) de Montgomery (aft. 1058 - 1123)

Born after 1058 in Marche, Poitou, France

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1123 before age 65 in Marche, Poitou, France

Biography

Roger de Montgommery, Comte de la Marche in right of his wife, alias le Poitevin alias Roger de Poitou. He is known by names which relate to his later life, except for Montgomery, which is a name associated with his father's origins in Normandy.

At the time of the Domesday survey (1086) he had been granted the land which later became Lancashire but had not yet taken possession of it. "Probably loyal to William II on his accession and a friend, he nonetheless fell with the rest of his family in 1102. He retired to Acquitaine, where by a series of unforeseen deaths his wife had become countess of La Marche."^[1]

Shown in the FMG as the first son of Roger II de Montgommery and his first wife, Mabile d'Alençon, dau. of Guillaume "Talvas" Seigneur d'Alençon & his first wife Hildeburge. ^[2]

Roger de Montgomery "le Poitevin" was the fourth son of Roger II de Montgomery, Seigneur de Montgomery, Vicomte d'Hiémois, Earl of Shrewsbury and Sire d'Alençon, in right of his first wife, and Roger's mother Mabel Talvas. Mabile d'Alençon, was the daughter of Guillaume "Talvas" Sire d'Alençon and his first wife Hildeburge.^[3]

There is speculation that Roger had a first wife with whom he had children:

1. Sibylle;^[4]

Roger married Almodis de la Marche, daughter of Audebert II Comte de la Marche and his wife, Ponce.^[4] Roger and Almodis had children:

1. Audebert III;^[4]
2. Boson;^[4]
3. Eudes;^[4]
4. Pontia;^[4]

There is speculation that Hawise de Lancaster, the wife of William Peveril was also the daughter of Roger and Almodis.^[4]

Roger and his brother Robert were banished from England in 1102.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Keats-Rohan, "Roger Pictavensis" in Domesday People, pp.409-10.
2. ↑ Medieval Lands - 1st son
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Cawley, Charles, "Medieval Lands", Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2014, http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORMAN%20NOBILITY.htm#RogerMontgommeryShrewsburydied1094, 14 August 2014
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} Cawley, Charles, "Medieval Lands", Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2014, http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ANGOULEME.htm#RogerMontgommerydied1123, 14 August 2014

• Farrer, William & Brownbill, J. The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster (Archibald Constable and Co. Limited, London, 1906) Vol. 2, Page 180