Roger de Montgomery, earl of Shrewsbury

1st earl of Shrewsbury

Events

Date of Birth: probably about 1030.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Mason (ODNB) states that Roger was probably in his mid-sixties at the time of his death.

Date of Death: 27 July 1094.

Place of Death: Shrewsbury Abbey.

The date and place are given by Mason (ODNB).

Place of Burial: between the altars at Shrewsbury Abbey.

The place is given by Mason (ODNB).

Relationships

Father: Roger de Montgomery, vicomte of L'Hiémois.

This relationship is given by Mason (ODNB) and by Keats-Rohan (p. 399). Mason states that he was the son of Hugh de Montgomery and Joscelina, daughter of Wevie, the sister of the Duchess Gunnor.

Mother: uncertain.

Mason (ODNB) states that she may have been called Emma.

Spouse: Mabel de Bellême (died 1077), daughter of Guillaume Talvas, lord of Alençon. Probably married about 1050.

This relationship is given by Mason (ODNB) and by Keats-Rohan (p. 399).

Spouse: Adelais du Puiset. Probably married by 1080.

This relationship is given by Mason (ODNB) and by Keats-Rohan (p. 399).

Children (by Mabel):

Roger de Montgomery.

Robert de Bellême, earl of Shrewsbury, married Agnes.

Hugh de Montgomery (died 1098), 2nd earl of Shrewsbury.

Roger the Poitevin (about 1065 - before 1140) married Almodis, sister of Boso (III), count of La Marche.

Philip de Montgomery (died 1097/8).

Arnulf de Montgomery (about 1066 - between 1118 and 1122) married Lafracoth, daughter of Muirchertach Ó Briaín, king of Munster, in 1102.

Emma (died 1113), abbess of Almènêches.

Matilda (died between 1082 and 1084) married Robert de Mortain.

Mabel married Hugues de Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais.

Sybil married Robert fitz Hamon.

Children (by Adelais):

Ebrard.

References

Keats-Rohan, K.S.B. Domesday People (1999).

Mason, J.F.A. “Montgomery, Roger de, first earl of Shrewsbury (d. 1094)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Thompson, Kathleen. “Bellême, Robert de, earl of Shrewsbury and count of Ponthieu (bap. c. 1057, d. in or after 1130)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).