Roger “le Poitevin” de Montgomery, count of La Marche

Events

Date of Birth: about 1065.

The estimated date is given by Mason (ODNB).

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 1123.

The date is given by Cawley. Mason (ODNB) merely states that Roger died before 1140.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Roger de Montgomery, first earl of Shrewsbury.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 92), by Keats-Rohan (p. 399), and by Mason (ODNB).

Mother: Mabel de Bellême.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 92), by Keats-Rohan (p. 399), and by Mason (ODNB).

Spouse: Almodis de la Marche.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 88) and by Mason (ODNB).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Sibylle.

Audebert, count of La Marche, married Orengarde.

Boson (died 1118), count of La Marche.

Eudes (died 1135), count of La Marche.

Pontia married Vulgrin (II), count of Angoulême.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Cawley, Charles. “ROGER de Montgommery” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Cokayne, G.E., and G.W. Watson. The Seize Quartiers of the Kings and Queens of England. (1896).

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).