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Roger II de Montgomery (b. Bef. 1044, d. 1094)

Roger II de Montgomery (son of Roger I de Montgomery and Joscelina) was born Bef. 1044, and died 1094. He married (1) Mabel de Bellême, daughter of William Talvas, Signeur d'Alençon. He married (2) Mabel de Belleme.

Notes for Roger II de Montgomery:
A Commander of Williams Army at Hastings:
Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury was born before 1044. He married Mabel de Bellême, daughter of William Talvas, Signeur d'Alençon, between 1050 and 1054. He died on 27 July 1094. Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury was styled as Earl of Chichester. He was created 1st Earl of Arundel [England] in December 1067, receiving grants including one third of the county of Sussex, including the city of Chichester and the Castle of Arundel. He was created Earl of Shrewsbury [feudal barony] in 1070, receiving grants of nearly the whole of Shropshire.

Known as Roger the Great de Montgomery, son of another Roger de Montgomerie, who was a relative, probably a grandnephew, of the duchess Gunnor, wife of duke Robert I of Normandy, was the first earl of Shrewsbury. The elder Roger had large holdings in central Normandy, chiefly in the valley of the Dives, which the younger Roger inherited.

Roger was one of William the Conqueror's principal counselors. He did not fight in the initial invasion of England in 1066, instead staying behind to help govern Normandy. Afterwards he was entrusted with land in two places critical for the defense of England, receiving the Rape of Arundel at the end of 1067 (or in early 1068), and in November 1071 he was created Earl of Shrewsbury. (A few historians believe that while he received the Shropshire territories in 1071 he was not created earl until a few years later.)

Roger was thus one of the half a dozen greatest magnates in England during William the Conqueror's reign. In addition to the large part of Sussex included in the Rape of Arundel, and seven-eights of Shropshire which were associated with the earldom of Shrewsbury, he had estates in Surrey, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Cambridgeshire, Warwickshire and Staffordshire.

After Williams's death in 1087, Roger had joined with other rebels to overthrow the newly crowned king William Rufus in the Rebellion of 1088. However William was able to convince Roger to abandon the rebellion and side with the king, which was fortuitious as the rebels were beaten and lost their land holdings in England. Roger first married Mabel of Bêlleme, who was heiress to a large territory on both sides of the border between Normandy and Maine. By her he had 10 children:

More About Roger II de Montgomery:
Died 2: 27 Jul 1094

Children of Roger II de Montgomery and Mabel de Bellême are:

Children of Roger II de Montgomery and Mabel de Belleme are:

+Comte d' Alencon Robert II de Belleme, b. 1056, d. 1119.