John FitzHarold DE SUDLEY 
John FitzHarold was born in 1087 in Sudley Castle, Gloucestershire. John FitzHarold's father was Lord Harold Of Sudeley & Ewyas Harold DE EWIAS and his mother was Maud D'AVRANCHES. His paternal grandparents were Earl Ralph "The Staller" "The Timid" Of Hereford and Suffolk DE SUDELEY and Countess Geta Of Hereford OF SUSSEX; his maternal grandparents were Governor Richard Le Goz Of St. James Castle D'AVARANCHES and Emma DE MORTAIN DE CONTEVILLE. He had a brother named Robert I FitzHarold Of Herefordshire. He was the older of the two children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Ranulph III LE MESCHINS and Alice DE MESCHINES.General Notes
1053 founded the Abbey of Shrewsbury Regent in France whileWilliam conquered England
Regent in Normandy while William the Conqueror invaded England.Founded thr Abbey Of St. Peter and St. Paul in Shrewsbury
From Saint Germain DE Montgomery, Near Lisieux. Lord of SussexRape of Arundle, with castle there Holdings in 12 counties.
Was responsible to Duke William, later the Conqueror as hischeif architect in the defence of the Middle marches of theborder in his defence against the Welsh. He built many castlesincluding, Montgomery, Shrewsbury, Arundel, Ludlow, Clun,Hopton, And Owestry. Over 90 percent of the Lordships and manorsof Shropshire were held in Chief at the Somesday by thispowerful Roger.
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- b.0922 in Vexin, Normandy, France
- b.0944 in Vexin, Normandy, France d.1027
- b.0925 in Vexin, Normandy, France
- b.0979 in Normandy d.1035 in Asia Minor
- b.0918
- b.0955 in Isle DE France
- b.1003 in Normandy d.1069 in England
- b.0943 in Wessex, England d.08 Jul 0975 in Wessex, England
- b.0966 in Wessex, England d.23 Apr 1016 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.0947 in Lydford Castle d.1002 in England
- b.1009 in Wessex, England d.~ 1055
- b.0933 in Normandy, France d.0996 in Poisoned by the Count of Flanders
- b.0984
- b.0946 d.1031
- b.1062 in Sudley Castle, Gloucestershire d.1115
- b.0946 d.1016
- b.0966 d.1015
- b.0948
- b.1005
- b.1087 in Sudley Castle, Gloucestershire
- b.0963 in Normandy d.1035
- b.1000 d.1041
- b.1025 in Normandy d.1082
- b.1064 in Avranches, Normandy, France
- b.0940 in Flanders, France d.01 Nov 0992
- b.0959
- b.0955
- b.1001
- b.1029 in Conteville, France
- b.0978 in Falaise, Calvados, France
- b.1003 in Failaise, France
- b.0985 in Falaise, Calvados, France
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