Roger Le Bigod II Earl of Norfolk 
Roger Le Bigod II Earl of was born in 1134 in Thetford,Norfolk,England. Roger Le Bigod II Earl of's father was Hugh Bigod I Earl of Norfolk and his mother was Julianne deVere. His paternal grandparents were Roger Bigod II Earl of Norfolk and Adeliza de Toeni; his maternal grandparents were Earl Aubery II deVere and Anne deStafford. He was an only child.General Notes
One of the 25 sureties of the Magna Carta. Steward of the Houshold of
Richard I and one of the four earls who carried the silken canopy over the
monarch's head at his second coronation. He was summoned to Parliament asa baron in 1177. In 1200 this Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk was sent byKing John to William, the Lion, King of Scotland, to pay homage to theKing in the Parliament held at Lincoln. Later he was won over to therebel barons and became one of the strongest advocates of the Charter ofLiberty, and chosen to help enforce this great instrument.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0963 in Normandy, France
- b.0989 in Normandy, France
- b.1015 in AvranCheshire, Normandy, France d.1071
- b.0994 in Normandy, France
- b.1038 in St. Saveur, Seine-Maritime, France d.1107 in Egersham, Norfolk, England
- b.0944
- b.0986 in St. Saveur, Seine-Maritime, France d.1045
- b.1022 in St. Saveur, Seine-Maritime, France
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.1095 in Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England d.UNKNOWN
- b.0955 in Tosni, Eure, France d.0975
- b.0970 in Toeni, Eure, France d.1045 in Belvoir, Leicestershire, England
- b.1014 in Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England d.04 Aug 1088 in Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England
- b.0972 in Barcelona, Spain d.25 Feb 1018/1019
- b.0990 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0975 in Barcelona, Spain d.1 Mar 1057/1058
- b.1066 in St. Saveur, Normandy, France d.1136 in Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.1015 in Italy d.1079
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.1042 d.16 Apr 1118 in Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England
- b.1134 in Thetford,Norfolk,England d.UNKNOWN
- b.1000 in Hedingham, Essex, England
- b.1030 in Hedingham, Essex, England d.1088 in Colne Priory
- b.1062 in Hedingham, Essex, England d.15 May 1141 in London,Middlesex,England-slain in a popular tumult
- b.1040 in France
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- b.1100 d.UNKNOWN
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They had a son and a daughter, named Hugh Le Bigod III Earl of and Margaret.
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Children
Hugh Le Bigod III Earl of Norfolk
Hugh Le Bigod III Earl of was born in 1190 in Thetford,Norfolk,England. He died at the age of 85 in 1275.
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