Sheriff Roger Of Devonshire LE ZOUCHE 
Roger Of Devonshire was born in 1166. Roger Of Devonshire's father was Earl Alan Of Brittany LE ZOUCHE and his mother was Alice DE BELMEIS. His paternal grandparents were Count Geoffrey DE ROHAN LE ZOUCHE and Hawise FERGANT; his maternal grandparents were Lord Phillip Of Ashby,Tong, & Salop DE BELMEIS and Maud LES MESCHIMES. He was an only child.General Notes
in 1136, Gruffydd ap Rhys, under attack in Gower, hurried intoNorth wales to obtain assistance from his brothers-in-law. Hiswife, meanwhile, "Like an Amazon and a second Penthesilea",Commanded his followers in the south. She was slain in battle byMaurice of London, Lord of Kidwelly. Morgan, one of her youthfulsons, perished with her, and the second, Maelgwn, was takenprisoner. But Owain and Cadwaladr, sons of Gruffydd Ap Cynan,now came down from the north, destroyed Aberstwith Castle, andin the second week of Oct. they fought along with Gruffydd ApRhys a great battle near Aberteivi(Cardigan), in which thry wona decided victory over Stephen, constable of Aberteivi and "Allthe Flemings, all the marchers, and all the French from Aberneddto Aberteivi"
Daughter of the royal house of Gwynedd and the royal house ofthe Scandinavians of Dublin.
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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.1030
- b.1056 d.1094
- b.0990 in Guilliers, Morbihan, France
- b.1087 in Rohan, Brittanny, France
- b.1112 in Rohan, Brittanny, France
- b.1112
- b.1070 d.1148
- b.1078
- b.1094 in Bretagne, Indre, France
- b.1024 in Normandy. France d.09 Sep 1087 in Rouen. France
- b.1072
- b.1031 d.1083
- b.1136 in Harringworth, Northamptonshire d.1190
- b.0975 d.1058
- b.1030
- b.0988
- b.1112
- b.0997 in Brittany, France
- b.1036
- b.1116
- b.1000 in Gatinais, France d.01 Apr 1046
- b.1043 in Anjou, France d.14 Apr 1109 in Anjou, France
- b.1018 in Semur, Anjou, France d.1075
- b.1078
- b.1014 d.1087
- b.1060
- b.1030 in Normandy, France
- b.1166
- b.1140
- b.1070 in Normandy, France d.1128
- b.1070 d.~ 1128
- b.1064 in Avranches, Normandy, France
- b.1072 in Gernon Castle, France d.1130
- b.1040
- b.1074 d.1130
- b.1045 in Alkborough, Lincolnshire
- b.1095 in Gernon Castle, France
- b.1056
- b.1078 d.1154
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‌Roger Of Devonshire and Margaret were married in a religious ceremony in 1204. They had two sons and a daughter, named Alan II Of the Northampton Castle, William and Loretta.
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Children
Governor Alan II Of the Northampton Castle LE ZOUCHE
Alan II Of the Northampton Castle was born in 1210 in Ashby, Leicestershire. He died at the age of 60 in 1270.
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