Count/Count Drogo OF AMIENS, MANTES, VEXIN Walter 
Drogo OF AMIENS, MANTES, VEXIN was born in 0979 in Normandy. Drogo OF AMIENS, MANTES, VEXIN's father was The White Count Gautier II OF VEXIN and his mother was Adele DE SENLIS. His paternal grandparents were Count Walter OF VALOIS Gautier I and Countess Adele DE VEXIN OF ANJOU; his maternal grandfather was Bormard DE SENLIS. He had a brother and two sisters, named Raoul II, Adela and Alix. He died at the age of 56 in 1035 in Asia Minor.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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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- d.0944 in In Battle
- b.0926
- d.0990
- b.0922 in Vexin, Normandy, France
- b.0872
- b.0930
- b.0944 in Vexin, Normandy, France d.1027
- b.0845 in Anjou, France d.0888 in Chateauneauf, France
- b.0870 in Anjou, France d.0942
- b.0844 in Tours, France
- b.0925 in Vexin, Normandy, France
- b.0844 in Loches, France d.0928
- b.0874 in Loches, France
- b.0979 in Normandy d.1035 in Asia Minor
- b.0846 in Vermandois, France d.0895
- b.0879
- b.0918
- b.0955 in Isle DE France
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Drogo OF AMIENS, MANTES, VEXIN and Goda were married in a religious ceremony about 1025. They had a son named Ralph "The Staller" "The Timid" Of Hereford and Suffolk.
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Children
Earl Ralph "The Staller" "The Timid" Of Hereford and Suffolk DE SUDELEY
Ralph "The Staller" "The Timid" Of Hereford and Suffolk was born in 1003 in Normandy. He died at the age of 66 in 1069 in England. He was buried in Peterborough Abbey.
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