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    Shrewsbury, Earldom of: In early December 1074 Roger de Montgomery was created Earl of Shropshire or Shrewsbury. As with other medieval earldoms, little distinction was then made between the county town and county proper when designating a specific name for a title, chiefly because an earl, who was then more or less and official, albeit often hereditary, was inconceivable except as earl of a county.

    Roger was son of another Roger de Montgomery, seigneur of the Norman places (St Germain-de-Montgomery and Ste-Foy-de-Montgomery) of that name in the Calvados region. He was a prominent member of the nobles grouped around William (later William I of England, The Conqueror) of Normandy well before the 1066 invasion of England but stayed behind in Normandy during the actual enterprise. The year after Hastings he went to England and received land grants in Sussex. He is thought to have constructed the Castle of Montgomery (now in Powys, but formerly named Mongomeryshire after his family), doing so shortly before the Domesday Survey. [Burke's Peerage, p. 2604]

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# Note: Seigneur of Montgomery and vicomte of the Heismois [Ref: CP XI:683]
# Note: Earl of Arundel or Earl of Chichester, Earl of Shropshire or Salop, called Earl of Montgomery, Seigneur de Bellesme et d'Alencon [Ref: Watney p696]
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# Note: Seigneur de Montgomery, Vicomte of Heismois, Earl of Arundel and Shrewsbury, Regent of Normandy and England [Ref: Moriarty p44]
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# Note: Viscount of the Hiemois, Lord of the West Marches, Earl of Chichester, Shropshire, and Sussex [Ref: Turton]
# Note: 1048: accompanied Duke William on his expedition against Domfront and Alencon [Ref: CP XI:683]
# Note: 1066: was with the Duke while preparations were in progress for the invasion of England, but did not accompany the expedition [Ref: CP XI:683]
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# Note: Dec 1067: accompanied the King to England and thereupon received a grant of Arundel and Chichester [Ref: CP XI:683]
# Note: 1086: 'Comtes Rogerus' at Domesday [Ref: Watney p696]
# Note: 1st Earl of Shrewsbury [Ref: Doug Smith message to soc.genealogy.medieval 27 Apr 2002]
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    Roger Earl of Shrewsbury. Also Roger of Montgomery. From Saint Germain de Montgomery, near Lisieux. Lord of Sussex rape of Arundel, with castle there; Earl of Shrewsbury from 1071-74 to death in 1094. Holdings in 12 counties in south, east and west. [Ref: Domesday Online]

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    Roger de Montgomery II, better known as Earl Roger in the Domesday, but officially the seigneur of Montgomery, was the major recipient of Shropshire holdings. An old man of considerable wealth and power, he contributed 60 ships to the invasion fleet and was in command of a wing at the Battle of Hastings. He returned to Normandy with Queen Matilda, and the young Duke Robert as Duke William's representative in Normandy. He became head of the council that governed the Duchy of Normandy in Duke William's frequent absences in England. The Norman Montgomery family ancestry was closely interwoven either by blood or marriage with the Duchy of Normandy. However, the family history in Normandy was not without blemish. Roger had four brothers, Hugh, Robert, William and Gilbert. All four brothers were murdered in revenge for the murder of Osberne de Crepon, guardian of Duke William. Roger was the survivor. Continuing, Roger de Montgomery had four sons. Eldest was Robert, Count of Alencon, and successor in Normandy to his vast estates which he still held for his father Roger as his chief domain. He was followed by second son, Hugh, who inherited the Earldom of Arundel, Chichester and Shrewsbury, the life custodian of the main Montgomery family domains granted in England. These would eventually go to Robert in 1098, purchased from William Rufus for 3000 pounds. Next youngest was Count Roger de Poitou who was made the first Earl of Lancaster by Duke William of Normandy, a less maganamious grant which befitted the third youngest son. Philip, the youngest, remained in Normandy and accompanied Duke Robert on the first crusade to the Holy land, and died there in 1094.

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    Earl Roger was responsible to Duke William of Normandy as his chief architect in the defence of the middle marches of the border in his defence against the Welsh. He built many castles including Montgomery, Shrewsbury, Arundel, Ludlow, Clun, Hopton and Oswestry. His son, Robert, described at the Conquest as a 'novice in arms', but who might have been 40 by the Domesday, represented his father Earl Roger, and created some confusion in the records. Roger, the father, became the Earl of Shrewsbury and the Earl of Arundel in England, and retained his domains in Normandy at Bailleul (Kings of Scotland), Belmeis (Beaumais), Pantulf, Vimoutiers, Say and Tornai. However, Earl Roger also became confused with Roger de Beaumont in Normandy, who, it is claimed, was also head of the council in Normandy. [found this online but didn't cite URL, sorry. Try google: keywords: (title above)]

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    Alveley, Baschurch, Berwick (Shrewsbury), Cheney Longville, Chetton, Chirbury, Claverley, Corfham, Culmington, Donington, Dudston, Eardington, Edenhope, Edgmond, Ellesmere, Fenemere, Ford, High Ercall, Hockleton, Hodnet, Kingsmordley, Leebotwood, Loppington, Lydham, Minsterley, Montford, Morville, Netley, Oswestry, Poynton, Pulley, Quatford, Quatt, Rhiston, Romsley, Rorrington, Rowton, Rudge, Ruyton, Shavington, Shawbury, Shifnall, Shipley, Shrewsbury, Siefton, Smethcott, Spoonley, Stottesdon, Stretton, The Marsh, Tong Tuange, Walcot, Wellington, Whittingslow, Whittington, Wilderley, Wistanstow, Withington, Woodcote(Newport), Wotherton, Wrockwardine, Ackley, Aston, Basley, Churchstoke

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Roger of Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (d. 1094) was one of the great Anglo-Norman magnates in the period after the Norman conquest of England.

He was the son of another Roger of Montgomery, who was a relative, probably a grandnephew, of duchess Gunnor, wife of duke Robert I of Normandy. 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 Belleme, who was heiress to a large territory on both sides of the border between Normandy and Maine. By her he had 10 children:
Roger, died before 1066
Robert of Belleme, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury
Hugh of Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury
Roger the Poitevin
Philip, died 1099 while on crusade at Antioch
Arnulf of Montgomery
Emma, abbess of Almench ches
Matilda, who married Robert, Count of Mortain
Mabel, who married Hugh of Ch teauneuf-en-Thimerais
Sibyl, who married Robert Fitzhamon

Roger then married Adelaide of Le Puiset, by whom he had one son, Everard, who entered the Church.

After his death, Roger's estates were divided. The eldest surviving son, Robert, received the bulk of the Norman estates (as well as his mother's estates); the next son, Hugh, received the bulk of the English estates and the earldom of Shrewsbury. After Hugh's death the elder son Robert inherited the earldom. 1149 - 1228 Sybil de Braose 79 79 # Note: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
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# Note: Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000
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    William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby, rebelled against Henry II and marching at the head of the Leicestershire men (19th Henry II) upon Nottingham, then kept for the king by Reginald de Luci, got possession of the town which he sacked, putting the greater part of the inhabitants to the sword and taking the rest prisoners. He was soon afterwards, however, reduced to submission and obliged to surrender to the crown his castles in Tutbury and Duffield, which were demolished by order of the king. His lordship m. Sibilla, dau. of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny and Brecknock, by whom he had issue. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 196, Ferrers, Earls of Derby]

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    There is substantial confusion over his name. See The Complete Peerage Vol. 4, p 193 for an account. Personally, I feel there could have been two brothers, William and Robert, Robert being the Earl and when he died at Acre his nephew William [son of his brother William] succeeded, but no documents support this theory! In The Complete Peerage vol. XIV, p. 250 it is suggested that Robert is a fabrication by Vincent, Earl of Ferrieres. [Brian Tompsett, Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal04492]

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Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
Page: 194-6 1162 - 1247 William de Ferrers 85 85     This nobleman, upon the return of King Richard from captivity, took arms in his behalf and, joining the Earl of Chester, besieged Nottingham Castle, which, after a brief resistance, surrendered. For this and other acts of fidelity, he was chosen by the king to sit with the rest of the peers in the great council held at the said castle in Nottingham in the ensuing March. Moreover, at Richard's second coronation he was one of the four that carried the canopy over the king's head. Upon the accession of King John, his lordship, with the Earls of Clare and Chester, and other great men, swore fealty to the new monarch but upon the condition that each person should have his right. His lordship was present at the coronation of King John and 7 June following, being solemnly created Earl of Derby by special charter dated at Northampton, he was girt with a sword by the king's own hands (being the first of whom in any charter that expression was used). He had also a grant of the third penny of all the pleas before the sheriff throughout the whole country whereof he was earl, to hold to him and his heirs as amply as any of his ancestors had enjoyed the same. Moreover, in consideration of 4,000 marks, he obtained another charter from the king of the manor of Higham-Ferrers, co. Northampton, with the hundred and park; as also of the manors of Bliseworth and Newbottle, in the same shire; which were part of the lands of his great grandfather, William Peverel of Nottingham. King John also conferred upon him a mansion-house situated in the parish of St. Margaret within the city of London, which had belonged to Isaac, a Jew, at Norwich, to hold by the service of waiting upon the king (the earl and his heirs), at all festivals yearly without any cap, but with a garland of the breadth of his little finger upon his head. These liberal marks of royal favour were felt so gratefully by the earl that in all the subsequent struggles between the king and the refractory barons, his lordship never once swerved from his allegiance, but remained true to the monarch; and loyalty to the interests of his son, King henry III. His lordship assisted at the coronation of the new monarch and immediately after the ensuing Easter, he took part with the famous William Marshall (governor of the king and kingdom), the Earls of Chester and Albemarle, and many other great men in the siege of Mountsorell Castle in Leicestershire, then held by Henry de Braybroke and ten other stout knights. And the same year was likewise with those noble persons at raising the siege of Lincoln, which place the rebellious barons with Lewis, King of France, had invested. His lordship m. Agnes, sister and one of the co-heirs of Ranulph, Earl of Chester, by whom he had two sons, William and Thomas. He died of the gout in 1246 and his countess d. in the same year after a union, according to some authorities, of seventy-five, and by others, of fifty-five years. His lordship was s. by his elder son, William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 196, Ferrers, Earls of Derby]

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    There is substantial confusion over his name. See The Complete Peerage Vol. 4, p 193 for an account. Personally, I feel there could have been two brothers, William and Robert, Robert being the Earl and when he died at Acre his nephew William son of his brother William succeeded, but no documents support this theory either! In The Complete Peerage vol. XIV ,p .250 it is suggested that Robert is a fabrication by Vincent, Earl of Ferrieres. [Brian Tompsett, Directory of Royal Genealogical Data]

Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 1968

Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
Page: 194-7,Page: 127-29 1090 - 1162 Robert de Ferrers 72 72 # Note:

    Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby, in the 12th Henry II, upon levying the aid for marrying the king's daughter, certified the knights' fees then in his possession to be in number seventy-nine for which he paid the sum of 68 marks. This nobleman was also a liberal benefactor to the church. His lordship was buried at the Abbey of Meervale, co. Warwick, one of the religious houses which he had founded, wrapped in an ox's hide according to his desire. His lordship m. Margaret, dau. and heiress of William Peverel, of Nottingham, by whom he had issue. He was s. by his son, William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 196, Ferrers, Earls of Derby]

 1069 Hawise de Vitre # Note: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
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    Robert de Ferrers, having contributed, at the head of the Derbyshire men, to King Stephen's victory over King David of Scotland at Northallerton (commonly called the battle of the Standard), was created by that monarch Earl of Derby. By Hawise his wife, he had William who d. s. p.; Robert his successor; Walcheline, of Okeham; Isolda, m. to Stephen de Beauchamp; and Maud, m. to Bertram de Verdon. The earl d. in 1139 and was s. by his son, Robert de Ferrers, as 2nd Earl of Derby. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 196, Verdon, Earls of Derby]

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# Note: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
# Note: Page: 55-26 1078 - 1155 William Perevel 77 77 A chief supporter of King Stephen; commander at Battle of Standard, 1137
 1115 Helen Peverel 1118 Richard Peverel 1040 Bertha de l' Aigle 1036 - 1088 Henry de Ferrers 52 52 # Note:

    Henry Ferrers, son of Walchelin, assumed the name from Ferriers, a small town of Gastinois, in France, otherwise called Ferrieres, from the iron mines with which that country abounded, and, in allusion to the circumstance, he bore for his arms "six horses' shoes," either from the similitude of his cognomen to the French Ferrier, or because the seigneurie produced iron, so essential to the soldier and cavalier in those rude times when war was esteemed the chief business of life, and the adroit management of the steed, even amongst the nobility, the first of accomplishments. Henry de Ferrers came into England with the Conqueror and obtained a grant of Tutbury Castle, in the county of Stafford. According to Stapleton, he was ancestor of the Oakham house of Ferrers, whose memory is preserved by the horseshoes hanging in the hall of their castle. He m. Bertha -----, and had issue, Robert, his heir; Eugenulph, who d. s. p.; and Walkelin, of Radbourne. [John Burke, Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. III, R. Bentley, London, 1834-1838, p. 127, Ferrers, of Baddesley Clinton]

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    The first of this eminent family that settled in England was Henry de Feriers, son of Walcheline de Feriers, a Norman, who obtained from William the Conqueror a grant of Tutbury Castle, co. Stafford, with extensive possessions in other shires, of which 114 manors were in Derbyshire. This person must have been of considerable rank, not only from these enormous grants, but from the circumstances of his being one of the commissioners appointed by the Conqueror to make the great survey of the kingdom. He was the founder of the Cluniac priory at Tutbury which he liberally endowed. By Berta his wife he had issue, Egenulph, d. v. p.; William, d. v. p.; Robert, his successor; Gundred; and Emmeline. [Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 196, Ferrers, Earls of Derby]

 1060 Agnes de Mortaigne 1054 - 1139 Andre de Vitre 85 85 # Note: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
# Note: Page: 55-26 1062 - 1116 Adelmode de la Marche 54 54 1058 - 1123 Roger de Montgomery 65 65 ROGER DE MONTGOMERIE, called le Poitevin, Earl of Lancaster, and Count of Marche,5 was involved in the misfortunes of his family, which taking part with Robert, Duke of Normandy, in his vain efforts to supplant Henry I. on the throne of England, lost all its possessions both in England and Wales, as well as many of those in Normandy. In 1094, he gave the priory of St. Martin's, in Lancaster, to the abbey of St. Martin de S‚es in France. He married Almodis, daughter and heiress of Adelbert, Count of Marche, whose son dying in 1091, Roger and his wife succeeded to his estates and honors. Upon the expulsion of his family from England in 1102, he withdrew to the country of his wife, and fixed his residence at the castle of Charroux, which gave him the surname of le Poitevin. He had a long war to sustain against Hugh de Lusignan, his wife's cousin, who claimed the County of Marche, with arms in his hands. He left this quarrel as a heritage to his descendants. 1068 Amice de Ferrers 1090 Robert de Vitre 1014 1010 - 1089 Walchelin de Ferrers 79 79 # Note:

    Ferrers, the name of a great Norman-English feudal house, derived from Ferrières-St.-Hilaire, to the south of Bernay, in Normandy. Its ancestor Walkelin was slain in a feud during the Conqueror's minority, leaving a son Henry, who took part in the Conquest and held a great fief in the midlands. [Encyclopædia Britannica, 1961 ed., Vol. 9, p. 184, Ferrers]

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slain in the civil wars which distracted Normandy during the minority of Duke William, later William the Conqueror.

The name Ferrers means in French 'to bind with iron' or 'to shoe a horse'. FerriŠres in Normandy was known for its iron-working industry. The Ferrers coat of arms was black horseshoes on a silver background. 1010 Richeride 1010 - 1066 Engenulph de l' Aigle 56 56 0980 Fulbert de Deine # Note: The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 1968
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http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tamer&id=I6053 1042 - 1085 Richard de l' Aigle 43 43 1035 - 1072 Robert de Vitre 37 37 1010 Berthe 1005 Robert de Vitre 0975 Gauthier de Vitre 0954 Guenergant de Rennes 0950 Rivallon de Vitre 0925 Gerberge 0910 - 0970 Judicael Berenger de Rennes 60 60 # Note: curt_hofemann@yahoo.com:
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    What I have in mind is her (Katherine Keats-Rohan) article on Poppa, mother of William Longsword of Normandy, which appeared in The American Genealogist a few years back. Basically, she suggested that Juhel/Judicael Berenger was son of a Count Berenger, named by Dudo and William of Juminges, and that both this Count Berenger and William Longsword were maternal grandchildren of an Earlier Frankish Count Berenger. I have seen it speculated (i.e. by Guillotel) that Judicael Berenger's paternal grandfather might have been a son or grandson of King Erispoe, but there was little evidence with which to place him. [Ref: TAF 21 Nov 2000]

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    Note: I originally had Juhel as brother of Poppa, but the above reference to Katherine Keats-Rohan indicates that Juhel is probably nephew of Poppa, being son of another Berenger Count. The dates would certainly indicate that Juhel and William Longsword were in the same generation.

http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tamer&id=I24916 0875 - 0930 Berenger de Rennes 55 55 1034 - 1090 Robert de Mortaigne 56 56 EARLDOM of CORNWALL

    Robert, Count of Mortain in Normandy, one of the two sons of Herluin de Conteville, by Herleve, mother of William the Conqueror, was b. about 1031. About 1050 he received, from his uterine brother, William, then Duke of Normandy, the comte of Mortain, and was thenceforth known as Count of Mortain. He accompanied William in the invasion of England, where he was in command of the chivalry of the Cotentin at the battle of Hastings, 1066. His share of the spoil was one of the greatest, as, with the exception of the lands of the King and the Church, he received nearly the whole of the county of Cornwall, and is, consequently, usually considered Earl of Cornwall, though only known as Comes Moritoniensis. At the time of Domesday, he was possessed of 797 manors in various counties, besides the borough of Pevensey in Sussex, etc. In 1069 he, with Robert, Count of Eu, defeated the Danes in the parts of Lindsey, with great slaughter. He joined his brother, the Earl of Kent in 1088 in a rebellion against William II in favour of his brother Robert Courthose, but was subsequently pardoned. He m. 1stly, before 1066, Maud, daughter of Robert de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury, by his 1st wife, Mabel, daughter and heir of William Talvas (5th son of William de Belleme, Seigneur of Alencon and Belleme). She was buried in the Abbey of Grestain. He m. 2ndly, Almodis. He d. 8 Dec 1090, and was buried with his 1st wife. [Complete Peerage III:427-8 as corrected by XIV:207]

Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999
Page: cxiv
Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
Page: 121-26

Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000
Page: III:427-8

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Robert, Count of Mortain
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Robert, Count of Mortain (d. 1095) was a half-brother of William the Conqueror, and became a great landholder in both England and Normandy.

He was the son of William the Conqueror's mother Herleva, and Herluin de Conteville. Odo, Bishop of Bayeux was his older full brother. He was probably born around 1040, but perhaps a few years earlier.

Around 1055 Duke William was consolidating his hold on the duchy, and having disposessed the count of Mortain, gave the county to Robert. Mortain was a frontier territory, bordering on Brittany and Maine, and Robert contributed to the defense of the duchy by constructing castles at the town of Mortain, and at St. Hilaire-du-Harcouet, le Tilleul, and Tinchebrai.

During the next decade Robert was a close counselor of his half-brother, appearing frequently at his court, including the councils at which the invasion of England was planned. He surely fought at the Battle of Hastings, though his chronicles of the time are not specific, however he contributed a significant part of the invasion fleet.

After the conquest, Robert obtained a large holding in England, including the strategic Rape of Pevensey in Sussex, and other lands guarding London, including Berkhamsted, Lambeth and Bermondsey. In 1072 he was entrusted with Cornwall after the previous ruler returned home to Brittany, though probably was never formally made an earl. Nevertheless, he was the second greatest lay magnate in England.

Robert seems to have been uninterested in English politics -- some say he lacked the cleverness for it -- and he spent most of the remainder of William I's reign in Normandy. He remained loyal to his half-blood brother William to the end, even when his full-blooded brother Odo of Bayeux rebelled and was imprisoned. At the dying duke's bedside he successfully argued for Odo's release.

Odo seems to have pushed him into action, for Robert took part in the Rebellion of 1088 which attempted to replace William Rufus with Robert Curthose. After Pevensey surrendered and the rebellion failed, Rufus pardoned Robert, while Odo was exiled to Normandy. Their differing treatment may reflect contemporary assessment of Robert's lack of initiative.

He married Matilda, daughter of Roger of Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, and was succeeded by their son William, Count of Mortain.

 1001 - 1087 Harlevin de Conteville 86 86 Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999
Page: cxiv
Text: States Robert de Mortain is half brother of William I The Conqueror. The Conteville's are the relationship for that.

Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000
Page: III:164

http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tamer&id=I5037 1015 - 1079 Mabel de Balleme Talvas 64 64 1029 Emma de Conteville 1030 - 1096 Odo de Conteville 66 66 ~1037 Miss de Conteville 1035 - 1119 Robert de Montgomery 84 84 1044 - 1098 Hugues de Montgomery 54 54 Hugh of Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (d. 1098) was an Anglo-Norman aristocrat.

He was the second surviving son of Roger of Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel of Bellême. As was typical of the first post-conquest generation, he inherited most of his father's English possessions while his older brother Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury inherited the Continental possessions.

During his four years as earl he spent most of his time in the Welsh march fighthing against the Welsh. In 1098 he joined forces with Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester in an attempt to possess Anglesey. There he was killed while fighting off a raid by king Magnus Barefoot of Norway.

Hugh was never married, and while it is likely he intended his younger brother Arnulf of Montgomery be his heir, his properties were inherited by the elder brother Robert.

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HUGH DE MONTGOMERIE, Earl of Shrewsbury and Arundel, succeeded his father in his English possessions. The Welsh gave him the name of Hugh Goch, i. e. Red headed.1 This might be presumed to be a term of reproach, applied as it was by a people who had but little love for the new race which had taken possession of England, and less even for the family, which from its estates on the borders, was foremost in their oppression. While Roger pushed the dominion of his master successfully over the refractory Welsh, his memory is not charged with the same severity and cruelty as adhere to some of his sons in their dealings with them. Hugh survived his father but four years; dying in 1098,2 unmarried, his possessions and honors came to his brother Robert.
He met his death at the hands of the Norwegians, who at the time were apparently redressing the wrongs the Welsh were suffering under. "Owen, a Welsh lord, father-in-law of Griffith and Cadagan, kings of Wales, having been disobliged by his sons-in-law, privately invited the Earls of Chester and Shrewsbury into his country, promising them a great booty. The two earls levying some troops, were received by Owen into Wales, where they committed unspeakable cruelties. The two kings, surprised by this unexpected attack, were forced to fly into Ireland, and leave the country to the mercy of the English. Their flight giving their enemies an opportunity to continue their march, they penetrated as far as the Isle of Anglesey, where they destroyed all with fire and sword."3 "Magnus, the son of Harold, King of Norway, having taken possession of the Orkneys and of the Isle of Man, arrived accidentally upon the coast of Anglesey. Hearing of the cruelties committed by the English, and touched with a sense of generous pity, he determined to land his forces, and to preserve the miserable inhabitants from destruction. The English endeavored to oppose the Norwegians. In the attempt, the Earl of Shrewsbury was slain. The prince of Norway, observing that nobleman resolute in opposing his landing, and whose impetuous valor had carried him into the sea, levelled an arrow, which through the opening of his armor pierced his right eye, and reaching the brain, he fell down convulsed in the water. The Norwegian prince, on seeing him fall, cried 'Let him dance,' or rather, 'Let him depart.' This accidental stroke of justice seen by the eye of superstition, made the Welsh to conclude, that the arrow had been directed by the immediate hand of the Almighty."4
In Llandyfrydog being mentioned as the place of Hugh's death, superstition goes further, when it states that one night his dogs being put into the church ran mad, "and the Earl himself died miserably in less than a month after." Another account states that the Earl of Shrewsbury arrived with his vassals first at Diganwy, the place of rendezvous, and waited several days for his auxiliaries. On a threatened landing of the northmen one day, Earl Hugh mounting his horse, put himself at the head of his men, and rushed into the water to meet the enemy. He was immediately killed by an arrow from the hands of Magnus.
"His bow string twangs,--its biting hail
Rattles against the ring-linked mail.
Upon the land in deadly strife,
Our Norse king took Earl Hugo's life."6
His body was not recovered until the ebbing of the tide, and was brought from Anglesey, and buried alongside of his father at the great Abbey of Shrewsbury.1 He built the castle at Cleobury, of which there are now scarcely any remains.2 And he added considerably to the endowments of his father's abbey at Shrewsbury, "with a heavy curse on the violator."3 "He was the only one of Mabel's sons who was courteous and amiable; and he conducted himself with great moderation during the four years he held the family honors and domains.

1 Rapin's History, i. 187.
2 Gough's Camden, iii. 9.
3 Rapin's History, i. 187.
4 Warrington's Wales, i. 358-9.
5 Gough's Camden, iii. 205.
6 Saga of King Magnus, quoted in Wiffen's Mem. of House of Russell.
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He was at the Castle of Bures when his mother was murdered there and he pursued the murderers in vain. In the summer of 1080 at Caen he joined his brothers in attesting his father's charter for Troarn fo rthe soul of their mother. Before his father's death he was already recognised as his heir in England. In 1092 he was at the siege of Breval and with other magnates he made peace between William deBréteui l and Ascelin Goel. On Roger's death in 1094 he succeeded him as EARL OF SHROPSHIRE or SHREWSBURY and to all his land s in England and Wales. In that year the Welsh rose in arms . Hugh fought them with some success in North Wales, but in 1095 they took Montgomery and slaughtered the garrison. Hugh took part in the conspiracy against William II in 1095 , but he bought the King's favour for £3,000. In1098 with the Earl of Chester he invaded and conquered Anglesey, treating the Welsh with great cruelty. When a Norwegian fleet appeared off the coast of North Wales, the 2 Earls met at Diganwy (co.Carnarvon) and crossed to Anglesey. As the fleet approached the land, the Earl rode along the shore and was struck by an arrow shot, or a javelin thrown, from a ship and fell dying into the sea. Thus he died unmarried about 31 July 1098 and was buried about 17 August at Shrewsbury Abbey.[d] [Complete Peerage XI:688-9, (transcribe d by DaveUtzinger)]

The Normans and English long sought for his corpse, drawn a way by the tide, and found it at length; and on the 17th da y after his death bore it to Shrewsbury, where it was buried in the abbey amid great mourning. He was the only one of the sons of Mabel who was gentle and amiable. This seems hardly compatible with the alleged cruelties tothe Welsh in Anglesey.

Records show that he left as issue one illegitimate son, Ralph Montgomery.
 0974 de Meulan 1005 Eustache de Burgo Burgh 0995 - 1067 Hildeburge de Beaumont 72 72 0995 - 1098 Guillaume de Alencon Talvas 103 103 0937 - 0990 Hildegarde Flanders 53 53 # Note:

    I Originally had Hildegarde de Flanders m. Wichman, Count de Gand, and their daughter Hildegarde de Gand m. Dietrich. According to sources quoted by Curt, below, Hildegarde de Gand & Hildegarde de Flanders are one and the same person. I left the marriage to Wichman as a 1st husband; her marriage to Dietrich seems somewhat late, and possibly she had a 1st husband.

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# Note: Curt Hofemann, curt_hofemann@yahoo.com, writes in a post-em:
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# Note: ES II:5 lists b. ca 934.
# Note: ES II:2, 5 lists d. 10 Apr 990 & Moriarty lists 990.
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# Note: ES II:2 makes her the daughter of Arnold I Count of Flanders (not granddaughter).
# Note: Moriarty p55 "perhaps dau of Arnulf I Count of Flanders"
# Note: Todd A. Farmerie in a message to Gen-Medieval 13 Mar 2001: mother unk, not Adele of Vermandois
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# Note: A somewhat new, very worthwhile website by Stewart Baldwin is the Henry Project at:
# Note: http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com/hproject/henry.htm
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    No direct evidence is known for the suggestion that Hildegard was Arnulf's daughter. However, the onomastic evidence for such an affiliation is strong, given that Hildegard had sons named Arnulf and Egbert, the latter of which is an Anglo-Saxon name that had only been recently introduced into the family of Flemish counts through Arnulf's mother. However, chronological considerations make it highly unlikely that Hildegard was born late enough to be a daughter of Adele of Vermandois. Since the chronology leaves plenty of room for an earlier marriage of Arnulf (who was probably in his 40's when he married Adele), it is most likely that Hildegard was born to an earlier marriage. [Ref: Erich Brandenburg, Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen, Frankfurt, 1964, 91-2; = Karl Ferdinand Werner, 'Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen bis um das Jahr 1000 (1.-8. Generation)', Karl der Große 4 (1967), 69-70

http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tamer&id=I10123 0970 - 1024 Mathilda de Ganelon 54 54 0965 - 1048 Guillaume Belleme 83 83 0942 Godchilde de Ponthieu # Note: Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 1968
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# Note: Text: Godchilde (no last name) 0940 - 0997 Yves II de Creil de Belleme 57 57 # Occupation: Domfort
# Note: Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 1968
# Note: Page: 6, 13
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# Note: provided by curt_hofemann@yahoo.com
# Note: Seigneur de Belleme, Count of Alençon and Domfront [Ref: Moriarty p12]
# Note: Yves I de Creil, Seigneur de Belleme and d'Alencon, d. 997 [Ref: David B. Boles <bolesd@cortez.its.rpi.edu> 12 Feb 1995 msg to SGM citing: Stokvis] Research note: find Stokvis
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# Note: More from FranceBalade (beware my translation):
# Note: Les Seigneurs de Belleme
# Note: Yves de Creil (ca 930-ca 997)
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    Yves de Creil was a vassal of Hugues Capet, Duke of France and was also close to the Duke of Normandy. In 960 he was with Richard I (Duke) of Normandy when he defeated the armies of Thibault of Blois, taking & mostly destroying the towns of Chartres and Corbon (Mortagne).

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    The Seigniory of Belleme was then created for Yves, by Hugues Capet, at the expense and opposition of Thibault 'le Tricheur/the Cheat' Count of Chartres and Blois. Yves de Belleme was immediately in conflict with Hugues I Count of Maine, who managed to take part of the Saosnois, and, with the Count du Perche allied with Thibault of Blois in common opposition & protection in particular against the Dukes of Normandy. Yves had the feudal fortress of Belleme built.

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    Yves married Godehilde, the sister of Sigefroi, Bishop du Mans & by her had three sons and two daughters: Guillaume, Yves, Avesgaud Bishop du Mans, Hildeburge who married Haimon, Seigneur de Chateau du Loir and Godehilde who was the mother of Albert, Abbot of Micy (and father of Arnoul, Archbishop of Tours). Yves died towards 997.

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Note: Moriarty p11 & 12 indicates he was living 1005, but unfortunately I did not note Moriarty's source of this & think it suspect.

http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tamer&id=I6414 0915 Rolais 0912 - 0950 Fulk (Fulcuin) Seigneur de Corbonais 38 38 0970 Yves de Belleme 0968 Godehilde de Belleme 0985 - 1035 Hildeburge de Belleme 50 50 0895 Geile 0905 - 0983 Yves Creil 78 78 0963 - 1005 Liutgard Luxembourg 42 42 0961 - 0993 Arnulf Holland 32 32 Sources:
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Title: Royal Genealogy
Abbrev: Royal Genealogy
Author: Brian Tompsett
Publication: 1994-1999
Title: Dynasties of the World
Abbrev: Dynasties of the World
Author: John E. Morby
Publication: Oxford University Press, 1989
Title: Paul B. McBride's Genealogy
Abbrev: Paul B. McBride's Genealogy
Author: Paul B. McBride
Title: Descendants of Kong Grom den Gamle
Abbrev: Descendants of Kong Grom den Gamle
Author: Herbert Stoyan
Publication: Aug. 2000
Title: Kingdoms of Europe
Abbrev: Kingdoms of Europe
Author: Gene Gurney
Publication: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1982
Title: Horrocks, Philips, Winget, Keeler, Clark, Watson, Lockwood, Strong, Gates and ancestors
Abbrev: Horrocks, Philips, Winget, Keeler, Clark, Watson,
Author: Lloyd A. Horocks
Title: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Family
Abbrev: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Family
Author: Jim Weber
Title: Royalty for Commoners
Abbrev: Royalty for Commoners
Author: Roderick W. Stuart
Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc, 4th Edition 2002
0981 Dirk III Holland 0938 - 0988 Dietrich of Holland 50 50 Sources:
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Title: Royal Families of Medieval Scandinavia, Flanders, and Kiev
Abbrev: Royal Families of Medieval Scandinavia, Flanders,
Author: Rupert Alen and Anna Marie Dahlquist
Publication: King River Publications, 1997
Title: Royal Genealogy
Abbrev: Royal Genealogy
Author: Brian Tompsett
Publication: 1994-1999
Title: Dynasties of the World
Abbrev: Dynasties of the World
Author: John E. Morby
Publication: Oxford University Press, 1989
Title: Paul B. McBride's Genealogy
Abbrev: Paul B. McBride's Genealogy
Author: Paul B. McBride
Title: Descendants of Kong Grom den Gamle
Abbrev: Descendants of Kong Grom den Gamle
Author: Herbert Stoyan
Publication: Aug. 2000
Title: Kingdoms of Europe
Abbrev: Kingdoms of Europe
Author: Gene Gurney
Publication: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1982
Title: Horrocks, Philips, Winget, Keeler, Clark, Watson, Lockwood, Strong, Gates and ancestors
Abbrev: Horrocks, Philips, Winget, Keeler, Clark, Watson,
Author: Lloyd A. Horocks
Title: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Family
Abbrev: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Family
Author: Jim Weber
Title: Royalty for Commoners
Abbrev: Royalty for Commoners
Author: Roderick W. Stuart
Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc, 4th Edition 2002
0903 Geva Hamalant 0900 - 0939 Dietrich Holland 39 39 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hwbradley/aqwg1230.h tm#20095
Selected Families and Individuals

Thierry I of HOLLAND Count of Holland [Parents] 1 was born 888 in Noordwijk-Binnen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He died 6 Oct 939 in Noordwijk-Binnen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. Thierry married Geva of HAINAUT on 923 in Noordwijk-Binnen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Geva of HAINAUT [Parents] 1 was born 903 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. She died 928 in Noordwijk-Binnen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. Geva married Thierry I of HOLLAND Count of Holland on 923 in Noordwijk-Binnen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

They had the following children:

M i Thierry II of HOLLAND Count of West Friesland was born 924 and died 6 May 988.
M ii Wichmann II of HAMALAND Count of Hamaland was born 926 and died after 14 Dec 973.

Thierry I of HOLLAND Count of Holland

1Schwennicke, Detlev, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten (Marburg: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1978-), II-2, Family History Library, 940 D5es. 0939 Gerberge Vermandois 0961 Hildegarde de Hollands 0870 Gerulf II 1030 Ponce (Poncia) 1020 - 1088 Alberic III de la Marche 68 68 1174 - 1247 Agnes de Meschines 73 73 1216 Sybil Ferrers 1200 - 1267 Bertha de Ferrers 67 67 Berta (married 2nd Ralph (le) Bigod (d. by 28 July 1260), 3rdson of 3rd Earl of Norfolk). [Burke's Peerage]

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Sir Thomas DE FURNIVALLE (g), by Berta, his wife (h). [CompletePeerage V:580-1, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(h) This Berta was living 10 Feb 1266/7. She had m. 2ndly Ralphle Bigod, whose widow she was, 28 July 1260. 1209 - 1245 Sibyl Marshal 36 36 1228 - 1298 Maud de Ferrers 70 70 1228 Joan de Ferrers 1218 - 1284 Margaret de Quincy 66 66 1239 - 1279 Robert de Ferrers 40 40 1248 Joan de Ferrers 1240 - 1287 William de Ferrers 47 47 He obtained, by gift of Margaret, his mother, the manor of Groby in Leicestershire, assuming the arms of the family of De Quincy. He married (1) Anne le Despencer, daughter of Hugh le Despencer, and (2) Eleanor, daughter of Matthew Lovaine.He obtained, by gift of Margaret, his mother, the manor of Groby in Leicestershire, assuming the arms of the family of De Quincy. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) 1242 Elizabeth de Ferrers 1003 - 1072 Guerin de Craon 69 69 1005 Anne de Crequy 0965 Baudoin de Crequy 0970 Marguerite de Louvain 0975 - 1037 Suhard de Craon 62 62 0959 - 1007 Lisois le Vieux de Craon 48 48 0960 de Bazougers 0980 - 1014 Hugh de Bazougers 34 34 0891 - 0960 Andre de Craon 69 69 0940 - 0987 Agnes d' Anjou 47 47 0860 - 0916 Lisois de Craon 56 56 0827 Lisois de Craon 0808 Warner de Nantes 1073 - 1158 Eudes de Vitry 85 85 1063 - 1107 Sybil Matilda De Montgomery 44 44 1222 - 1290 Agnes de Ferrers 68 68 # Note: Agnes, daughter of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby of the 1138 creation. [Burke's Peerage]
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    He [William de Vescy] married, 2ndly, before 1244, Agnes, 1st daughter of William (DE FERRERS), 5th EARL OF DERBY, by his 1st wife, Sibyl, sister and, in her issue, coheir of Anselm, 9th EARL OF PEMBROKE, 3rd daughter of William (MARSHAL), 4th
    EARL OF PEMBROKE. He died in Gascony, shortly before 7 October 1253, and was buried at Watton Priory, co. York. His widow died 11 May 1290, and was buried in the Greyfriars, at Scarborough. Complete Peerage XII/2:276-8

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# Note: Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999
# Note: Page: 2884
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# Note: Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000
# Note: Page: XII/2:277-278 1092 Maude de Ferreres 1198 Petronille de Ferrers 1172 - 1252 Isabel Millicent de Ferrers 80 80 1064 - 1088 Milisent de Ferrers 24 24 1039 - 1109 Berthe de Craon 70 70 1042 - 1107 Maud de Montgomery 65 65 # Note:

    He [Robert, Count of Mortain] m. 1stly, before 1066, Maud, daughter of Robert de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury, by his 1st wife, Mabel, daughter and heir of William Talvas (5th son of William de Belleme, Seigneur of Alencon and Belleme). She was buried in the Abbey of Grestain. He m. 2ndly, Almodis. He d. 8 Dec 1090, and was buried with his 1st wife. [Complete Peerage III:427-8 as corrected by XIV:207]

# Note: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
# Note: Page: 185-1
# Note: Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000
# Note: Page: III:428 1168 Agatha de Ferrers 1058 - 1123 Roger de Montgomery 65 65 ROGER DE MONTGOMERIE, called le Poitevin, Earl of Lancaster, and Count of Marche,5 was involved in the misfortunes of his family, which taking part with Robert, Duke of Normandy, in his vain efforts to supplant Henry I. on the throne of England, lost all its possessions both in England and Wales, as well as many of those in Normandy. In 1094, he gave the priory of St. Martin's, in Lancaster, to the abbey of St. Martin de S‚es in France. He married Almodis, daughter and heiress of Adelbert, Count of Marche, whose son dying in 1091, Roger and his wife succeeded to his estates and honors. Upon the expulsion of his family from England in 1102, he withdrew to the country of his wife, and fixed his residence at the castle of Charroux, which gave him the surname of le Poitevin. He had a long war to sustain against Hugh de Lusignan, his wife's cousin, who claimed the County of Marche, with arms in his hands. He left this quarrel as a heritage to his descendants. 1074 - 1122 Arnulph de Montgomery 48 48 1110 - 1162 Isabelle de Vitre 52 52 1114 Margaret Peverel 1088 - 1149 Avise de Montgomery 61 61 0994 Oda de Conteville 0880 Miss de Bayeux 0845 - 0888 Judicael de Rennes 43 43 0794 - 0836 Theodrate de France 42 42 0783 - 0852 Lambert de Nantes 69 69 0969 - 1012 Jean de Conteville 43 43 Occupation: of Comwyn & Tonsburgh
Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 1968
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General of the French King's forces & governor of his chief towns.

Descendants include Baldwin, 2nd King of Jerusalem.[Hamon III de Massey.ged]

General of the French King's forces & governor of his chief towns.

Descendants include Baldwin, 2nd King of Jerusalem.
 1003 - 1050 Heleve Arlette de Falaise 47 47 Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999
Page: cxiv
Text: Harlette is the common mother between William I and Robert de Mortain.

Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
Page: 121-23, 130-23

Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000
Page: III:164

http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tamer&id=I5702 1052 - 1131 Robert de la Spencer 79 79 * Chamberlain to William the Conqueror
* Event: Name Change Took the name Despencer
He succeeded his mother in the Seigneuries of Bellême and Alençon in 1082

ROBERT DE MONTGOMERY, surnamed Belesme, succeeded in 1082 to the Earldoms of Belesme and Alençon, Arundel and Shrewsbury; sided with Robert Courte-Heuse; in 1102 forfeited his English earldoms; imprisoned at Wareham, Dorsetshire, by Henry I in 1113; married Agnes, daughter and heiress of Guy, Count de Ponthieu (ped. 61)

(*)Bank's Extinct Peerage, Vol. 1, p. 5; House of Arundel, by Yeatman, p. 8; L'Art, Vol. XIII, p. 147.


Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury (1052- after 1130) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman, and one of the most promiment figures in the competition for the succession to England and Normandy between the sons of William the Conqueror.

He was the eldest son of Roger of Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel of Bellême.

Robert's first notable act, as a young man, was to take part in the 1077 revolt of the young Robert Curthose against William the Conqueror, an act he shared with many other Norman nobles of his generation. The rebellion was put down, and the participants pardoned. William did require that ducal garrisons be placed in the important baronial castles, which would make future rebellion much more difficult.

Robert's mother Mabel was killed in 1082, whereupon Robert inherited her property which stretched across the hilly border region between Normandy and Maine. It is due to this early inheritance that Robert has come be known as of Bellême rather than of Montgomery.

William the Conqueror died in 1087, and Robert's first act on hearing the news was to expel the ducal garrisons from his castles. Robert Curthose was the new duke of Normandy, but he was unable to keep order, and Robert of Bellême had a free hand to make war against his less powerful neighbors.

The next year in the Rebellion of 1088, Odo of Bayeux rebelled in an attempt to place Curthose on the English throne in place of William Rufus. At Curthose's request Robert went to England, where he joined in the rebels' defense of Rochester Castle. The rebels were permitted to leave after the surrender of the castle and failure of the rebellion.

Robert returned to Normandy. But Odo had preceded him, had gotten the ear of the duke, and conviced Curthose that Robert was a danger to the security of the duchy. Thus Robert was arrested and imprisoned upon his disembarkation. (The duke's younger brother Henry, who was on the same ship, was also arrested.)

Robert's father earl Roger came over from England, and, taking over his son's castles, defied Curthose. The duke captured several of the castles, but he soon tired of the matter and released Robert.

Once released, Robert returned to his wars and depredations against his neighbors in southern Normandy. He did help Curthose in putting down a revolt by the citizens of Rouen, but his motive seems to have been in large part to seize as many wealthy townspeople and their goods as possible. Curthose in turn subsequently helped Robert is some of his fights againsts his neighbors.

In 1094 one of Robert's most important castles, Domfront, was taken over by the duke's brother Henry, who never relinquished it and was to be an enemy of Robert for the rest of his life.

Later that year (1094) Robert's father earl Roger died. Robert's younger brother Hugh of Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury inherited the English lands and titles, while Robert inherited his father's Norman properties, which included good part of central and southern Normandy, in part adjacent to the Bellême territories he had already inherited from his mother.

In 1098 Robert's younger brother Hugh died, and Robert inherited the English properties that had been their father's, including the Rape of Arundel and the Earldom of Shrewsbury.

Robert was one of the great magnates who joined Robert Curthose's 1101 invasion of England, along with his brothers Roger the Poitevin and Arnulf of Montgomery and his nephew William of Mortain. This invasion, which aimed to depose Henry I, ended in the Treaty of Alton. The treaty called for amnesty for the participants but allowed traitors to be punished. Henry had a series of charges drawn up against Robert in 1102, and when Robert refused to answer for them, gathered his forces and besieged and captured Robert's English castles. Robert lost his English lands and titles (as did his brothers), was banished from England, and returned to Normandy.

He was one of Curthose's commanders at the Battle of Tinchebrai and by flight from the field avoided being captured as Curthose was. With Normandy now under Henry's rule, he submitted and was allowed to retain his Norman fiefs. But after various conspiracies and plans to free Curthose Robert was seized and imprisoned in 1112. He spent the rest of his life in prison; the exact date of his death is not known.

Robert married Agnes of Ponthieu, by whom he had one child, William Talvas, who via his mother inherited the county of Ponthieu.

Robert had a quick wit, was a good military leader and was perhaps the best castle designer of his generation, but had a terrible reputation as a cruel sadist.

 1216 - 1273 Sibyl de Ferrers 57 57 1042 Muriel de Conteville 0927 - 0992 Conan of Brittany 65 65 0996 - 1026 Warin de Belleme 30 30 0998 Yves de Belleme 1062 Denise de Mortagne 1058 Richard de Mortagne 1066 Muriel de Mortagne 1068 Sybilla de Mortagne 1064 - 1140 Guillaume de Mortagne 76 76 WILLIAM, Earl of Cornwall, who rebelled against Henry I., supporting the claims of Duke Robert to the throne, and joining the party at the head of which was his uncle Robert de Belˆsme. He was attainted, and died a prisoner. 1112 - 1160 Robert Peverell 48 48 1122 Henry Peverell 1084 Philip de Montgomery 1090 Maud de Montgomery 1100 Ponce de Montgomery 1152 Thomas de Ferrers 1135 Walcheline de Ferrers 1138 Hugo de Ferrers 1144 Henry de Ferrers 1147 Ralph de Ferrers 1150 Robert de Ferrers 1072 Engenulf William de Ferrieres 1072 Gundreda de Ferrers 1066 William de Ferrers 1070 Emmeline de Ferrers 1040 Isbel de Ferrers 1038 Hugh de Ferrers 1036 Gundella Ferreres 0988 - 1032 Adalbert de Gand 44 44 SOURCES: LDS FHL Ancestal File # MQD4-S3 (familysearch.org)
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 0978 Thierry de Gand 0980 Adelaide de Gand 0846 Gervunde de Rennes 0829 de Nantes 0934 Godebelt de Creil 0980 Adele of Holland 0983 - 1030 Siegried de Holand 47 47 1038 Herleva de Conteville 1222 Isabel de Ferrers 1230 - 1306 Agatha de Ferrers 76 76 0985 Henry de Ferrers The son of Egenulf De Feriers, Master of the House of the Duke of Normandy, who obtained of William, the Conqueror, large grants of land in the counties of Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire. It is said he took an active part in the Battle of Hastings, having invaded England with the Conqueror. Bertha 0960 Eugenulf de Ferrers 0930 Martin de Vitre 0940 Arnulf de Ganelon 0920 - 0973 Wickmann de Gand 53 53 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hwbradley/aqwg1230.h tm#20095
Selected Families and Individuals

Wichmann II of HAMALAND Count of Hamaland [Parents] 1, 2 was born 926 in Noordwijk-Binnen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He died after 14 Dec 973. Wichmann married Liutgard of FLANDERS on 950 in Hamaland, Netherlands.

Liutgard of FLANDERS [Parents] 1, 2 was born 937 in , Flanders, Belgium. She died 29 Sep 964 in Hamaland, Netherlands. Liutgard married Wichmann II of HAMALAND Count of Hamaland on 950 in Hamaland, Netherlands.

They had the following children:

F i Adela de HAMALAND was born 957 and died 1017.

Wichmann II of HAMALAND Count of Hamaland

1Farmerie, Todd A., Counts of Boulogne, Flanders, Ghent, Guines.

2Moriarty, George Andrews, The Plantagenet Ancestry of King Edward III and Queen Philippa (Salt Lake City: Mormon Pioneer Genealogy Society, 1985.), p. 163, Family History Library, 929.242 P694m. 0920 Matilde of Westfriesland Martin de Vitre 0960 - 1020 Meen de Fougeres 60 60 1058 - 1080 Emma of Mortain 22 22 Sources:

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      Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=856564&pid=-993399750  0960 - 1047 Renaud de Creil 87 87 1193 - 1254 William de Ferrers 61 61 # Note: William de Ferrers, buried 31 Mar 1254, Earl of Derby. [Magna Charta Sureties, line 88-3]
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    William de Ferrers, 7th Earl of Derby, upon doing homage in the 32nd Henry III [c. 1248], had livery of Chartley Castle and the other lands of his mother's inheritance; and the same year he sat in the parliament held in London wherein the king
    made so stout an answer to the demands of his impetuous barons. His lordship m. 1st, Sibel, one of the daus. and co-heirs of William Mareschal, Earl of Pembroke, by whom he had seven daus., viz., Agnes, m. to William de Vesci; Isabel m. 1st to
    Gilbert Basset, of Wycombe, and 2ndly, to Reginald de Mohun; Maud, m. 1st to William de Kymes; 2ndly to William de Vyvon, and 3rdly, to Emerick de Rupel Carnardi; Sibil m. 1st to John de Vipont, 2ndly to Franco de Mohun; Joane m. to William
    Aguillon, and 2ndly to John de Mohun; Agatha m. to Hugh Mortimer of Chelmersh; Eleanor m. 1st to William de Vallibus, 2ndly to Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winton, and 3rdly to Roger de Leybourne, but had no issue. The earl m. 2ndly Margaret, one
    of the daus. and co-heirs of Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, and had issue: Robert, his successor; William, upon whom his mother conferred the lordship of Groby, co. Leicester; Joan, m. Thomas, Lord Berkeley; and Agnes, m. to Robert de
    Muscegros, Lord of Deerhurst.

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    His lordship, who from his youth had been a martyr to the gout, and in consequence obliged to he drawn from place to place in a chariot, lost his life by being thrown through the heedlessness of his driver over the bridge at St. Neots, co.
    Huntingdon, in 1254. He was survived by his eldest son, Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 197, Ferrers, Earls of Derby]

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# Note: Title: The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999
# Note: Page: 57-4, 88-3, 102-3, 149-2, 149a-2, 59a-3
# Note: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
# Note: Page: 57-29, 189-4
# Note: Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000
# Note: Page: XII/2:278
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