Third son of Roger de Montgomery, the 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel Talvas. Grandson of Roger de Montgomerie. Sometimes referred to as Roger de Poitou.
Roger was the first husband of Almodis de la Marche, the daughter of Adalbert III, Count Haute Marche. They had five children:
* Aldebert IV of La Marche
* Boso IV of La Marche
* Odo II of La Marche
* Pontia, wife of Wulgrin II of Angouleme
* Avice de Lancaster
Roger's exact dates are not known, born circa 1060 and died before 1140. Born in Normandy to one of King William's largest and most powerful lords, but his two older brothers inherited the estates and lordships in both England and France. His title of Roger de Poitou (Roger the Poitevin) came through his marriage to Almodis, the sister and presumptive heiress of childess Count Boso III. After 1090, he went by the title 1st Lord of Bowland.
When Roger's brother-in-law Boso died, Roger was involved with Norman and English affairs, and his wife's uncle Odo became count of La Marche.
In 1092 Roger acquired a large part of what is now north Lancashire, giving Roger effective control of all the lands that formed a natural border between the Norman English lands and the Scottish frontier lands in Cumberland. This increase of lands resulted from his support of King William II Rufus's invasion of Cumbria in 1092 when Dolfin was driven out and the Anglo-Scottish border was established north of Carlisle. Roger was also given the great honor of Eye, centered in Suffolk.
During the conflicts between William Rufus and Robert Curthose, Roger chose to support Rufus while Roger's elder brother Robert was loyal to Curthose. Rufus sent Roger to hold the castle at Argentan in Normandy, but Roger surrendered it to Curthose's ally, Philip I of France, destroying Rufus's trust. Roger remained loyal to Rufus during the conflicts with Henry I, and lost their English holdings after the rebellion of 1102, leaving Roger with his wife's holdings in Poitou. Odo was removed in 1104, and Robert's sons took the place of Count. Roger was allowed to return to England in 1109 after Curthose was defeated, but he never regained his English estates.
Roger was the first husband of Almodis de la Marche, the daughter of Adalbert III, Count Haute Marche. They had five children:
* Aldebert IV of La Marche
* Boso IV of La Marche
* Odo II of La Marche
* Pontia, wife of Wulgrin II of Angouleme
* Avice de Lancaster
Roger's exact dates are not known, born circa 1060 and died before 1140. Born in Normandy to one of King William's largest and most powerful lords, but his two older brothers inherited the estates and lordships in both England and France. His title of Roger de Poitou (Roger the Poitevin) came through his marriage to Almodis, the sister and presumptive heiress of childess Count Boso III. After 1090, he went by the title 1st Lord of Bowland.
When Roger's brother-in-law Boso died, Roger was involved with Norman and English affairs, and his wife's uncle Odo became count of La Marche.
In 1092 Roger acquired a large part of what is now north Lancashire, giving Roger effective control of all the lands that formed a natural border between the Norman English lands and the Scottish frontier lands in Cumberland. This increase of lands resulted from his support of King William II Rufus's invasion of Cumbria in 1092 when Dolfin was driven out and the Anglo-Scottish border was established north of Carlisle. Roger was also given the great honor of Eye, centered in Suffolk.
During the conflicts between William Rufus and Robert Curthose, Roger chose to support Rufus while Roger's elder brother Robert was loyal to Curthose. Rufus sent Roger to hold the castle at Argentan in Normandy, but Roger surrendered it to Curthose's ally, Philip I of France, destroying Rufus's trust. Roger remained loyal to Rufus during the conflicts with Henry I, and lost their English holdings after the rebellion of 1102, leaving Roger with his wife's holdings in Poitou. Odo was removed in 1104, and Robert's sons took the place of Count. Roger was allowed to return to England in 1109 after Curthose was defeated, but he never regained his English estates.
Third son of Roger de Montgomery, the 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel Talvas. Grandson of Roger de Montgomerie. Sometimes referred to as Roger de Poitou.
Roger was the first husband of Almodis de la Marche, the daughter of Adalbert III, Count Haute Marche. They had five children:
* Aldebert IV of La Marche
* Boso IV of La Marche
* Odo II of La Marche
* Pontia, wife of Wulgrin II of Angouleme
* Avice de Lancaster
Roger's exact dates are not known, born circa 1060 and died before 1140. Born in Normandy to one of King William's largest and most powerful lords, but his two older brothers inherited the estates and lordships in both England and France. His title of Roger de Poitou (Roger the Poitevin) came through his marriage to Almodis, the sister and presumptive heiress of childess Count Boso III. After 1090, he went by the title 1st Lord of Bowland.
When Roger's brother-in-law Boso died, Roger was involved with Norman and English affairs, and his wife's uncle Odo became count of La Marche.
In 1092 Roger acquired a large part of what is now north Lancashire, giving Roger effective control of all the lands that formed a natural border between the Norman English lands and the Scottish frontier lands in Cumberland. This increase of lands resulted from his support of King William II Rufus's invasion of Cumbria in 1092 when Dolfin was driven out and the Anglo-Scottish border was established north of Carlisle. Roger was also given the great honor of Eye, centered in Suffolk.
During the conflicts between William Rufus and Robert Curthose, Roger chose to support Rufus while Roger's elder brother Robert was loyal to Curthose. Rufus sent Roger to hold the castle at Argentan in Normandy, but Roger surrendered it to Curthose's ally, Philip I of France, destroying Rufus's trust. Roger remained loyal to Rufus during the conflicts with Henry I, and lost their English holdings after the rebellion of 1102, leaving Roger with his wife's holdings in Poitou. Odo was removed in 1104, and Robert's sons took the place of Count. Roger was allowed to return to England in 1109 after Curthose was defeated, but he never regained his English estates.
Roger was the first husband of Almodis de la Marche, the daughter of Adalbert III, Count Haute Marche. They had five children:
* Aldebert IV of La Marche
* Boso IV of La Marche
* Odo II of La Marche
* Pontia, wife of Wulgrin II of Angouleme
* Avice de Lancaster
Roger's exact dates are not known, born circa 1060 and died before 1140. Born in Normandy to one of King William's largest and most powerful lords, but his two older brothers inherited the estates and lordships in both England and France. His title of Roger de Poitou (Roger the Poitevin) came through his marriage to Almodis, the sister and presumptive heiress of childess Count Boso III. After 1090, he went by the title 1st Lord of Bowland.
When Roger's brother-in-law Boso died, Roger was involved with Norman and English affairs, and his wife's uncle Odo became count of La Marche.
In 1092 Roger acquired a large part of what is now north Lancashire, giving Roger effective control of all the lands that formed a natural border between the Norman English lands and the Scottish frontier lands in Cumberland. This increase of lands resulted from his support of King William II Rufus's invasion of Cumbria in 1092 when Dolfin was driven out and the Anglo-Scottish border was established north of Carlisle. Roger was also given the great honor of Eye, centered in Suffolk.
During the conflicts between William Rufus and Robert Curthose, Roger chose to support Rufus while Roger's elder brother Robert was loyal to Curthose. Rufus sent Roger to hold the castle at Argentan in Normandy, but Roger surrendered it to Curthose's ally, Philip I of France, destroying Rufus's trust. Roger remained loyal to Rufus during the conflicts with Henry I, and lost their English holdings after the rebellion of 1102, leaving Roger with his wife's holdings in Poitou. Odo was removed in 1104, and Robert's sons took the place of Count. Roger was allowed to return to England in 1109 after Curthose was defeated, but he never regained his English estates.
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