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Biography of Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois 1065-1139

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Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois was appointed Viscount Hiemois.

Around 1044 [his father] Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and [his mother] Mabel Belleme were married.

Around 1065 Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois was born to Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel Belleme.

After 1079 [his father] Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Adelaide du Puiset Countess Shrewsbury were married.

On 2nd December 1079 [his mother] Mabel Belleme was murdered.

Before 1086 Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois (age 20) and Almodis La Marche were married at Poitou. She the daughter of Aldebert La Marche II Count La Marche. He the son of Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel Belleme.

In the Domesday Book of 1088 the manor of Sutton Scarsdale [Map] was owned by Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois (age 23).

In 1094 [his father] Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury died. His son [his brother] Hugh succeeded 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury 1C 1071. His son [his brother] Robert (age 38) succeeded 2nd Count Ponthieu. Agnes Ponthieu Countess Ponthieu and Shrewsbury (age 14) by marriage Countess Ponthieu.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1094 Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois (age 29) established the Benedictine Lancaster Priory [Map], dedicated to St Mary, as a cell of the Abbey of Saint Martin of Sées in Normandy.

Before 1140 Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois (age 74) died.

[his daughter] Pontia La Marche Countess Angoulême was born to Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois and Almodis La Marche.

[his daughter] Avice de Lancaster La Marche was born to Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois and Almodis La Marche.

[his son] Aldebert IV La Marche was born to Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois and Almodis La Marche.

[his son] Odo II La Marche was born to Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois and Almodis La Marche.

[his son] Boso IV La Marche was born to Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois and Almodis La Marche.

Royal Descendants of Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois 1065-1139

Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England

Ancestors of Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois 1065-1139

Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois

Great x 2 Grandfather: Yves Belleme

Great x 1 Grandfather: William "Princeps" Belleme

Great x 2 Grandmother: Godeheut Unknown

GrandFather: William "Talvas" Belleme

Great x 2 Grandfather: Arnulf de Ganelon

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mathilde Condé Sur Noireau

Mother: Mabel Belleme

GrandMother: Hilderburg Unknown