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Hugh Bigod 1st Earl of Norfolk
d. 1177
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1177
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Hugh Bigod, first Earl of Norfolk, was the great turbulent baron of Stephen's and Henry the Second's reigns, holder of Framlingham, whose word helped crown Stephen and whose rebellions twice nearly unmade kings.
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HUGH BIGOD, 1st Earl of NORFOLK (1095-1177); father of Roger 2nd Earl (our line). Standard well-documented medieval genealogy per the cited authorities; contested rungs note-only, not hardened.