Roger de Montgomery Earl of Shrewsbury
d. 1094
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Roger de Montgomery was one of the Conqueror's principal counsellors, stayed to govern Normandy during the invasion, and was made Earl of Shrewsbury with a palatine sway over the Welsh border. His parents Roger the elder and Josceline, Gunnor's niece, now stand above him.
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*** UPDATE - READ FIRST (9 Oct 2026): the floor stated below HAS BEEN LIFTED - parent(s) now wired (Tier B wave 2); see the new parent records. Opening kept as audit trail. *** ROGER de MONTGOMERY, 1st Earl of SHREWSBURY (d.1094); m. Mabel de Belleme (the BELLEME inheritance, note-only); father of Matilda (our line). DOCUMENTED FLOOR of the Montgomery line; ancestry above note-only. Standard well-documented medieval royal genealogy per the cited authorities; contested rungs note-only, not hardened.