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Roger de Montgomery Earl of Shrewsbury
d. 1094
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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.
Research notes
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.