Roger de Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury

Roger de Montgomery, also known as Roger the Great, was the first Earl of Shrewsbury, and Earl of Arundel, in Sussex. His father was Roger de Montgomery, seigneur of Montgomery, a member of the House of Montgomery, and was probably a grandnephew of the Duchess Gunnor, wife of Duke Richard I of Normandy, the great-grandfather of William the Conqueror. The elder Roger had large landholdings in central Normandy, chiefly in the valley of the River Dives, which the younger Roger inherited.

Occupation

counselor, feudatory

Citizenship

Duchy of Normandy, Kingdom of England

Born

1029

Died

July 27, 1094