Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameRoger II DE MONTGOMERY 1st Earl Of Shrewsbury, 25G Grandfather
FatherRoger 'the Great' DE MONTGOMERY Vicomte De La Hiesmois (~985-~1028)
Spouses
1Mabel TALVAS Lady Of Alencon, 25G Grandmother
FatherWilliam TALVAS Lord Of Alencon (~998-<1070)
MotherHildeburge DE BEAUMONT (~1002-~1067)
ChildrenMatilda (~1048-1085)
Robert (~1054->1131)
Roger 'the Poitevin' (~1054-~1123)
Sibyl (~1058-~1107)
Arnulf (~1074->1102)
Web Notes notes for Roger II DE MONTGOMERY 1st Earl Of Shrewsbury
From "The Matter of Wales: Epic Views of a Small Country" by Jan Morris, ISBN 0-19-504221-2, page 63:
Take the minute town of Montgomery, Trefaldwyn, near the English border in Powys. In appearance it is very English, and predominantly Georgian. It has a neat little market hall in a pretty sloping square, lots of nice square-windowed houses, a couple of pubs, a church rich in handsome family tombs. On the hill above the town a ruined castle stands, and there is a Town Hall, a court House and a former County Gaol. This place is pure Norman. Its eponymous founder was Roger de Montgomery, from Saint-Fol-de- Montgomery in Calvados, who built his first castle here within a decade of the Battle of Hastings [1066]. The first purpose of the settlement was purely colonial- it was the key to the great gap that ran through the central Welsh highlands to the western sea. . . The castle on the hill directly succeeded Roger's original fortress.
The story of Arundel begins in 1067 when Roger de Montgomery was created Earl of Arundel and given a third of Sussex as a reward for his careful stewardship of Normandy while William was away conquering England. Roger's son Robert inherited the castle but sided with the Duke of Normandy against Henry I, and so the castle was besieged by the King's forces for three months and Robert was captured and imprisoned.
The second siege the castle suffered was in 1139 when Empress Matilda came to Arundel claiming the throne of England. Her rival, King Stephen beleaguered the castle but soon raised the siege and allowed Matilda to escape.
The castle changed hands by marriage in 1243 to the Fitzalans who retained control until 1556 when Mary Fitzalan married Thomas 4th Duke of Norfolk, thus uniting the two great families and bringing Arundel to the Dukes of Norfolk who have held it ever since.
In the 1640's Arundel suffered its third, last and worst siege. The castle fell into Parliamentarian hands during the Civil War but surrendered to the Royalists in 1643. Ten days later the Roundheads began their siege and wrought such damage that the Royalist garrison was forced to surrender. The castle remained a ruin for the next 150 years until the 8th Duke began restoration in 1716.
The castle with its circular Keep, double Bailey and stone stairway up the mound to the Keep, is essentially a smaller version of Windsor Castle.
Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (124:26), (185:1). Schwennicke's ES 3:637-41. 1st Earl of Arundel and Shrewsbury. His wife, MABEL, brought him the Lordship af Alcenon in Normandy. When WILLIAM THE CONQUERER invaded England in 1066, Roger remained in Normandy as regent. He joined WILLIAM in England in 1067 and was created Earl of Arundel. Upon the dismemberment of Mercia in 1070, he was also given land in the Welsh Marches and became Earl of Shrewsbury.
Take the minute town of Montgomery, Trefaldwyn, near the English border in Powys. In appearance it is very English, and predominantly Georgian. It has a neat little market hall in a pretty sloping square, lots of nice square-windowed houses, a couple of pubs, a church rich in handsome family tombs. On the hill above the town a ruined castle stands, and there is a Town Hall, a court House and a former County Gaol. This place is pure Norman. Its eponymous founder was Roger de Montgomery, from Saint-Fol-de- Montgomery in Calvados, who built his first castle here within a decade of the Battle of Hastings [1066]. The first purpose of the settlement was purely colonial- it was the key to the great gap that ran through the central Welsh highlands to the western sea. . . The castle on the hill directly succeeded Roger's original fortress.
The story of Arundel begins in 1067 when Roger de Montgomery was created Earl of Arundel and given a third of Sussex as a reward for his careful stewardship of Normandy while William was away conquering England. Roger's son Robert inherited the castle but sided with the Duke of Normandy against Henry I, and so the castle was besieged by the King's forces for three months and Robert was captured and imprisoned.
The second siege the castle suffered was in 1139 when Empress Matilda came to Arundel claiming the throne of England. Her rival, King Stephen beleaguered the castle but soon raised the siege and allowed Matilda to escape.
The castle changed hands by marriage in 1243 to the Fitzalans who retained control until 1556 when Mary Fitzalan married Thomas 4th Duke of Norfolk, thus uniting the two great families and bringing Arundel to the Dukes of Norfolk who have held it ever since.
In the 1640's Arundel suffered its third, last and worst siege. The castle fell into Parliamentarian hands during the Civil War but surrendered to the Royalists in 1643. Ten days later the Roundheads began their siege and wrought such damage that the Royalist garrison was forced to surrender. The castle remained a ruin for the next 150 years until the 8th Duke began restoration in 1716.
The castle with its circular Keep, double Bailey and stone stairway up the mound to the Keep, is essentially a smaller version of Windsor Castle.
Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (124:26), (185:1). Schwennicke's ES 3:637-41. 1st Earl of Arundel and Shrewsbury. His wife, MABEL, brought him the Lordship af Alcenon in Normandy. When WILLIAM THE CONQUERER invaded England in 1066, Roger remained in Normandy as regent. He joined WILLIAM in England in 1067 and was created Earl of Arundel. Upon the dismemberment of Mercia in 1070, he was also given land in the Welsh Marches and became Earl of Shrewsbury.