Hugh of Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury

Hugh of Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury († 1098 ) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman from the House of Montgommery .

He was the second surviving son of Roger de Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury , and the Mabile de Bellême . As was typical of the first generation after the Norman conquest of England , he inherited the property on the island as a younger son in 1094, while his older brother Robert of Bellême got the lands on the continent.

During his four years as an Earl, he spent most of his time in the Welsh Marches battling the Welsh . In 1098 he joined the forces of Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester , to retake Anglesey , which Hugh had lost in the 1094 Welsh uprising. He was killed by an arrow shot when he was a raid by the Norwegian King Magnus III. Faced barefoot at the east end of Menai Strait . According to tradition, the shot was fired by King Magnus himself.

Hugh wasn't married. He was succeeded by his older brother Robert.

literature

William Hunt : Hugh (d.1098) . In: Sidney Lee (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 28: Howard - Inglethorpe. , MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1891, pp. 160 - 161 (English).
JFA Mason: Montgomery, Hugh de, second earl of Shrewsbury (d.1098). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004

predecessor	Office	successor
Roger de Montgomerie	Earl of Shrewsbury 1094-1098	Robert of Bellême

personal data
SURNAME	Hugh of Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Anglo-Norman nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH	11th century
DATE OF DEATH	1098