Mauger (Rouen)

Mauger (or Malger ; † 1055 ) from the Rolloniden family was an illegitimate son of Richard II , Duke of Normandy . His half-brothers were the dukes Richard III. (ruled 1026 to 1027) and Robert I (ruled 1027 to 1035), the father of Wilhelm II. the Conqueror , as well as Wilhelm von Talou , Count of Arques .

Wilhelm von Talou and Mauger became irreconcilable enemies of their nephew, Duke Wilhelm II. After the death of Robert II on his pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1027 and during the minority of Wilhelm II, Wilhelm von Talou and Mauger tried to push their nephews aside by conspiracy and murder. The young Duke's regent, Robert the Dane , Archbishop of Rouen , died in 1037. Mauger succeeded him and Wilhelm became Count of Arques , primarily to ensure the safety and power of his nephew.

At first Wilgelm and Mauger appeared to be the duke's most loyal followers. They managed to keep their distance from the uprising of 1047 and to keep their offices after the battle of Val-ès-Dunes .

Wilhelm von Talou didn't come out of cover until 1052 when Arques became the center of an uprising. He was married to a sister of Count Enguerrand II von Ponthieu . Duke Wilhelm besieged Arques and defeated the relief army from France and the Ponthieu, Talou was forced to submit and banished from the duchy for life. Mauger was deposed as archbishop by the Council of Lisieux in 1054 or 1055 and banished to the island of Guernsey , where he drowned in 1055.

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• Wilhelm von Jumièges : Gesta Normannorum Ducum .
• Ordericus Vitalis : Historia Ecclesiastica .
• Robert von Torigni : Chronica.
  • all three translated and edited by Elisabeth MC Van Houts, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1995.

literature

• David C. Douglas: William the Conqueror. University of California Press, Berkley / Los Angeles 1964.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cf. Gesta Normannorum Ducum

predecessor	Office	successor
Robert of Normandy	Archbishop of Rouen 1037-1055	Maurille