Roger I. de Montgommery

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Roger I. de Montgommery (or Montgomery, Montgoméri) († before 1048) was an 11th century Norman baron. He is the progenitor of the Montgommery family , which played a prominent role in Normandy , England and Scotland .

biography

Roger owned land in central Normandy and was one of the young noblemen with whom the Count of Hiémois , who later became Duke Robert I , surrounded himself around 1026. In 1024 he is documented as Vice Count of Hiémois. When Robert I succeeded him in 1027, he appointed Roger Vicomte d'Hiémois (or Exmes ).

Like his duke, Roger also enriched himself in the possession of the church. For example, he tried to forcibly replace the market in Vimoutiers , in which Jumièges Abbey had rights, with one located in Montgommery (now Saint-Germain-de-Montgommery and Sainte-Foy-de-Montgommery ), i.e. on his Country and only a mile or two further, located. The Duke only reacted to pressure from Robert the Dane , Archbishop of Rouen : he had the Rogers market destroyed and that of the monks rebuilt, but then allowed Roger to operate the desired second market on his land.

Roger I de Montgommery founded the monastery in Troarn , whose residents, 12 canons whose discipline left a lot to be desired, drove away his grandson Roger de Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury in 1059 to replace them with a group of monks.

After the death of Duke Robert in 1035, Roger appears to have fallen from grace. Wilhelm von Jumièges describes that he had to go into exile (for which no specific reasons are known) and turned to King Henry I of France . It is believed that he rose up against the underage Duke Wilhelm II . Roger de Montgommery died in Paris, probably in 1040.

His five sons stayed in Normandy. One of them, Guillaume / Wilhelm, murdered Osbern de Crépon , the duke's seneschal, around 1040.

progeny

According to Wilhelm von Jumièges, these five sons were:

  • Hugues de Montgommery, † before 1050
  • Robert de Montgommery, † before 1050
  • Roger de Montgommery (who is often confused with Roger II de Montgommery, Hugues' eldest son)
  • Guillaume de Montgommery, the murderer of Osbern, who was himself killed by Vogt Barnon de Glos
  • Gilbert de Montgommery

literature

  • L. Musset: Les fiefs de deux familles vicomtales au XIe siècle. Les Goz et les Montgommery. In: Revue Historique de droit français et étranger. Volume XLVIII, 1970, pp. 342-343.
  • Detlev Schwennicke: European family tables . Volume III.4, 1989, plate 637

Footnotes

  1. ↑ M. Fauroux, Recueil des actes des ducs de Normandie , 1961, n ° 74, p.216
  2. ↑ Ordericus Vitalis , Histoire ecclésiastique , livre 3, p.19, éd. Guizot, 1825
  3. ^ Wilhelm von Jumièges, Gesta Normannorum Ducum , éd. Guizot, 1826, p. 168
personal data
SURNAME Roger I. de Montgommery
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roger I. de Montgomery; Roger I. de Montgoméri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION norman baron
DATE OF BIRTH 11th century or 12th century
DATE OF DEATH before 1048