Name |
Roger the Great de Montgomery |
Title |
receiving the Rape of Arundel at the end of 1067 (or in early 1068). William gave Earl Roger nearly all of what is now the county of West Sussex, which at the time of the Domesday Survey was the Rape of Arundel. |
Suffix |
First Earl of Shrewsbury, and Earl of Arundel |
Birth |
Bef. 1046 |
- He was an adult at 1066 invasion
|
Gender |
Male |
Title acquired or granted |
November 1071 he was created Earl of Shrewsbury; a few historians believe that while he received the Shropshire territories in 1071 he was not created Earl until a few years later. In 1083, he founded Shrewsbury Abbey |
Death |
1094 |
Person ID |
I322324959059 |
Hurst Improbable Family Tree |
Last Modified |
11 Feb 2022 |