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Roger de Montgomery, according to Orderic Vital, was a powerful Baron, holding lands both in England and Normandy; he accompanied the Christian armies to Palestine, and died before Antioch. It will be interesting to the Antiquarian to know that the effigy of this Roger, cross-legged, was dug up in St Mary's Church Shrewsbury, in 1623. From him are descended the Earl of Eglinton, Sir H. Montgomery, and their collateral kinsmen. Correction to the information from the book "The English Crusaders": It was not Roger de Montgomery but his brother, Philip de Montgomery, who died at Antioch in 1098 CE. The Tomb discovered in 1623 also did not belong to him but to his father, Roger de Montgomery, who died in 1094 CE. |
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Roger III de Poitevin, de Montgomery, was the third son of Roger II de Montgomery, Earl of Shropshire and Shrewsbury, who died in 1094 CE. In 1102 Roger III joined Robert II Curthose, in a failed rebelled against Henry I King of England, who was the father of Robert II Curthose. Due to the failed uprising, Roger III and his brothers lost most of their properties in England. Roger III retreated to his property in La Marche, France. After 1109 CE, Roger appears to have lost interest in governing La Marche, his wife and son governed the region. What is interesting is his given arms, suggesting a predecessor of the, "Knights of the Cross with the Red Star". This order was officially founded in 1233 CE, more then 100 years after Roger's death. |