Montgomerie family


de Montgomerie is a prominent family of Anglo-Normans origin, belonging to both French and British nobility.
The original family were prominent in early Anglo-Norman England and gave their name to Montgomeryshire, in neighbouring Wales. Roger de Montgomerie, also known as Roger the Great de Montgomery, was the first Earl of Shrewsbury, and Earl of Arundel, Sussex. His father was Roger de Montgomery, seigneur of Montgomery, and was a relative, probably a grandnephew, of the Duchess Gunnor, wife of Duke Richard I of Normandy. The elder Roger had large holdings in central Normandy, chiefly in the valley of the Dives, which the younger Roger inherited. Roger was one of William the Conqueror's principal counsellors, playing a major role in the Council of Lillebonne.

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