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Roger de Montgomery

d. 1094 · 11th century · Also known as Roger of Montgomery, Roger de Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury

Roger de Montgomery was a Norman noble and close adviser of William the Conqueror. Made Earl of Shrewsbury around 1074, he built castles at Shrewsbury and at Montgomery, which took its name from his Norman home, and led Norman expansion into mid Wales and Powys. He founded Shrewsbury Abbey, where he was buried in 1094.

Roger de Montgomery
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