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Roger de Bigod

Male - 1107


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Roger de Bigod died on 15 Sep 1107 in Earsham, Norfolk, England.

    Notes:

    Birth: Ancestry Files gives Egersham, Norfolk as his place of death, and many have followed. It should be Earsham, Norfolk, England.

    Family/Spouse: Adeliza de Toni. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Hugh de Bigod, Lord of Framlingham  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1095.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Hugh de Bigod, Lord of Framlingham Descendancy chart to this point (1.Roger1) was born about 1095.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Title(s): 1120; He succeeded as Lord of Framlingham.

    Family/Spouse: Juliana de Vere. Juliana (daughter of Aubrey II de Vere, Justiciar of England and Alice de Clare) died on 1199 to 1200. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Roger de Bigod, Earl of Norfolk  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1140; died before Aug 1221.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Roger de Bigod, Earl of Norfolk Descendancy chart to this point (2.Hugh2, 1.Roger1) was born before 1140; died before Aug 1221.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    Weis (1982) says he was born about 1150.

    History:
    In 1163, he attended the Council of Claredon.

    In October 1171, he was with the King at Pembroke.

    On 25 November 1189, he became the the second Earl of Norfolk.

    In 1215, he was one of the 25 sureties of the Magna Carta.

    He was Steward of the Household of Richard I and one of the four earls who carried the silken canopy over the monarch's head at his second coronation.

    Family/Spouse: Ida Plantagenet. Ida (daughter of Hamelin Plantagenet, Earl of Surrey and Isabel de Warenne, Countess of Surrey) was born about 1154. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1178; died in Feb 1224/25.
    2. 5. Margaret Bigod  Descendancy chart to this point died on 31 Mar 1237 in England.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  Hugh Bigod, Earl of NorfolkHugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk Descendancy chart to this point (3.Roger3, 2.Hugh2, 1.Roger1) was born before 1178; died in Feb 1224/25.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    History:
    In February 1221, he became the the third Earl of Norfolk.

    In 1215, he was a Magna Charta Surety.

    Hugh married Maud Marshall, Countess of Norfolk in 1207/12. Maud (daughter of Sir William the Marshal, Earl of Pembroke and Isabel de Clare, Countess Strigoil) died on 27 Mar 1248. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Isabel de Bigod  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1239 in England.
    2. 7. Sir Hugh Bigod, Chief Justice of England  Descendancy chart to this point died in Nov 1266.
    3. 8. Simon le Bigod  Descendancy chart to this point died before 1242.

  2. 5.  Margaret Bigod Descendancy chart to this point (3.Roger3, 2.Hugh2, 1.Roger1) died on 31 Mar 1237 in England.

    Family/Spouse: William Hastings. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Sir Henry Hastings  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1250.