4th Earl of Norfolk, hereditary Master Marshal of England, Custodian of Bristol and Nottingham Castles.
Son and heir to Hugh le Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk, and Maud Marshall. Grandson of Roger le Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk, and his wife, Ida, William Marshal and Isabel Fitz Gilbert de Clare Strongbow.
Roger married, by arrangement, Isabel, the daughter of William the Lion, King of Scotland. They had no issue.
Sir Roger was knighted by King Henry III at Gloucester in 1233, then unsuccessfully disputed Simon de Montfort's claim to the stewardship at the coronation of the Queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. He requested a separation from his wife in 1245, based on the grounds of consanguinity, but was forced by the church to take her back in 1253.
In 1270, he asked the king to allow his nephew, Roger le Bigod, son of his brother Hugh, to become his attorney and heir. Sir Roger was buried July 10th.
Son and heir to Hugh le Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk, and Maud Marshall. Grandson of Roger le Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk, and his wife, Ida, William Marshal and Isabel Fitz Gilbert de Clare Strongbow.
Roger married, by arrangement, Isabel, the daughter of William the Lion, King of Scotland. They had no issue.
Sir Roger was knighted by King Henry III at Gloucester in 1233, then unsuccessfully disputed Simon de Montfort's claim to the stewardship at the coronation of the Queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. He requested a separation from his wife in 1245, based on the grounds of consanguinity, but was forced by the church to take her back in 1253.
In 1270, he asked the king to allow his nephew, Roger le Bigod, son of his brother Hugh, to become his attorney and heir. Sir Roger was buried July 10th.
4th Earl of Norfolk, hereditary Master Marshal of England, Custodian of Bristol and Nottingham Castles.
Son and heir to Hugh le Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk, and Maud Marshall. Grandson of Roger le Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk, and his wife, Ida, William Marshal and Isabel Fitz Gilbert de Clare Strongbow.
Roger married, by arrangement, Isabel, the daughter of William the Lion, King of Scotland. They had no issue.
Sir Roger was knighted by King Henry III at Gloucester in 1233, then unsuccessfully disputed Simon de Montfort's claim to the stewardship at the coronation of the Queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. He requested a separation from his wife in 1245, based on the grounds of consanguinity, but was forced by the church to take her back in 1253.
In 1270, he asked the king to allow his nephew, Roger le Bigod, son of his brother Hugh, to become his attorney and heir. Sir Roger was buried July 10th.
Son and heir to Hugh le Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk, and Maud Marshall. Grandson of Roger le Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk, and his wife, Ida, William Marshal and Isabel Fitz Gilbert de Clare Strongbow.
Roger married, by arrangement, Isabel, the daughter of William the Lion, King of Scotland. They had no issue.
Sir Roger was knighted by King Henry III at Gloucester in 1233, then unsuccessfully disputed Simon de Montfort's claim to the stewardship at the coronation of the Queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. He requested a separation from his wife in 1245, based on the grounds of consanguinity, but was forced by the church to take her back in 1253.
In 1270, he asked the king to allow his nephew, Roger le Bigod, son of his brother Hugh, to become his attorney and heir. Sir Roger was buried July 10th.
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