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unusual facts about Roger de Breteuil


Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford

Reginald married Emmelind Ballon, the daughter of Hamelin de Balun of Abergavenny and took her surname.


Castell Dinas

A fortified Norman castle with stone walls was built on the site possibly by William Fitz Osbern or his son Roger de Breteuil, Earl of Hereford in the period 1070 to 1075.

Wigmore Castle

FitzOsbern was killed in Flanders in 1071, and his son Roger de Breteuil took part in the Revolt of the Earls in 1075; after the Earl's subsequent defeat, William I seized the castle and gave it to another of his supporters, Ranulph de Mortimer (or Ralph de Mortimer).

Wigmore, Herefordshire

However, FitzOsbern's son Roger de Breteuil took part in the Revolt of the Earls; after the Earl's subsequent defeat William I seized the castle and gave it to another of his supporters, Ranulph de Mortimer.


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