Roger I de Conches "the Spainiard" de Toeni

990 - 1039  (49 years)

• Name	Roger I de Conches de Toeni
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	About 990  [1, 2, 4]
  General Information	Cokayne says of him He was a powerful and haughty man, and banner-bearer of all Normandy. His name was also spelt Raoult.  [1, 2]
  Offices Held	From 1014 to 1030 (24 years)  [1, 2, 6, 7]
  He was the Castellan of Tillieres Castle with his father from 1014 to 1030.
  Moved To	Before 1024 (33 years)  [6]
  Before 1024, Roger and his father gained permission from Richard II to return to Normandy.
  Military	say 1031 (41 years)  [6]
  Roger fought the Muslims in Iberia. The small Christian states of Northern Iberia welcomed volunteers and adventurers who they could use to mount a strong force for the Reconquista. Roger was summoned by Ermesinde of Carcassonne, regent-countess of Barcelona after the death of her husband Ramon Borrell, to help her against the Muslim threat to her power. Roger rushed to help, marrying Ermesende's daughter, terrorising the Saracens and capturing several towns and castles. Adémar de Chabannes gives an echo of the more or less legendary deeds of Roger in Iberia. He gained the nickname Mangeur de Maures (Moor-Eater). Adémar recounts that Roger took his captured Saracens each day and, in front of them, cut one of their number in two, boiling the first half and giving it to the other Muslims to eat, and pretending to take the other half into his own tent for him and his companions to eat. Then Roger allowed some of these prisoners to escape, to spread these horrific rumours.
  Charter/Grant/Gift	1031/32 (42 years)  [2]
  In 1031/32 he attested a charter of Robert I for St. Wanrille.
  Military	1035 (45 years)  [2, 4, 6]
  In 1035, while Duke Robert was away on pilgrimage, he went to Spain and distinguished himself fighting the infidels. When he returned to Normandy, he was furious to learn that the boy William had succeeded his father in the Duchy, declaring that a bastard ought not to rule over him and other Normans. Accordingly he rebelled and ravaged the lands of his neighbors, particularly those of Humphrey de Vieilles, whose son, Roger de Beaumont, marched against him, and in the battle which followed, he and two of his sons were killed.
  Religion	1034/35 (45 years)  [2]
  About 1035, he founded the Abbey of Châtillon or Conches.
  Burial	31 May 1038	Conches (now Conches-sur-Gondoire), Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France   [2]
  Death	1038/39  [2, 3, 4]
  He was killed in battle. [1, 2, 4]
  Last Full Review	25 Jun 2020
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Halfdan "the Old"   (5 x Great Grandfather)
  Person ID	I3041	| Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Ralph II de Toeni
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F2441	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Estephania de Barcelona
  Marriage	yes, date unknown  [1, 5]
  Family ID	F7869	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Godeheut,   b. Abt 1004   d. 1051 (Age 47 years)  Other Partners: Richard, Count of d'Évreux
  Marriage	yes, date unknown  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Children	1. Elbert de Toeni  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. Helinant de Toeni   d. May 1039, Conches (now Conches-sur-Gondoire), Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 3. Ralph III de Toeni,   b. 1030   d. 24 Mar 1101/02 (Age 72 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Isabel de Montfort   4. Robert de Stafford   d. 1088  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Adela   5. Helbert de Toeni   d. 1040  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   6. Gazon de Toeni  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   7. Eliant de Toeni  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   8. Alice de Toeni   bur. Lire Abbey, La Vieille-Lyre, Eure, Normandy, France  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ William FitzOsbern de Breteuil  m. say 1051   9. son of Roger de Toeni  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Adela
  Family ID	F2440	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Two Rogers: Evans (1968) states there were two Rogers, both who went to Spain. [3]

  
  

• Event Map		Burial - 31 May 1038 - Conches (now Conches-sur-Gondoire), Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S1448] Boyer, Carl 3rd. Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans , (Santa Clarita, California: Privately Published, 2001). [S1455] Cokayne, George E. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the UK, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, volume XII , (London: The St. Catherine Press, 1953). [S1772] Evans, Charles. "Tosny of Belvoir", (London: Genealogists Magazine, Volume 15, 1968). [S1460] Norr, Vernon M. Some Early English Pedigrees , (Washington DC: by author, 1968). [S60] Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S304] Wikipedia, Roger I of Tosny. [S1600] Wurts, John S. Magna Charta, (Philadelphia: Brookfield Publishing Company, 1945).