Roger "The Poitevin" de Montgomery
- Born: Abt 1058, Marche, Poitou, France
- Marriage: Almodis comtesse de la Marche 141
- Died: 1122-1140, Charroux, France about age 64
 Information about this person:
• Dates & Events. 489
Guillaume de Jumièges names (in order) "Robert et Hugues, Roger le Poitevin, Philippe et Arnoul, et les filles Emma, Mathilde, Mabille et Sibylle" as the five sons and four daughters of "Roger de Montgomeri" & his wife Mabile.
He is named and his parentage given by Orderic Vitalis, who lists him third among his father's sons by his first marriage.
He was a considerable landowner in England especially in Lancashire but was banished in 1102 with his brother Robert and retired to Poitou. Comte de la Marche in 1113, de iure uxoris. married (before 1091) <\b>Almodis de La Marche, daughter of Aidebert II Comte de La Marche & his wife Ponce ____ (-1117/29).
The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence records that "Boso comes de Marchia" was killed "Confolento castro" in 1091 and was succeeded by "Aumodis soror sua", wife of "Rotgerio comite". "Rotgerius comes et Almodis comitissa" donated property to the abbey of Charroux by charter dated (1090/1100). She succeeded as Comtessa de La Marche in 1098.
• Background Information. 141
Roger "the Poitevin," married Almodis, sister and heir of Boso, comté de Marche en Poitou. Roger was a considerable tenant-in-chief, particularly in Lancashire. He was one of those who sided with Robert Curthouse in 1088, and was banished from England with his brother, Earl Robert, and then retired to Poitou. He founded the priory of Lancaster as a cell of St. Martin of Sées. He has erroneously been called Earl of Lancaster.
~Cockayne's Complete Peerage, (Shrewsbury), Vol. XI, p. 687, footnote (d)
Roger married Almodis comtesse de la Marche, daughter of Adalbert comté de la Marche and Unknown.141
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