1st Earl of Norfolk Roger Bigod

Abt 1060 - 1107  (47 years)

• Name	Roger Bigod
  Title	1st Earl of Norfolk
  Birth	Abt 1060	Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Manche, Lower Normandy, France
  Christening	Framlingham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	1066	Hastings, Sussex, England
  	May have fought in the Battle of Hastings
  Occupation	Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk
  Occupation	1074	England
  	Sheriff Norfolk and Suffolk
  Residence	Thetford, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
  Residence	1086	England
  	Domesday Book
  Residence	From 1107 to 1307	Framlingham Castle, Suffolk, England
  	Henry 1 granted him a license to build a castle at Framlingham which became family seat
  _FSFTID	LH86-MHT
  Death	9 Sep 1107	Thetford, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
  Burial	Thetford Priory, Thetford, Norfolk, England
  Person ID	I30109	My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Robert Bigod,   b. Abt 1015, Avranches, Manche, Normandy, France d. 1071, Chanon, Jura, Franche-Comté, France (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Adelisa de St. Sauveur,   b. 1035, Saint-Sauveur-la-Pommeraye, Manche, Normandy, France d. 1071, Saint-Sauveur-la-Pommeraye, Manche, Normandy, France (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	1065
  Family ID	F13342	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adelise de Tosny,   b. Abt 1064, Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Manche, Lower Normandy, France d. 1135 (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1080
  Children	1. Of Framlingham William Bigod,   b. Abt 1084, Norfolk, England d. 25 Nov 1120, Manche, Lower Normandy, France (Age 36 years)   2. Maud Bigod,   b. Abt 1085, Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom d. Bef 1129 (Age < 43 years)   3. Cecilia Bigod,   b. 1090, Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom d. 5 Dec 1135, Belvoir, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom (Age 45 years)   4. 1st Earl of Norfolk Hugh Bigod,   b. 1095, Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom d. 9 Mar 1176, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom (Age 81 years)   5. Gunnora of Essex,   b. Abt 1096, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom d. 1129, Essex, England (Age 33 years)   6. Jane Bigod,   b. 1105, Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom d. 1138, England, United Kingdom (Age 33 years)
  Family ID	F11785	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023