Amiera de Montgomery

• Please note: Niece NOT daughter of Roger de Montgomerie
• Not related to Warin Bussell, 1st baron of Panwortham

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Amieria Montgomery

• Birth: about 1055 in Saint Germain de Montgommerie, Normandy, France
• Death: between 1075 and 1100, Northumberland or Shropshire in England
• Father Gislebert (Gilbert) de Montgomery d. 1063 - not confirmed.
• Married 1st to Warin (Guerin) (le Chauve) "The Bald." (Died 1086). Their only child was son Hugh, who died probably without issue early in the 1100s.
• Married 2nd his brother Rainaud de Bailleul.
• Reputed to be 1st cousin, once removed to William the Conqueror.

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Death

It is not known if Aimera died at Knightley or in Northumberland where her oldest son Hugh lived. Her death was sometime between 1075 (birth of William) and 1100, probably closer to the latter.

Documented Issue

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Montgomery-543#Death

1. Hugh FitzWarin, documented son of Amiera and Warin, was born, say, 1076, assuming his parents marriage in 1075. He would have been born in Shropshire. He was a minor at the time of Warin's death in, say, 1085. Amieria & her first husband had one child: [1] Hugh, died between 1102 and 1110. A manuscript reciting the history of the foundation of Shrewsbury abbey records donations including that of "Hugo filius eiusdem Warini". Sheriff of Shropshire. A manuscript reciting the foundation of Shrewsbury abbey records that "Alanus filius Fladaldi" held “honorem vicecomitis Warini” after "filium eius". As the death of Alan FitzFlaald is dated to before 1114, it is assumed that Hugh died early in the 1100s, probably without issue. [1] On the death of Warin, a son and heir, Hugh then a minor, survived. He succeeded to his father’s honour and estates in about the year 1102-3, and died soon afterwards without issue. [2]
2. Rainald, son of Amiera and Rainald, born, say, 1087 assuming parents' marriage in 1086. Succeeded to the Norman estates. [4] . Ameria's profile on Geni asserts that she and Renald had four sons, one of whom was Rainald de Balliol.[5]
3. William, son of Amiera and Rainald, born, say, 1089, assuming parents' marriage in 1086. Died before 1144. Ameria's profile on Geni asserts that she and Renald had four sons, one of whom was Willem de Balliol.[5] William, son of Amiera and Rainald, is not William Knightley, who is no longer linked.

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• Avelina de Hesding, domina Norton Some genealogies state that Amira/Emma remarried to Warin, another Sheriff of Shrewsbury and Shropshire, and that they had a daughter, Avelina, but Avelina's parentage has been shown to be different by modern research. She was the daughter of Ernulf de Hesdin (?-1097) a companion of William the Conqueror. See Ernulf de Hesdin on Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernulf_de_Hesdin

Notes

From http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORMAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc287693355 May 2014: (bad link)

The identity of Amieria´s parents is not known.  She is shown as the daughter of Gilbert in Europäische Stammtafeln[444], but this may be no more than speculation.  The word "neptis" may indicate a more remote family relationship than niece.  m ---.]  One child: 

a)         [AMIERIA .  Orderic Vitalis reports that Roger de Montgommery married "Amieriam neptem suam" to "Warino autem Calvo", who was "a man small in body but great in spirit", to whom he granted “præsidatum Scrobesburiæ”[445].  Her second marriage is confirmed by a manuscript which recites the history of the foundation of Shrewsbury abbey and records donations including that of "Reginaldus frater Warini vicecomes…villam…Lega", adding in a later passage that "Reinaldus…post mortem Warini vicecomitis uxorem illius, cum honore, suscepit"[446].  Eyton interprets "frater" in this document as meaning "brother-in-law or rather husband of Warin´s widow"[447] but, assuming that the extract quoted above reflects the facts, such an interpretation is unnecessary as Rainald was both Warin´s brother and second husband of Warin´s widow.  Orderic Vitalis records that “Rogerius...Scrobesburiensis comes” donated properties to Ouche, including confirmation of the donation of “in ecclesia de Bailol altare sancti Leonardi et unam partem decimæ eiusdem villæ cum terra” donated by “Rainaldus de Bailol et Amieria uxor eius neptis mea”, undated but dated to after his second marriage[448].  The date of death of Amieria´s first husband and the date of her second marriage is indicated by Domesday Book which records "Raynaldus" as "vicecomes" of Shropshire[449].  m firstly WARIN [Gu%C3%A9rin] "the Bald/le Chauve", son of --- (-[25 Feb 1083/1086]).  A manuscript reciting the foundation of Shrewsbury abbey records donations including by "Warinus vicecomes…in villa…Tugfort" and “uxor…illius post eius obitum…domum…in civitate”, with the consent of "filiis suis"[450].  Orderic Vitalis records that “V Kal Mar” in 1083 “Rogerius comes” declared to “Guarinum vicecomitem et Picotem de Saia cæterosque proceres suos” his intention of founding the abbey of Saint-Pierre[451].  m secondly (before 1086) her first husband´s brother, RAINALD de Bailleul [Bailleul-en-Gouffern], son of ---.  "Rainaldus" donated “Dodefort” to Shrewsbury abbey for the soul of "Warini antecessoris sui"[452].  Domesday Book records "Raynaldus" as "vicecomes" of Shropshire[453].  Orderic Vitalis records that “Rogerius...Scrobesburiensis comes” donated properties to Ouche, including confirmation of the donation of “in ecclesia de Bailol altare sancti Leonardi et unam partem decimæ eiusdem villæ cum terra” donated by “Rainaldus de Bailol et Amieria uxor eius neptis mea”, undated but dated to after his second marriage[454].  He must have ceased to be Sheriff in the early 1100s as a manuscript reciting the foundation of Shrewsbury abbey records that "Alanus filius Fladaldi" held “honorem vicecomitis Warini” after "filium eius"[455].] 

Amieria & her first husband had one child: 

i)          HUGH (-[1102/10]).  A manuscript reciting the history of the foundation of Shrewsbury abbey records donations including that of "Hugo filius eiusdem Warini"[456].  Sheriff of Shropshire.  A manuscript reciting the foundation of Shrewsbury abbey records that "Alanus filius Fladaldi" held “honorem vicecomitis Warini” after "filium eius"[457].  As the death of Alan FitzFlaald is dated to before 1114, it is assumed that Hugh died early in the 1100s, probably without issue. 

The following is from Pamela Johnson's well-researched AMJ Ancestry site (http://www.amjancestry.com/I10734.html):

Renauld de Bailleul de Knightley Alias: Rainald de Bailleul, Reginald de Knightley, Renaud "the Sheriff" Born: 1057 in Bailleul-en-Gouffern, Orne, Normandy, France Died: AFT 1086 in Knightley, Staffordshire, England

Marriage 1 Amiera de Montgomery, Niece of Roger II de Montgomery Children: William de Knightley b: 1082 in Knightley, Staffordshire, England

Rainald de Bailleul was Sheriff of Shropshire under Earl Roger of Montgomery (Roger de Montgomery II). He was one of the vassals who accompanied Roger in the Conquest. He was from Bailleul-en-Gouffer, in the arrondisement of Argentan, Canton of Trun, Normandy. (There are thirty Bailleuls in France, so this can become confusing. The French term "Bailleul" is similar in meaning, and no doubt derivation, to the English word "bailliwick," and is normally followed by a place name. (e.g., Bailleul-en-Gouffer).

References

• Please see Darrell Wolcott: Welsh Origins of the Peverel Family; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id50.html. (Steven Ferry, April 15, 2020.)
• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1025.htm#...
  • [S9498] Unknown author, Gentlemen of Courage--Forward, by Lawrence Hill, p. 222.
• http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORMAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc287693355
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~stoneyfield/4485.htm
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Montgomery-543
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Montgomery-9079