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Breteuil, Roger de [Roger fitz William], earl of Herefordlocked

(fl. 1071–1087)
  • C. P. Lewis

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Breteuil, Roger de [Roger fitz William], earl of Hereford (fl. 1071–1087), magnate and rebel, was the second son of Earl William fitz Osbern (d. 1071) and Adelize de Tosny. When William fitz Osbern died, William I gave Roger his father's English manors and made him ...

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