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Birth:          ABT 1119 of Masham, Yorkshire, England
Death:          1188 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_d%27Aubigny (no bio)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_de_Mowbray_(Lord_of_Montbray)
Roger de Mowbray (c.?1120–1188) was an English noble, described by Horace Round 
as

a great lord with a hundred knight's fees, was captured with King Stephen at the 
Battle of Lincoln (1141), joined the rebellion against Henry II (1173), founded abbeys, 
and went on crusade.[2]
Family and early life[edit]

Roger was the son of Nigel d'Aubigny by his second wife, Gundreda de Gournay.[3]

On his father's death in 1129 he became a ward of the crown.[4] Based at Thirsk with 
his mother, on reaching his majority in 1138, he took his paternal grandmother's 
surname of Mowbray and title to the lands awarded to his father by Henry I both in 
Normandy including Montbray, as well as the substantial holdings in Yorkshire and 
around Melton.[2]

Career under Stephen[edit]

Soon after, in 1138, he participated in the Battle of the Standard against the Scots 
and, according to Aelred of Rievaulx, acquitted himself honourably.[4]

Thereafter, Roger's military fortunes were mixed. Whilst acknowledged as a competent 
and prodigious fighter, he generally found himself on the losing side in his subsequent 
engagements. During the anarchic reign of King Stephen he was captured with 
Stephen at the battle of Lincoln in 1141.[4]

Soon after his release, Roger married Alice de Gant (d. c.?1181), daughter of Walter 
de Gant and widow of Ilbert de Lacy, and by whom he had two sons, Nigel and 
Robert.[5] Roger also had at least one daughter, donating his lands at Granville to the 
Abbeye des Dames in Caen when she became a nun there.[4]

In 1147, he was one of the few English nobles to join Louis VII of France on the 
Second Crusade.[2] He gained further acclaim, according to John of Hexham, 
defeating a Muslim leader in single combat.[5]

Career under Henry II[edit]

Roger supported the Revolt of 1173–74 against Henry II and fought with his sons, 
Nigel and Robert, but they were defeated at Kinardferry, Kirkby Malzeard and Thirsk.
[4]

Roger left for the Holy Land again in 1186, but encountered further misfortune being 
captured at the Battle of Hattin in 1187.[3] His ransom was met by the Templars, but 
he died soon after and, according to some accounts, was buried at Tyre in Palestine. 
There is, however, some controversy surrounding his death and burial and final 
resting-place.[2][6]

Legacy[edit]

Mowbray was a significant benefactor and supporter of several religious institutions in 
Yorkshire including Fountains Abbey.[3][2] With his mother he sheltered the monks of 
Calder, fleeing before the Scots in 1138, and supported their establishment at Byland 
Abbey in 1143. Later, in 1147, he facilitated their relocation to Coxwold.

Roger made a generous donation of two carucates of land (c.240 acres), a house and 
two mills to the Order of Saint Lazarus, headquartered at Burton St Lazarus Hospital in 
Leicestershire, after his return from the crusades in 1150.[7] His cousin William 
d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel and his wife Adeliza, the widow of King Henry I, had 
been amongst the earliest patrons of the order and, when combined with Roger's 
experiences in the Holy Land, may have encouraged his charity.[8] His family 
continued to support the Order for many generations and the Mowbrays lion rampant 
coat of arms was adopted by the Hospital of Burton St Lazars alongside their more 
usual green cross.[1][9]

He also supported the Knights Templar and gave them land in Warwickshire where 
they founded Temple Balsall.[7]

In total, Roger is credited with assisting the establishment of thirty-five churches.[2]

Parents
D'AUBIGNY Nele (Nigel) (1072 - Nov 1129)
DE GOURNAY Gundred (ABT 1097 - 1155)

Siblings
D'AUBIGNY [CHG TO DE MOWBRAY] Roger (ABT 1119 - 1188)

Marriage To DE GAUNT Alice (ABT 1112 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE GAUNT Walter (ABT 1080 - 1139)
DE BRITTANY Maud (Matilda) (ABT 1092 - )

Children by DE GAUNT Alice ABT 1112 - 
DE MOWBRAY Nele (Nigel) (ABT 1146 - 1190)

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