William de Romare (born c. 1096) (also Roumare or Romayre or Romay),

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, 2nd Baron of Kendal, Lord of Bolingbroke. He was the son of Roger FitzGerold (de Roumare), 1st Baron of Kendal, Lord of Bolingbroke and

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, widow of Ivo de Taillebois. He followed his father as Lord of

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. He was half-brother to Ranulf of Chester. In Normandy, he was Seigneur (Lord) of

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. In 1120 William was supposed to have crossed the Channel with William the Aethling in the White Ship but fortunately disembarked shortly before it sailed, narrowly avoiding drowning in the subsequent sinking of the ship. He was created Earl of Lincoln by King Stephen after 1143. The Earl lived at both Bolingbroke and Lincoln Castle. He was the ducal constable of the fortress of Neufmarche, stoutly resisting

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, then in rebellion there, in 1118 in Normandy.

Family and children

He married Hawise de Reviers, sister of

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(Reviers) and had one known child: *William (Helie) de Roumare, married Agnes de Aumale. They had a son William de Roumare who married twice and died without issue.

References

*George Edward Cokayne, "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant", I-XIII (in 6) (Thrupp, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 2BU: Sutton Publishing Limited, 2000), III:166, VII:667. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lincoln, William de Roumare, Earl of

1090s births 11th-century English people 12th-century English nobility People from East Lindsey District Peers created by King Stephen