Roger de Montalt, 1st Baron Montalt (1265–1297) (aka Monte Alto) was a

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who rebelled for a time against

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. Roger was one of the sons of Sir Robert de Monaut, Knight (born 1230, married 1261, died 1275 in Arden,

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). Robert married Joan Mowbray. Joan (1247–1284) was born in

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, W-Riding, Yorkshire (daughter of Roger Mowbray). Roger was the brother of another Robert de Montalt. Montalt was one of the defenders of Cambridge for King Henry III. During the reign of

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, he served overseas in the Gascon wars. In 1295, he was summoned to Parliament as a

. Roger Montalt married Juliana, a daughter of Roger de Clifford, but they had no surviving children. When Montalt died in 1297, his estates passed to his younger brother Robert (1270-1329), and his barony became extinct. A new creation of the Montalt barony was created by writ of summons in 1299, for his brother Robert de Montalt.

References

Burke, Sir Bernard. "Montalt-Barons Montalt." ''A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, of the British Empire.'' London: Wm Clowes and Sons, Ltd., 1962. p. 375. Barons Montalt 1265 births 1297 deaths {{England-baron-stub