William de Romare (born c. 1096) (also Roumare or Romayre or Romay) was the
Earl of Lincoln
Earl of Lincoln is a title that has been created eight times in the peerage of England, most recently in 1572. The Hereditary peerage, earldom was held as a subsidiary title by the Duke of Newcastle, Dukes of Newcastle-under-Lyne, from 1768 to 1 ...
, 2nd Baron of Kendal, Lord of
Bolingbroke.
He was the son of Roger FitzGerold (de Roumare),
1st Baron of Kendal, Lord of Bolingbroke and
Lucy of Bolingbroke, widow of
Ivo de Taillebois. He followed his father as Lord of
Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire. He was half-brother to
Ranulf of Chester, through their mother, Lucy.
In Normandy, he was Seigneur (Lord) of
Roumare.
In 1120 William was supposed to have crossed the Channel with
William the Aetheling in the White Ship but disembarked shortly before it sailed, 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
Hugh de Gournay, then in rebellion, in 1118 in Normandy.
Family and children
He married Hawise de Reviers, sister of
Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon (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.
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1090s births
11th-century English nobility
12th-century English nobility
People from East Lindsey District
Peers created by King Stephen