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Descendants of DE MONTE-ACUTO

Second Generation


2. Drogo DE MONTE-ACUTO ( ) was born in 1040 in Montagules-Bois, Normandy, France. He died in 1125 in Somerset County, England.

NOTE: Montague ancestors have been traced to the Mountains of Scandinaviaas
early as the fifth century. No one knows when nor from where they came to
Scandinavia, but it must have been several hundred years before.
Drogo de Monte-Acuto was a descendant of the Northman Rollo the Dane from
Scandanavia who settled Normandy. French spelling of his name was Drogo de
Montagu. He preferred the Latin Drogo de Monte-Acuto which means Dragonof the
Mountain Peak. He came to England with Robert Earl of Morton and hisbrother
"William the Conquerer". With sixty thousand men and over three hundredships
they landed at Pevensey upon the coast of Sussex, late in September,1066, and
immediately burned and scuttled their ships that their only hope mightlie in
their courage and resolution, their only safety in victory. This markedthe
advent of the first Montague upon the shores of England, and as hemarches on
toward the plain near Hastings (where, upon the 14th of October, thebattle of
Hastings was fought and won), we note that he bears the kite shapedshield of
the Norman invador, its color is cerulean blue, and upon it is the fulllength
figure of a Griffin, segreant (rampant with wings spread), and painted a
bright golden hue. This was the original Coat of Arms of the Montagues in
England. William having conquered England and ascended the throne his
followers were rewarded with large grants of land. Both his favoritebrother
the Earl of Moriton and his trusty follower Drogo de Monte-Acuto receivedlarge
possessions.
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Montagu Family

also spelled MONTAGUE, OR MONTACUTE, family name of the later
medieval English earls of Salisbury, who were descended from
Drogo of Montaigu, given in Domesday Book (1086) as one of the
chief landholders in Somerset. The family first became prominent in
the 14th century, notably by the achievements of William de
Montagu, who helped King Edward III throw off the tutelage of his
mother, Queen Isabella, and her lover, Roger Mortimer, Earl of
March; William was created Earl of Salisbury in 1337. His
descendants fought with distinction in the Hundred Years' War.
Thomas de Montacute (d. 1428), Earl of Salisbury, left only a
daughter, Alice; she married Richard Neville (who became earl in
her right), and their son Richard, Earl of Warwick, was called "the
kingmaker" for his dominant role in the Wars of the Roses.

Drogo married (DROGO). (DROGO) was born in 1040 in Normandy, France.

They had the following children:

+ 3 M i William DE MONTE-ACUTO.

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