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ROGER DE TOENI I, styled also de Conches. He was a powerful and haughty m a n , a n d b a nner-bearer of all Normandy. In 1031 or 1032 he attested a c h art e r o f R obert I for St. Wandrille. About 1035 he founded the abbey o f C h a t i llon or Conches. While Duke Robert was away on pilgrimage, he we nt t o S p a i n and distinguished himself in fighting the infidels. When he r e tu r n e d to Normandy, he was furious to learn that the boy William had s u c c e e ded his father in the Duchy, declaring that a bastard ought not to r u l e o v e r him and other Normans. Accordingly he rebelled and ravaged the l a n d s o f h is neighbours, particularly those of Humphrey de Vieilles; who s e s o n R o ger de Beaumont marched against him, and in the battle which f o l l o w ed Roger de Toeni and two of his sons were slain.
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Abt 990 - 1039 (49 years)