Roger succeeded to the earldom of Hereford and the English estate of William Fitz-Osbern in 1071.
His relationship with William the Conqueror was uneasy
and he married his sister Emma to Ralph Guader, earl of Norfolk in 1075,
without regard for the king's prohibition, at the
famous "bridal of Norwich" where the two barons hatched a rebellion with the
Saxon nobleman Waltheof.
The rebellion followed shortly after the wedding but, as Fitz-Osbern
was to brought his forces from the west to join Norfolk, he was checked at the Severn by
the Worcestershire fyrd commanded by the
Saxon bishop Wulfstan of Worcester.
On the collapse of the rebellion, Fitz-Osbern was tried before the
Great Council, sentenced to imprisonment and deprived of his earldom and estates.
Together with other political prisoners, he was released at the death of William I in
1087.
The Norman earl of Hereford, William was succeeded in 1071 by
Roger.
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