Individual Details

Hugh married Juliane de Vere before 1140, but their marriage was dissolved by 1168. He married second to Gundreda, daughter of Roger de Beaumont.


Steward to Henry I like his brother William, who being mainly instrumental inraising Stephen, Earl of Bologne, to the throne upon the decease of his royal master, was rewarded by this new king with the Earldom of the East Anglia, commonly called Norfolk, and by that designation we find him styled in 1140 (6th Stephen). Had married twice; by his 1st wife, Julian, dau. of Alberic De Vere, he had a son, Roger; and by his 2nd, Gundred, he had two sons, Hugh and William. He was s. by his eldest son, Roger Bigod, 2nd earl. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and ExtinctPeerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 53, Bigod, Earls of Norfolk] The Bigods held the hereditary office of steward (dapifer) of the royal household, and their chief castle was at Framlingham in Suffolk. (Encyclopµdia Britannica, 1961 ed, Vol. 3, pages 556/557, Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk.)

Birth	1095	Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England
Marriage	Bef 1140	Juliana de Vere
Death	1176	Palestine

Spouse	Juliana de Vere ( - 1199)
Child	Roger Bigod Earl of Norfolk, Magna Carta Baron (1145 - 1221)

Father	Roger Bigod Sheriff of Norfolk (1060 - 1107)
Mother	Living
Sibling	William Bigod ( - 1120)
Sibling	Maud Bigod (1080 - )
Sibling	Cecily Bigod (1090 - )