Robert de Belleme, Earl of Shrewsbury and the most powerful Marcher lord in England, revolted against Henry I in 1102 in one of the most dangerous baronial challenges of the reign. His Shropshire and Welsh March castles including Shrewsbury, Bridgnorth and Tickhill formed an enormous rebel network. Henry I besieged each castle in turn, and Robert was ultimately exiled to Normandy without his English lands, eliminating the Marcher threat from the Montgomery-Belleme family permanently.
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