Miles de Cogan
(1150-1182)
Milo de Cogan (fl. 1170–1182) was an Anglo-Norman knight from Glamorgan who played a significant role in the Norman conquest of Ireland under Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke; a man better known to Irish history as Strongbow.
Origins
The family took its name from the manor of Cogan, in Glamorgan, Wales, now a suburb of Penarth, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) southwest of Cardiff. He was a nephew of Robert FitzStephen and Maurice FitzGerald. The Cartae Baronum of 1166 in the Liber Niger Scaccarii recorded Milo as holding Cogan as two knights' fees, under the overlordship of William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester (d.1183).
This family is believed to trace back to the original Viking settlers of Normandy.
Career
In August of 1170, Milo joined his uncles in sailing to Ireland with Strongbow. Less than a month later, he led one of two bands in an assault on Dublin, his cousin, Raymond FitzGerald having led the other. These bands sacked the city and slaughtered many of its inhabitants. Milo was afterwards made constable of the settlement.
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