Drogo

I became aware of the name through family history. Drogo de Montagu de Monte-Acuto a grandfather of many generations back.

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Notes: "A Chronicle of the Kings of England by Sir Richard Baker, Knight." London, 1660.

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He was born about the year 1040. He became the trusted companion, follower, and intimate friend of Robert, Earl of Moriton (or Mortain), the favorite brother of William, Duke of Normandy.

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Drogo and the Earl of Moriton were of the same age and both entered heartily into the plans of William in his proposed expedition against England.

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This expedition was in active preparation in the summer of 1066 and was composed of sixty thousand men and over three hundred ships. Drogo de Monte-acuto accompanied the expedition in the immediate retinue of Robert, Earl of Mortain.

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Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_de_Montagu, _1st_Baron_Montagu

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The family originated in Normandy, at the manor of Montaigu-les-Bois, in the arrondissement of Coutances, which remained in the possession of the family until the death of Sebastien de Montaigu in 1715, without progeny.[3] Two persons named Montagu or similar appear in the Domesday Book of 1086: Ansger and Drogo de Montaigu, both richly endowed with lands, but Ansger died leaving no heir.[4] Drogo's lands were in Somerset, where two of the manors he held in 1086, namely Sutton Montagu and Shipton Montagu, his seat, still retain his name.[5] According to the Duchess of Cleveland (1889): "He had come to England in the train of the Earl of Mortain, and received from him large grants of lands, with the custody of the castle, built either by the Earl or his son William, in the manor of Bishopston, and styled, from its position on a sharp-topped hill, Monte Acuto"

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They landed at Pevensey upon the coast of Sussex, late in September, 1066, and immediately burned and scuttled their ships, that their only hope might lie in their courage and resolution, their only safety in victory.

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This marked the advent of the first Montague upon the shores of England, and as he marches on toward the plain near Hastings (where, upon the 14th of October, the battle of Hastings was fought and won).

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William having conquered England and ascended the throne his followers were rewarded with large grants of land. Both his favorite brother the Earl of Moriton and his trusty follower Drogo de Monte-acuto received large possessions.

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Drogo obtained the grant of several Manors, particularly in the county of Somerset. The original castle or seat of Drogo was at Montacute, an eminence and parish in Tintinhull Hundred, Somersetshire, four miles south from Ilchester. Its ancient name appears to have been Logoresburg and was also called Bishopston. Here the Earl of Mortain built a castle and named it after his friend Drogo de Monte-acuto.

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While this was the original home of the Montagues, the seat of their barony was at Shepton Montacute a villa at no great distance from Montacute. This parish contains the hamlets of upper and lower Shepton, Knolle, and Stoney Stoke, and was held by Drogo de Monte-acuto and his direct descendants until the time of King Henry VIII. When Sir Thomas Montacute leaving no male issue, this estate was divided between three sisters. We find the said Drogo-de-Monte-acuto in possession of these estates until his death, which took place about the latter end of the reign of King Henry I. (about 1125)

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Drogo de Monte-Acuto was a descendant of the Northman Rollo the Dane from Scandinavia who settled Normandy. French spelling of his name was Drogo de Montagu. He preferred the Latin Drogo de Monte-Acuto which means Dragon of the Mountain Peak. He came to England with Robert Earl of Mortaine and his half brother "William the Conqueror". With sixty thousand men and over three hundred ships they landed at Pevensey upon the coast of Sussex, late in September, 1066, and immediately burned and scuttled their ships that their only hope might lie in their courage and resolution, their only safety in victory. This marked the advent of the first Montague upon the shores of England on the 14th of October where the battle of Hastings was fought and won.

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Drogo de Montagu (of Monte Acuto in Normandy) at the time of Domesday held lands in Somerset and Devon. Here is an entry from the Domesday Book: "Drogo of Montacute [Drogo de Montagud] holds KNOWLE (Park). Alnoth held it before 1066; it paid tax for 1 1/2 hides. Land for 3 ploughs; as many there. 6 villagers, and 4 slaves with 1 cottager. Meadow, 15 acres; woodland 4 furlongs in length and 3 furlongs in width. 26 pigs. Formally 40s; value now £4. Drogo holds it from the King. From this land 1 hide of land has been taken away which was there before 1066. Thurstan son of Rolf holds it, & an Englishman from him. Value 20s. His brother Ansger also held lands in Somerset."

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Montague ancestors have been traced to the Mountains of Scandinavia as early as the fifth century. No one knows when or from where they came to Scandinavia, but it must have been several hundred years before. Drogo de Monte-Acuto was a descendant of the Northman Rollo the Dane from Scandanavia who settled Normandy. French spelling of his name was Drogo de Montagu. He preferred the Latin Drogo de Monte-Acuto which means Dragon of the Mountain Peak. He came to England with Robert Earl of Morton and his brother "William the Conquerer". With sixty thousand men and over three hundred ships they landed at Pevensey upon the coast of Sussex, late in September, 1066, and immediately burned and scuttled their ships that their only hope might lie in their courage and resolution, their only safety in victory. This marked the advent of the first Montague upon the shores of England, and as he marches on toward the plain near Hastings (where, upon the 14th of October, the battle of Hastings was fought and won), he bears the kite shaped shield of the Norman invador, its color is cerulean blue, and upon it is the full length figure of a Griffin, segreant (rampant with wings spread), and painted a bright golden hue. This was the original Coat of Arms of the Montagues in England.

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William having conquered England and ascended the throne his followers were rewarded with large grants of land. Both his favorite brother, the Earl of Moriton and his trusty follower Drogo de Monte-Acuto received large possessions.

Drogo (872-873) was the son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles II ("the Bald") and his second wife Richildis.

There was a saint named Drogo. Born of Flemish nobility, his mother died giving birth to him, a fact that emotionally crushed him when he learned of it because he thought it made him responsible for her death. After learning it, he practiced extreme penances, probably because of the guilt he felt. He was orphaned when he was a teenager, and became a pilgrim at the age of 18. He was supposedly able to be in two places at once (people reportedly saw him simutaneously working in the fields and at Mass; I don't know how this is possible). He was stricken with an unsightly bodily affliction during a pilgrimage and became so terribly deformed that he frightened people. They built him a cell attatched to the church, which he stayed in with no human contact except through a small window. He is the patron saint of cattle, sheep, bodily illnesses, mute people, orphans, unattractive people and mental illness. The assosiation of Saint Drogo to me is a positive one, because he was a saint (I think saints are cool), had an interesting life, and is the patron saint of things I find interesting.

Found in George R. R. Martin's popular book series, "A Song of Ice and Fire". Drogo is the name of a great leader of the Dothraki, the horse-riding people of the west.

Drogo is the name of Frodo Baggins's father in Tolkien's trilogy The Lord of the Rings.