Person:Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (1)
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March
b.25 Apr 1287 Herefordshire, England
d.29 Nov 1330 Tyburn, Greater London, England
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1285
  1. Isolde de Mortimer
  2. Matilda (Maud) de Mortimer
  3. Margaret de Mortimer
  4. Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March
  5. Hugh de Mortimer
  6. Joan de Mortimer
  7. Walter de Mortimer
  8. Elizabeth de Mortimer
  9. Edmund de Mortimer
  10. John de Mortimer
  11. Elizabeth de Mortimer
Spouse and Children
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m. bef. 6 Oct 1306
  1. Edmund de Mortimer
  2. Margaret de Mortimer
  3. Maud de Mortimer
  4. Roger de Mortimer
  5. Geoffrey de Mortimer
  6. Isabella Mortimer
  7. Joane de Mortimer
  8. Katherine Mortimer
  9. Agnes de Mortimer
  10. John de Mortimer
  11. Blanche de Mortimer
  12. Beatrice de Mortimer
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Facts and Events
Name Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March
Alt Name Roger De Mortimer
Gender Male
Birth? 25 Apr 1287 Herefordshire, EnglandWigmore Castle
Alt Birth? 3 MAY 1287 Netherwood, Herefordshire, ENG
Marriage bef. 6 Oct 1306 Shropshire, Englandto Joan de Geneville, Baroness Geneville
Alt Burial? 1330 Church of Grey Friar, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
Death? 29 Nov 1330 Tyburn, Greater London, EnglandExecuted at Tyburn
Burial? Church of the Grey Friars, Shrewsbury


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Roger de Mortimer, 3rd Baron Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (25 April 1287 – 29 November 1330), was an English nobleman and powerful Marcher lord who had gained many estates in the Welsh Marches and Ireland following his advantageous marriage to the wealthy heiress Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville. In November 1316, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1322 for having led the Marcher lords in a revolt against King Edward II in what became known as the Despenser War. He later escaped to France, where he was joined by Edward's queen consort Isabella, whom he took as his mistress.

After he and Isabella led a successful invasion and rebellion against Edward, who was subsequently deposed, Mortimer allegedly arranged his murder at Berkeley Castle. For three years, Mortimer was de facto ruler of England before being himself overthrown by Edward's eldest son, Edward III. Accused of assuming royal power and other crimes, Mortimer was executed by hanging at Tyburn.

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References
  1.   Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (Online: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.).
  2.   Plantagenet Ancestry, Eng. 116, p. 72.
  3.   The Complete Peerage, G.E.C., Eng. V, v. 1, p. 339, v. 2, p. 130, 308, v.3, p. 161, v. 6, p. 63, v. 8, p. 433-42, v. 9, p. 284, 599.
  4.   Dict. of Nat'l Biog., Eng. Pub. A, v. 39, p. 136-44.
  5.   Montg. Collections, Montg. Pub. A, v. 23, p. 347.
  6.   Antiq. of Shrops., Shrops 5, v. 4, p. 197.
  7.   Shrops. Arch. Soc., 1s, v. 2, p. 43-44.
  8.   Arch. Cambr., Wales Pub. A, 4s, v. 5, p. 102.
  9.   Worcester Inquisitions post mortem, Worc. 10, pt. 2, p. xxix.
  10.   Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  11.   ROGER Mortimer, son of EDMUND Lord Mortimer & his wife Margaret de Fienes (25 Apr or 3 May 1287-executed Tyburn, London 29 Nov 1330, bur Shrewsbury, Church of the Grey Friars), in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
  12.   Mortimer, Roger (V) first earl of March (1287–1330), regent, soldier, and magnate by R. R. Davies, in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
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