, 1st Earl of March Roger de Mortimer

1287 - 1330  (43 years)

• Name	Roger de Mortimer
  Title	, 1st Earl of March
  Birth	25 Apr 1287	Wigmore Castle, Herefordshire, England
  Christening	3 May 1287	Thornbury, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
  Gender	Male
  Betrothed	1290
  	To the daughter of Piers De Geneville of Trim Castle and Ludlow
  Title of Nobility	22 May 1306	Westminster, Middlesex, England
  	Knighted and granted livery of his full inheritance
  Title of Nobility	23 Nov 1316	Ireland
  	Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
  Occupation	23 Nov 1316	Ireland
  	Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
  Imprisoned+for+leading+revolt+against+King+Edward+II+	1322
  	Roger allegedly escaped to France and arranged the death of King Edward with his mistress, Queen Isabella
  Title of Nobility	1327
  	De facto Ruler of England his mistress Queen Isabella assumed royal powers
  Title of Nobility	Sep 1328
  	3rd Baron Mortimer
  Imprisoned+	Oct 1330
  	Accused of assuming royal powers and other various high misdemeanours
  Burial	Nov 1330	Wigmore, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
  Death+	29 Nov 1330	London, England
  	Hanged, drawn and quartered by order of King Edward III
  Interesting+facts	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Mortimer,_1st_Earl_of_March
  Title of Nobility	1st Earl of March
  _FSFTID	LY16-VK3
  Death	29 Nov 1330	London, England, United Kingdom
  Person ID	I17159	My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	I Edmund de Mortimer,   b. 27 Oct 1251, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom d. 17 Jul 1304, Wigmore Castle, Herefordshire, England (Age 52 years)
  Mother	, Baroness Mortimer Margaret Eleanor Fiennes,   b. Fiennes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France d. 7 Feb 1333, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
  Marriage	Sep 1285	Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
  Family ID	F6417	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	2nd Baroness Geneville Joan de Geneville,   b. 2 Feb 1286, Ludlow Castle, Shropshire, England d. 19 Oct 1356, King's Stanley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	20 Sep 1301	Pembridge, Herefordshire, England
  Children	1. Margaret de Mortimer,   b. 2 May 1304, Wigmore Castle, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom d. 5 May 1337, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England (Age 33 years)   2. Edmund de Mortimer,   b. 6 Oct 1306, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d. 16 Dec 1331, Stanton upon Hine Heath, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom (Age 25 years)   3. Roger de Mortimer,   b. Abt 1308, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom d. 27 Aug 1338, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 30 years)   4. Isabel de Mortimer,   b. 1308, Stanton Lacy, Shropshire, England d. Aft 1347 (Age > 40 years)   5. Geoffrey de Mortimer,   b. 1310, Couhé, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France d. 1330 (Age 20 years)   6. John Mortimer,   b. 1312, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d. DECEASED   7. Katherine de Mortimer,   b. 14 Feb 1313, Ludlow Castle, Shropshire, England d. 4 Aug 1369, Warwick, Warwickshire, England (Age 56 years)   8. Maud de Mortimer,   b. 1315, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d. 5 Jul 1345, Hereford, Herefordshire, England (Age 30 years)   9. Joan de Mortimer,   b. 1315, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom d. Bef Dec 1351, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England (Age < 36 years)   10. Blanche de Mortimer,   b. 1316, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d. 1347, Eaton Bishop, Herefordshire, England (Age 31 years)   11. Agnes de Mortimer,   b. Abt 1317, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d. 25 Jul 1368, London, Middlesex, England (Age 51 years)   12. William Alfred de Mortimer,   b. Abt 1320, Worcester, Worcestershire, England d. 1350, Cheadle, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom (Age 30 years)   13. Baroness of Braose Beatrice de Mortimer,   b. 1322   d. 1383 (Age 61 years)   14. KG, 2nd Earl of March Roger de Mortimer,   b. 11 Nov 1328, Ludlow, Shropshire, England d. Abt 26 Feb 1360, Rouvray, Côte-d'Or, Burgundy, France (Age 31 years)
  Family ID	F5711	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023