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Roger Mortimer

[3884]

25/3 Apr/May 1287 - 29 Nov 1330

  • OCCUPATION: 2nd Baron Mortimer, Earl of March
  • BIRTH: 25/3 Apr/May 1287
  • DEATH: 29 Nov 1330, Tyburn, London, England
  • BURIAL: Church of the Grey Friars, Shrewsbury, England
Father: Edmund de Mortimer
Mother: Margaret de Fiennes

Family 1 : Joan de Geneville
  • MARRIAGE: BEF 6 Oct 1306
  1. +Margaret Mortimer 
                                                _Ralph Mortimer _________+
                                               | (.... - 1246) m 1230    
                        _Roger de Mortimer ____|
                       | (1231 - 1282) m 1247  |
                       |                       |_Gwaldys Verch Llewelyn _+
                       |                         (.... - 1251) m 1230    
 _Edmund de Mortimer __|
| (1251 - 1304) m 1286 |
|                      |                        _William de Briouse _____+
|                      |                       | (.... - 1230)           
|                      |_Maud de Briouse ______|
|                        (.... - 1301) m 1247  |
|                                              |_Eva Marshall ___________+
|                                                (.... - 1246)           
|
|--Roger Mortimer 
|  (.... - 1330)
|                                               _________________________
|                                              |                         
|                       _Guillaume de Fiennes _|
|                      |  m 1266               |
|                      |                       |_________________________
|                      |                                                 
|_Margaret de Fiennes _|
  (.... - 1334) m 1286 |
                       |                        _Jean de Brienne ________+
                       |                       | (.... - 1296) m 1251    
                       |_Blanche de Brienne ___|
                          m 1266               |
                                               |_Jeanne de Châteaudun ___+
                                                 (.... - 1265) m 1251

[3884]
He opposed the Despencer family and joined the rebellion of Thomas Earl of Lancaster in 1321, surrendered to the king at Shrewsbury 22 Jan 1322 with his uncle Roger, and was sent to the Tower of London. He escaped 1 Aug 1324 and fled to France where he became the lover of Queen Isabelle, who went there in the spring 1325, and together they landed near Ipswich 24 Sep 1326 where they were joined by other opponents of the Despencers who were captured and executed. King Edward III led a conspiracy to rid himself of Mortimer who was captured at Nottingham Castle 18 Oct 1330, condemned to death and his lands forfeited.

Source: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy