De Mortimer, Roger 1a

Birth Name De Mortimer, Roger
Gender male
Age at Death 43 years, 7 months, 4 days

Narrative

Mortimer (môr´te-mer), Roger de. Eighth Baron of Wigmore and First Earl of March
1287-1330
Welsh rebel and lover of Edward II's wife, Isabella (1292-1358), with whom he raised an army to invade England from France (1326). They deposed Edward (1327) and ruled until 1330, when Edward III seized power and Mortimer was condemned to death by Parliament.

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English Magnate. He led the baronial opposition to Edward II's favourites (1320-22) and was imprisoned before fleeing to France. There he became the lover of Edwards Queen Isabella with whom he secured Edward's deposition and murder in 1327. He then ruled England in the name of Edwards son Edward III, until the latter caused him to be executed.

Families

Family of De Mortimer, Roger and de Geneville, Joan
Unknown Partner de Geneville, Joan ( * 1284/5-02-02 (Julian) + 1356-10-19 )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
de Mortimer, Margaret13021337-05-05
De Mortimer, Edmund13061331
De Mortimer, Maud13071345-08-00
De Mortimer, Roger1308
de Mortimer, Lady Katherine13101363
De Mortimer, Geoffrey1310
de Mortimer, Lady Agnes13121368
de Mortimer, Joane1314
De Mortimer, Blanche1316
De Mortimer, John1321
De Mortimer, Beatrice1322

Source References

  1. Michael Neuman: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2944943&id=I07783 Smith-Goodale-Chase
      • Source text:

        # ID: I07783
        # Name: Petronille Adelaide DE JOINY
        # Sex: F
        # Birth: ABT 1000 in Joinville, France

         

         

        Father: III FROMOND , Count of Joinville b: ABT 960 in Joinville, France
        Mother: Manfrede DE MONSTIER-RAMEY b: ABT 965 in Monstier-Ramey, France

        Marriage 1 IV ENGILBERT , Count de Brienne b: ABT 995 in Brienne, France

        Children

        1. Has Children Adelaide DE BRIENNE b: ABT 1015 in Brienne, France
        2. Has Children Walter GAUTHIER I, Count de Brienne b: ABT 1030 in Brienne, France

      • Citation:

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