Person Sheet


Name Roger de Mortimer Earl of March [2, Mortimer art, Vol IX, p. 284], [2, Cherleton article, Vol III, p.160 seq], [2, Warwick art, Vol XII/2, p. 357 seq], [2, March article, Vol VIII, pp. 433-442], [2, Pembroke article, Vol X, p. 390], [2, Berkeley article, vol II, p. 130], [2, Stafford article, Vol XII/1, p. 179], [7, No 5254, p. 112 & no 5762, p. 120], [9, Wigmore, Herts barony, p. 99], [2, Audley article, Vol I, pp. 339-340], [5, Vol I, p. 345], 8G Grandfather
Birth ca 3 May 1287
Death 29 Nov 1330, Hanged at Elms, Tyburn
Burial Church of the Grey Friars, Shrewsbury
General 1st s. Earl: 1328. Queen's lover, virtual ruler of England.
Father Edmund de Mortimer Lord Mortimer (ca1255-1304)
Mother Margaret de Fienes (-1334)
Spouses
1 Joan de Geneville Baroness Geneville [2, Geneville art, Vol V, p. 628 seq], [7, No 5255, p. 112 & no 5760, p. 120], [2, Berkeley article, vol II, p. 130], [2, Warwick art, Vol XII/2, p. 357 seq], [2, March article, Vol VIII, pp. 441-2], [2, Pembroke art, Vol X, p. 390], [9, Weobley, Herefords barony, p. 96], [5, Vol I, p. 345], [2, Audley article, Vol I, pp. 339-340], 8G Grandmother
Birth 2 Feb 1286, Ludlow, Salop
Death 19 Oct 1356
General Heir. Suo jure baroness Geneville (CP).
Father Sir Piers de Joinville (ca1265-<1292)
Marriage bef 6 Oct 1306 [2, March article, Vol VIII, p. 441]
Children Margaret de (>1307-1337)
Notes for Roger de Mortimer Earl of March
Paramour of Queen Isabella of England. Susequently executed for treason.
2nd baron Mortimer of Wigmore.
Feudal baron of of Wigmore, Herefords.
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