Roger Lord Mortimer 
Roger was born in 1231 in Cwmaron Castle, Radnorshire, Wales.1 Roger's father was Ralph de Mortimer Lord Wigmore and his mother was Gwladus Ddu "the Dark Eyed" verch Llywelyn Fawr. His paternal grandparents were Roger de Mortimer Lord Wigmore and Millicent de Ferrers; his maternal grandparents were Llywelyn Fawr ap Iorwerth Prince of Wales and Tangwystl Goch. He was an only child. He died at the age of 51 on October 27th, 1282 in Kingsland, Herefordshire, England.1 General Notes
[SUSANNA KEENE.FTW]
REF: "Falls the Shadow" Sharon Kay Penman: April 5 1264 Bran de
Montfort leads defense of St. Andrew's Priory within the town &
fights with suicidal bravery. The walls had been undermined by
the Prior who was secretly in league with Prince Edward, & Bran
was captured by some common soldiers. At that point William de
Lusignan & Ralph de Mortimer rode up. Bran had just before
taken part in the looting of de Mortimer's lands in
Radnorshire. de Lusignan ordered his nephew Bran killed on the
spot, but Dafydd ap Gruffydd rode up & intervened telling them
Edward would be displeased to see his cousin Bran killed. de
Lusignan attempts to argue but Philip Basset (who commanded the
attackers) then rode up & commanded Bran be taken to Edward,
and not to be escorted by de Lusignan or de Mortimer, as they
would arrange an "accident" for Bran. Bran was congratulated
for his gallant bravery by Edward & then sent to King Henry who
moved him to Windsor Castle. In November 1264, the Marchers
Roger de Mortimer & Roger de Clifford rebelled again (had done
so in July 1264). Again Llywelyn ap Gruffydd allied with Simon
de Montfort & the rebels surrendered at Worcester Dec 12 1264.
Mortimer & Clifford were exiled to Ireland for a year. At the
Battle of Evesham (Aug 4 1265) de Mortimer helped to trap
Montfort by converging with Prince Edward upon Montfort's
vastly outnumbered force. Before the battle began, several
thousand Welsh troops loaned to Montfort by his ally Llywelyn
ap Gruffydd deserted Montfort; de Mortimer & his men
methodically hunted them down throughout the surrounding
countryside & cold bloodedly murdered almost all of them.
Mortimer sent Montfort's head back to Wigmore Castle to his
wife as a gift.
REF: Sharon Kay Penman "The Reckoning" : King Edward launched
his war on Llywelyn ap Gruffydd the Last Prince of Wales on 12
Nov 1276. He did not personally take part in the campaign
until the following summer, but de Mortimer scored a mjaor
success in the early phases of the war, who in April 1277
siezed Llywelyn's castle at Dolforwyn & restored Gruffydd ap
Gwenwynwyn to power in Powys (ap Gwenwynwyn had sconspired with
Llywelyn's brother Dafydd to murder Llywelyn and upon discovery
had fleed to England). Mortimer ultimately made an alliance
with Llywelyn ap Gruffydd against Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn.
When Llywelyn was goaded by his feckless brother Dafydd into
Wales' last fatal war with England & Edward "Longshanks" on
Palm Sunday 1282, Roger de Clifford was made Edward's warlord
for mid-Wales, one of three Welsh commands; however, he died
before the war could successfully be prosecuted.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- d.< 1090
- b.~ 1082 d.BET. 1104 - 1108
- b.1108 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.26 FEB 1184/85 in Cleobury
- b.~ 1086
- b.1158 in of Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.24 Jun 1215 in Wigmore, Hereford, England
- b.1070 in Chester, England d.JAN 1128/29
- b.BET. 1096 - 1100 in Gernon Castle, Normandy, France
- b.BET. 1070 - 1074 in Mercia, England d.1136
- b.~ 1120 in of Gernon Castle, Normandy, France d. in of Skipton in Craven, England
- d.~ 1096
- d.BET. 1151 - 1155
- b.1190 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.06 Aug 1246 in England
- b.1062 in of Derbyshire, England d.1139
- b.1100 in of Derbyshire, England d.1160 in Merevale, Warwickshire, England
- b.1069 in of Vitre, Brittany, France
- b.~ 1136 d.<21 Oct 1190 in Siege of Acre, Palestine
- b.1080 in of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England d.1155 in England
- b.WFT Est. 1081-1143 in of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England d.WFT Est. 1152-1226
- b.1088 in of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England d.1149
- b.BET. 1164 - 1170 in of Derby, Derbyshire, England d.29 Apr 1252
- b.1073 in of Bramber, Sussex, England d.1134 in Holy Land, Palestine
- b.1100 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.1192 in England
- b.1084 in of Barnstaple, Devonshire, England
- b.1147 in of Bramber, Sussex, England d.1246
- b.BET. 1092 - 1097 in of Gloucestershire, England d.24 Dec 1143 in Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire
- b.1130 in of Gloucester, England
- b.BET. 1090 - 1096 in Aberhonwy, Breconshire, Wales d.> 1143 in Gloucestershire, England
- b.1231 in Cwmaron Castle, Radnorshire, Wales d.27 Oct 1282 in Kingsland, Herefordshire, England
- b.1055 in Dublin, Ireland d.1137 in of Caernarvonshire, Wales
- b.~ 1100 in of Caernarvonshire, Wales d.Nov 1170 in Caernarvonshire, Wales
- b.~ 1065 in of Tegaingl, Flintshire, Wales d.~ 1162
- b.BET. 1125 - 1145 in Aberffraw Castle, Aberffraw, Anglesey, Wales d.BET. 1174 - 1184 in Pennant Mehangell
- b.~ 1070 in of Arwystli, Montgomeryshire, Wales d.~ 1129 in North Wales
- b.~ 1098 in of Arwystli, Montgomeryshire, Wales
- b.~ 1060 in of Radnorshire, Wales
- b.1173 in of Caernarvonshire, Wales d.11 Apr 1240 in Aberconwy, Arllechwedd Uchaf, Caernarvonshire, Wales
- b.~ 1047 in of Montgomeryshire, Wales d.BET. 1129 - 1132
- b.~ 1091 in of Montgomeryshire, Wales d.1160 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 1063 in of Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales
- b.BET. 1129 - 1157 in of Montgomeryshire, Wales d.BET. 1196 - 1201
- b.1055 in Dublin, Ireland d.1137 in of Caernarvonshire, Wales
- b.~ 1095 in of Caernarvonshire, Wales
- b.~ 1065 in of Tegaingl, Flintshire, Wales d.~ 1162
- b.BET. 1194 - 1198 in Gwynedd, Wales d.BET. 1251 - 1260 in Windsor, Berkshire, England/Windsor, England
- b.~ 1114 in of Denbighshire, Wales
- b.~ 1139 in of Rhos, Denbighshire, Wales
- b.~ 1118 in of Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales
- b.~ 1168 in of Rhos, Denbighshire, Wales d.BET. 1201 - 1209
- b. in of Gwynedd, Wales d.~ 1110
- b.~ 1107 in of Menai, Anglesey, Wales
- b.~ 1143 in of Menai, Anglesey, Wales
- b.~ 1073 in of Tegaingl, Flintshire, Wales d.1124
- b.~ 1111 in of Tegaingl, Flintshire, Wales
- b.~ 1077 in of Uwch Dulas, Denbighshire, Wales
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Details of Roger's family with Maud de Braiose
1 SUSANNA KEENE.FTW
Further sources/citations:
Some Descents of Llywelyn the Great @ No title, Elmore, Lorraine Ann "Lori" (Garner), Recipient: J.H. Garner,, Ancestry of Richard Plantagenet & Cecily de Neville @ chart 1059, 1060, Mann Database, Recipient: J.H. Garner, soc.genealogy.medieval,
Further sources/citations:
Some Descents of Llywelyn the Great @ No title, Elmore, Lorraine Ann "Lori" (Garner), Recipient: J.H. Garner,, Ancestry of Richard Plantagenet & Cecily de Neville @ chart 1059, 1060, Mann Database, Recipient: J.H. Garner, soc.genealogy.medieval,
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