Earl of March, Roger de Mortimer

Birth Name Earl of March, Roger de Mortimer 1a 2 3 4 5 6a 7a 8a 9
Gramps ID I2526
Gender male
Age at Death 43 years, 6 months, 26 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E3361] 1287-05-03 of Netherwood, Thornbury, Herefordshire, England  
2a 5 4a 7b 8b 9
Death [E3362] 1330-11-29 Elms, Tyburn, Warwickshire, England  

Cause: Executed via hanging at command of Edward III.

2 5 3a 4b 7c 8c 9
_FA1 [E3363]   1st Earl of March. Lord of Leix. English Magnate.  
2 4c 6b 8d 9
_FA2 [E3364]   Led baronial opposition to Edward II’s favourites (1320-22).  
8e 9
_FA3 [E3365]   Imprisoned before fleeing to France.  
8f 9
_FA4 [E3366]   Paramour of Edward’s Queen Isabella while both were in exile in France.  
4 8g 9
_FA5 [E3367] 1327 With Isabella, secured Edward’s deposition & gruesome murder.  
8h 9
_FA6 [E3368]   He then ruled England in the name of Edward’s son Edward III.  
8i 9
_FA7 [E3369] 1330 Edward III siezed power & had Mortimer executed.  
8j 9
_FA8 [E3370]   Baron of Wigmore, Herefordshire.  
6c 8k 9

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Baron Wigmore, Edmund de Mortimer [I29320]12521304-07-17
Mother de Fiennes, Margaret [I34050]about 12521333/4-02-07 (Julian)
    Sister     de Mortimer, Isolde (Iseude) [I17564] about 1270 1328
    Sister     de Mortimer, Matilda [I34007] about 1286
         Earl of March, Roger de Mortimer [I2526] 1287-05-03 1330-11-29

Families

    Family of Earl of March, Roger de Mortimer and Fitzjohn, Maud [F12779]
Unknown Partner Fitzjohn, Maud [I35285] ( * BET. 1244 - 1250 + 1301-04-16 )
    Family of Earl of March, Roger de Mortimer and de Geneville, Joan [F1012]
Married Wife de Geneville, Joan [I2527] ( * 1285/6-02-02 (Julian) + 1356-10-19 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E52873] before 1306-10-06    
5 7d 10a 8l 9
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
de Mortimer, Edmund [I15636]13051331
de Mortimer, Margaret [I24378]1308
de Mortimer, Katherine [I29653]1310before 1369-09-06
de Mortimer, Joan [I15634]1288
de Mortimer, Maud [I30054]

Pedigree

  1. Baron Wigmore, Edmund de Mortimer [I29320]
    1. de Fiennes, Margaret [I34050]
      1. de Mortimer, Isolde (Iseude) [I17564]
      2. de Mortimer, Matilda [I34007]
      3. Earl of March, Roger de Mortimer
        1. Fitzjohn, Maud [I35285]
        2. de Geneville, Joan [I2527]
          1. de Mortimer, Edmund [I15636]
          2. de Mortimer, Margaret [I24378]
          3. de Mortimer, Katherine [I29653]
          4. de Mortimer, Joan [I15634]
          5. de Mortimer, Maud [I30054]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. 11615-2.ftw [S7587]
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        Date of Import: 21 Feb 1999

  2. Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science: University of Hull Royal Database (England) [S283806]
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        b 1287

  3. Some Descents of Llywelyn the Great [S284271]
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        d 1330

  4. Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori" [S287874]
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        b 1287

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        d 1330

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        1st E. of March

  5. Ed Mann: Mann Database [S285952]
  6. David Faris: Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists [S285288]
      • Page: 1st ed, pp 13-14 "Beauchamp"
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        no parents, descendant of Charlemagne

      • Page: 1st ed, pp 5-8, "Audley"
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        1st E of March

      • Page: 1st ed, pp 13-14 "Beauchamp"
  7. Frederick Lewis Weis: Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 [S179094]
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        b 25 Apr or 03 May 1287, no place

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  8. large-G675.FTW [S286834]
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  9. large-G675.FTW [S261374]
  10. Frederick Lewis Weis: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 [S286879]
      • Page: line 39 pp 42-43
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        no date/place