Roger IV de Mortimer , 1st Earl of March 
Roger IV was born on April 25th, 1287 in Thornbury, Herefordshire, England. Roger IV's father was Edmund Edmund , Baron of Wigmore/Mortimer and his mother was Margaret De Fiennes. His paternal grandparents were Roger De Mortimer and Maud De Braiose; his maternal grandparents were William II De Fiennes and Blance De Brienne. He had a sister named Isolde \ Iseude \ Iswolde. He was the younger of the two children. He died at the age of 43 on November 29th, 1330 in hanged at the Elm, Tyburn, London, England. He was buried in Church Of Grey Friars, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.General Notes
Mortimer (mÙr¥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.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1190 in Wigmore, England d.06 Aug 1246 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 1231 in Wigmore, England d.~Oct 1282 in Kingsland, England
- b.~ 1205 in Caernavonshire, Wales d.~ 1251 in Windsor Castle, England
- b.~ 1252 in Wigmore, England d.17 Jul 1304 in Wigmore, England
- b.~ 1178 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.09 Jun 1228 in Brecon, Breconshire, Wales
- b.1204 in Brecknock, Surrey, England d.02 May 1230 in Wales
- b.1226 in Wigmore, England d.23 Mar 1300 in England
- b.~ 1194 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.< 1246 in England
- b.25 Apr 1287 in Thornbury, Herefordshire, England d.29 Nov 1330 in hanged at the Elm, Tyburn, London, England
- b.~ 1192 in Conde, France d.1267
- b.~ 1245 in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England d.11 Jul 1302 in Battle of Courtrain, Mynn, France
- b.~ 1203 in Hampden, Buckinghamshire, England
- b.~ 1270 in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England d.07 Feb 1333
- b.~ 1225 in Courtrain, Mayenne, France d.1296
- b.~ 1252 in Courtrain, Mayenne, France d.1302 in Loupland, Maine, France
- b.~ 1225 in Chateaudun, France d.> 1265
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