Roger Mortimer 1st Earl of March - Mortimer History Society
Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (April 25, 1287 – November 29, 1330), an English nobleman, was for three years de facto ruler of England, after leading a successful rebellion against Edward II. Roger was knighted in 1306, having succeeded his father as 3rd Baron Mortimer in 1304.
Roger de Mortimer , 1st Earl of March was born on 25 April 1287, in Wigmore Castle, Herefordshire, England as the son of Edmund de Mortimer I and Margaret de Fiennes. He married Joan de Geneville 2nd Baroness Geneville on 20 September 1301, in Pembridge, Herefordshire, England.
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May 23, 2018 · Mortimer, Roger, 1st earl of March ( c. 1287–1330). A lord of the Welsh march, with major interests in Ireland, Roger Mortimer was one of the rebels who surrendered to Edward II in 1321. He made a dramatic escape from the Tower of London in 1324, and went into exile in Paris; it is probably there that he became Queen Isabella's lover.
Roger Mortimer, 3rd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, 1st Earl of March (25 April 1287 – 29 November 1330), was an English nobleman and powerful Marcher Lord who gained many estates in the Welsh Marches and Ireland following his advantageous marriage to the wealthy heiress Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville.
When Sir Roger de Mortimer 1st Earl of March was born on 25 April 1287, in Wigmore Castle, Herefordshire, England, his father, Edmund de Mortimer 2nd Baron of Wigmore, was 35 and his mother, Marguerite de Fiennes, was 17. He married Joan de Geneville 2nd Baroness Geneville on 20 September 1301.
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March. primary name: primary name: Mortimer, Roger. other name: other name: (Earl of) March.
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