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Roger de Mortimer (son of Edmund de Mortimer and Margaret Eleanor Fiennes)4510, 4511, 4512, 4513, 4514, 4515, 4516, 4517, 4518 was born April 25, 1287 in Thornbury, Herefordshire, England4519, 4520, and died November 29, 1330 in Elms Gallows, Tyburn, Warwickshire, England4521, 4522, 4523. He married (1) ISABELLA OF FRANCE (Plantagenet), daughter of Philip IV - "the Fair"of France, Capet and Jeanne Joanna de Navarre. He married (2) JoanJoinville, de (Greneville, de) on Bef. October 06, 1306 in Shropshire, England4523, daughter of Piers De JOINVILLE and JoanLusignan, de.

 Includes NotesNotes for Roger de Mortimer:
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!8th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore; crowned Earl of March in Oct. 1328. [Pe d. of Charlemagne, Vol. III, pp. 15, 132]

FOSTER, WAITE, NEWLIN LINE - 19th ggrandfather

!Owner of large estates on the Welsh marches. Paramour of Queen Isabel. S he left her husband, King Edward II, and took their son to France with h er lover, the rebel exile, Roger Mortimer. Roger and the Queen returne d to England in 1326 with a force of mercenaries, soon to be joined by n umbers of English supporters of all classes as anxious to see an end to E dward's rule as were the Queen and Mortimer. They defeated the King's f orces and forced him to abdicate in favour of his son, now 14 years old . [The Story of England, p. 81]

!1st Earl of March; executed for treason. 2nd Baron by writ, 1299-1326, t he favorite of Isabel, consort of King Edward II, created Earl of March ; impeached before Parliament and convicted under various charges, he w as executed; father of Joan. [Magna Charta Barons, p. 250, 415, 422]

!Tower of London, Aug 1323 -- Roger Mortimer, imprisoned for opposing K ing Edward's favorites, the Despensers, manages to escape. [Chronicle o f the Royal Family, p. 68]

Roger Mortimer of Chirk and his nephew, Roger Mortimer of Wigmore, were i mprisoned in 1322 and the power of the Despensers was restored. [A Hist ory of Wales, p. 181]

In 1323, Roger Mortimer of Wigmore succeeded in escaping from prison; f leeing to France, he became the lover of Isabella, the wife of Edward I I, who was in Paris on a mission for her husband. They were agreed on t heir enmity towards the Despensers, and increasingly towards the king h imself. They invaded England on 24 Sept 1326 and the king retreated bef ore them to Wales. He was seized on 16 Dec, probably at Pen-rhys in the R hondda. The two Despensers were executed, and in January 1327 the depos ition of the king was announced in parliament, an assembly which includ ed 24 members from Wales. Edward was imprisoned at Berkeley Castle on t he banks of the Severn. Rhys ap Gruffudd failed in his attempt to free h im and he was murdered at Berkeley in Sept 1327. [A History, p. 182]

Controlled the government from 1327-30 since Edward III was only 14 whe n he became king. Mortimer concentrated upon consolidated his power in W ales. He appointed himself justice of the Principality and made himself m aster of a chain of lordships extending from Denbigh to Pembroke. In 13 28, he took the title of earl of March, thus recognizing that MARCHIA W ALLIE was the foundation of his power. His supremacy was brief. In 1330 h e was hanged and his property was confiscated. His son Roger was not pe rmitted to take possession of hisancestral lands until 1354, when the M ortimers once again became holders of more territories in Wales than an y other of the Marcher Lords. [A History, p. 182]

b. 1287 [Judy Martin]

b. 25 Apr 1287, d. 29 Nov 1330; son of Sir Edmund de Mortimer and Marga ret de Fiennes; 8th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, cr. Earl of March, Oct. 1 328; m. bef 6 Oct 1306, Joan de Geneville; father of Joan de Mortimer. [ Ancestral Roots, p.29]

Ludlow Castle is one of the most outstanding examples of the Norman cas tles built in the 11th century to guard the Welsh Marches. Three centur ies later Roger Mortimer used the castle to intimidate his political op position after deposing Edward II. [Castles of Shropshire: Ludlow Castl e
Father of Eleanor de Mortimer who m. Adam de Clifton. [Ed Mann
Son of Edmund Mortimer and Margaret de Fiennes; m. Joan de Genville; fa ther of Edmund who m. Elizabeth Badlesmere. [WFT European Origins Ped 9 02]

The refurbished castle made a useful base for Roger Mortimer of Wigmore , who married a daughter of Peter de Geneville. He was the leader of a g roup of barons who dethroned the unpopular Edward II in 1326. Mortimer w as created Earl of March but he over-reached himself and was deposed an d executed by rivals in 1330. Later Mortimers regained power and royal f avour and their activities brought Ludlow into the mainstream of nation al politics. [Ludlow Castle, p. 2]

Built the Chapel of St Peter at Ludlow Castle to celebrate his escape f orm the Tower of London on St Peter's Day, 29 Jun 1324. In 1328 Mortime r assigned a rent of £6 13s 4d to two chaplains to celebrate daily serv ice here 'for the souls of the King, Queens Isabel and Phillipa, Henry b ishop of Lincoln, the said Roger and Joan his wife'. [Ludlow Castle, p. 4 ]

By marriage to Joanna de Geneville, Roger Mortimer secured possession o f Ludlow Castle. This became the family's principal power base for the n ext six generations.
Roger was a very powerful and ambitious Marcher Lord. He was the fir st of several members of the family to attempt to seize the throne of E ngland. Later, the ambitions of the Mortimers became part of the great d ynastic struggles of the mid-15th century which became known as 'the Wa rs of the Roses'.
Roger was one of a number of powerful barons, many of them from the W elsh and Scottish borders, who were able to achieve great power under t he weak rule of King Edward II.
He fought in the Scottish wars and made attempts to remove the King' s favourites, at first with some success. In 1323 he was imprisoned in t he Tower of London but escaped to France on 1 Aug, an event he later co mmemorated by building St Peter's chapel in the outer bailey of Ludlow C astle.
In France, Mortimer formed an alliance with Queen Isabella, who had d eserted her effeminate husband. They raised an army, invaded England an d forced Edward II to abdicate in favour of his young son, Edward III. M ortimer entertained Isabella at his castles on the Welsh borders and th ey became lovers. 'Great expense in feasts, tilting and other recreatio ns' is recorded at Ludlow. Meanwhile, Edward II was cruelly murdered at B erkeley Castle.
Mortimer was now Regent in all but name but he over-reached himself a nd aroused the envy of other barons. In October 1330 he was arrested at N ottingham and was sentenced to death and executed at Tyburn in London. T he first bid by a Mortimer to attain the throne had ended in disaster.
These events provide the plot for the play 'Edward II' by the Elizab ethan dramatist, Christopher Marlowe. Mortimer is given an impressive f arewell speech, part of which reads:
"And seeing there was no place to mount up higher,
Why should I greave at my declining fall?
Farewell faire Queene, Weepe not for Mortimer
That scorns the world, and as a traveller,
Goes to discover countries yet unknown"
[Ludlow Castle, p. 12]



More About Roger de Mortimer:
Date born 2: 1287, England.4523
Burial: 1330, Church of Grey Friars, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.4524, 4525
Christening: May 03, 1287, Or Netherwood, Thornbury, Hereford, England.4526, 4527
Died 2: 1330, England.4527
Founded: Aft. June 29, 1324, Chapel of St Peter.4528, 4529, 4530
Knighted: Founder Knight of the Garter.4531, 4532, 4533
Owned: Shropshire, England.4534, 4535, 4536
Record Change: January 01, 20064536

More About Roger de Mortimer and ISABELLA OF FRANCE (Plantagenet):
Assc: not married.4537, 4538

More About Roger de Mortimer and JoanJoinville, de (Greneville, de):
Marriage: Bef. October 06, 1306, Shropshire, England.4538

 Includes NotesMarriage Notes for Roger de Mortimer and JoanJoinville, de (Greneville, de):
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Children of Roger de Mortimer and JoanJoinville, de (Greneville, de) are:
  1. +Catherine (Katherine) de Mortimer, b. 1309, England4538, d. 13694538.
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