Edmund married Baroness de Mortimer de Bohun Elizabeth Badlesmere on 27 Jun 1316 in Shropshire, England. Elizabeth was born in 1313 in Kent, England; died on 8 Jun 1356 in London, England; was buried in London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. 2nd Earl of March Roger de Mortimer was born on 11 Nov 1328 in Ludlow, Shropshire, England; died on 26 Feb 1360 in France; was buried in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _MILT: 1326; Mortimer and Isabella raised an Army in France and deposed King Edward II and put her son Edward III on the throne. As regent, for three years, Mortimer was de facto ruler of England before being himself overthrown by Edward's eldest son, Edward III

Notes:

Buried:
(Grey Friars)

Died:
Found guilty of many crimes against the King and put in the Tower of London. He escaped at night, but was recaptured and then hanged at Tyburn, then drawn and quartered by order of King Edward III

Roger married 2nd Baroness Geneville Joan de Geneville in 1301. Joan was born on 2 Feb 1285 in Ludlow, Shropshire, England; died on 19 Oct 1356 in England; was buried in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Joan's numerous direct descendants include the current British Royal Family, and Sarah Ferguson; she was also the ancestress of Sir Winston Churchill, George Washington, Anne Boleyn and her sister Mary Boleyn
• Trial: 1330; Following her husband's execution, as the wife of a traitor, Joan was imprisoned in Hampshire and her children taken into custody. Her lands were only restored to her in 1336 after King Edward III granted her a full pardon for her husband's crimes

Notes:

Buried:
(Wigmore Abbey) The Abbey was destroyed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries and only the ruins remain to this day

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Oxford University
• Occupation: Treasurer of York
• _MILT: he devised a plan to trap Llywelyn the Last. Edmund then sent his brother Roger Mortimer of Chirk to present Llywelyn's severed head to King Edward I of England at Rhuddlan Castle. The head was displayed on the Tower of London as a warning to all rebels

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Died:
He was mortally wounded in a skirmish near Builth, and died at Wigmore Castle

Edmund married Margaret de Fiennes in 1285 in Fiennes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Margaret was born in 1262 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England; died on 7 Feb 1332 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Notable Quote: Here lies buried, glittering with praise, Roger the pure, Roger Mortimer the second, called Lord of Wigmore by those who held him dear
• _MILT: took part in Edward I's 1282 campaign against Llewelyn the Last, and was put in charge of operations in mid-Wales

Notes:

Birth:
Cymaron Castle

Buried:
(Wigmore Abbey)

Roger married Maud de Braose. Maud was born in 1226 in Gowerton, Glamorgan, Wales; died in 1301 in Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]