3rd Baron Mortimer, 1st Earl of March Roger de Mortimer
1287 - 1330 (43 years)
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Name Roger de Mortimer [1, 2] Title 3rd Baron Mortimer, 1st Earl of March Birth 25 Apr 1287 Thornbury, Herefordshire, England 
[1] Gender Male _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 
Isabella and Roger Mortimer Death 29 Nov 1330 London, England [1] - 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
Burial Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England [1] - (Grey Friars)
Tomb of the Mortimers Person ID I23048 A Tree Called Smith Last Modified 2 Mar 2023
Father 2nd Baron Mortimer Edmund Mortimer, I, b. 1251, Hertfordshire, England d. 17 Jul 1304, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England (Age 53 years) Relationship natural Mother Margaret de Fiennes, b. 1262, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d. 7 Feb 1332, England (Age 70 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1285 Fiennes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Family ID F2690 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 2nd Baroness Geneville Joan de Geneville, b. 2 Feb 1285, Ludlow, Shropshire, England d. 19 Oct 1356, England (Age 71 years) Marriage 1301 [2] Children 1. Edmund de Mortimer, b. 1306 d. 1331 (Age 25 years) [natural] 2. Margaret de Mortimer, b. 2 May 1304 d. 5 May 1337 (Age 33 years) [natural] Family ID F8872 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Mar 2023
Family 2 Isabella of France Marriage Abt 1325 - Roger and Isabella were lovers while she was married to King Edward II.
Family ID F8873 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Mar 2023
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Event Map 
Birth - 25 Apr 1287 - Thornbury, Herefordshire, England 
Death - 29 Nov 1330 - London, England 
Burial - - Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England = Link to Google Earth
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Photos Isabella and Roger Mortimer
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Sources - [S251] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
- [S110] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Source number: 2946.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LJV.
- [S251] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).