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1st Baron Wigmore Roger Mortimer, II

1st Baron Wigmore Roger Mortimer, II

Male 1231 - 1282  (51 years)

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  1. 1.  1st Baron Wigmore Roger Mortimer, II1st Baron Wigmore Roger Mortimer, II was born in 1231 in Radnorshire, Wales; died on 30 Oct 1282 in Builth, Breconshire, Wales; was buried in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England.

    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)

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

    Children:
    1. 2. 2nd Baron Mortimer Edmund Mortimer, I  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1251 in Hertfordshire, England; died on 17 Jul 1304 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  2nd Baron Mortimer Edmund Mortimer, I2nd Baron Mortimer Edmund Mortimer, I Descendancy chart to this point (1.Roger1) was born in 1251 in Hertfordshire, England; died on 17 Jul 1304 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England.

    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

    Notes:

    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]

    Children:
    1. 3. Isolde Mortimer  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1265 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England; died on 4 Aug 1336 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England.
    2. 4. 3rd Baron Mortimer, 1st Earl of March Roger de Mortimer  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Apr 1287 in Thornbury, Herefordshire, England; died on 29 Nov 1330 in London, England; was buried in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Isolde MortimerIsolde Mortimer Descendancy chart to this point (2.Edmund2, 1.Roger1) was born in 1265 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England; died on 4 Aug 1336 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England.

    Isolde married Hugh de Audley, I about 1288 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England. Hugh was born in 1267 in Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England; died in 1326 in Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. 1st Earl of Gloucester Hugh de Audley  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1289 in Oxfordshire, England; died on 10 Nov 1347 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; was buried in Tonbridge, Kent, England.

  2. 4.  3rd Baron Mortimer, 1st Earl of March Roger de Mortimer3rd Baron Mortimer, 1st Earl of March Roger de Mortimer Descendancy chart to this point (2.Edmund2, 1.Roger1) was born on 25 Apr 1287 in Thornbury, Herefordshire, England; died on 29 Nov 1330 in London, England; was buried in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 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]

    Children:
    1. 6. Edmund de Mortimer  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1306; died in 1331.
    2. 7. Margaret de Mortimer  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 May 1304; died on 5 May 1337; was buried in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.

    Roger married Isabella of France about 1325. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 5.  1st Earl of Gloucester Hugh de Audley1st Earl of Gloucester Hugh de Audley Descendancy chart to this point (3.Isolde3, 2.Edmund2, 1.Roger1) was born in 1289 in Oxfordshire, England; died on 10 Nov 1347 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; was buried in Tonbridge, Kent, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: English Ambassador to France in 1341
    • _MILT: De Audley joined the baronial revolt against King Edward in the Dispenser War

    Notes:

    Buried:
    (Tonbridge Priory)

    Hugh married Countess of Cornwall Margaret de Clare on 28 Apr 1317. Margaret (daughter of 7th Earl of Gloucester Lord Gilbert de Clare, IV and Princess of England Joan of Acre Plantagenet) was born on 12 Oct 1292 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England; died on 9 Apr 1342 in Badlesmere, Kent, England; was buried in Tonbridge, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Baroness Neville Alice de Audley  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1300 in Hadley End, Staffordshire, England; died on 11 Jan 1374 in Northumberland, England; was buried in Durham, England.
    2. 9. 2nd Baroness Audley Margaret de Audley  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jan 1305 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England; died on 7 Sep 1347 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; was buried in Tonbridge, Kent, England.

  2. 6.  Edmund de MortimerEdmund de Mortimer Descendancy chart to this point (4.Roger3, 2.Edmund2, 1.Roger1) was born in 1306; died in 1331.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 10. 2nd Earl of March Roger de Mortimer  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Nov 1328 in Ludlow, Shropshire, England; died on 26 Feb 1360 in France; was buried in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England.

  3. 7.  Margaret de MortimerMargaret de Mortimer Descendancy chart to this point (4.Roger3, 2.Edmund2, 1.Roger1) was born on 2 May 1304; died on 5 May 1337; was buried in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1324, Norfolk, England; After Margaret's father's fall from grace involving the removal of Edward II from the throne, Margaret was arrested and jailed in 1322, then sent to Sholdham Priory

    Notes:

    Buried:
    (Bristol Cathedral )

    Margaret married 3rd Lord Berkeley Sir Thomas de Berkeley in May 1319. Sir (son of 1st Lord Berkeley Maurice de Berkeley and Eva la Zouche) was born in 1296 in England; died on 27 Oct 1361 in Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. 4th Lord Berkeley Maurice Berkeley  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1330 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England; died in 1363; was buried in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.


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