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Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March

Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (see here and here),
born 1287,
mar 1301 to Joan de Geneville,
acquired by marriage Ludlow Castle, Shropshire (on Welsh border),
and Trim Castle, Co.Meath,
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland 1316-20,
lover of Edward II's Queen Isabella,
deposed and murdered Edward II 1327,
effective ruler until executed by Edward III 1330, age 43 yrs, see biography,
Joan died 1356,
had issue:

1. Sir Edmund Mortimer, had issue:
   1. Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, had issue:
      1. Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March.

   
   

2. Margaret de Mortimer,
   mar Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Lord Berkeley and had issue.

3. Katherine de Mortimer,
   mar Thomas Beauchamp, 3rd Earl of Warwick and had issue.

Effigy of Katherine de Mortimer, wife of Thomas Beauchamp.
Church of St Mary in Warwick.
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