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:
-
Sir Edmund Mortimer,
had issue:
- Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March,
had issue:
-
Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March.
- Margaret de Mortimer,
mar Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Lord Berkeley and had issue.
- 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.
Photo 2010.
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