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The origin of Roger of Mortemer has been subject to much scholarly debate. Only two early sources provide information. Orderic Vitalis calls William de Warenne consanguineo ejus (his cousin/kinsman), while Robert de Torigny confusingly provides three different versions of his parentage that, though inconsistent, all make him either brother or son, of William de Warenne.
Roger was the son of Hugh de Mortimer (died 26 February 1181) [1] and Matilda Le Meschin. [2] He fought for King Henry II against the rebellion of the latter's son, Henry.. In 1179 Roger was instrumental in the killing of Cadwallon ap Madog, the prince of Maelienydd and Elfael, both of which he coveted, and was imprisoned until June 1182 at Winchester for this killing.
Roger Mortimer was born 11 April 1374 at Usk in Monmouthshire. [2] He was the eldest son of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, by his wife Philippa of Clarence, the daughter of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (the second surviving son of King Edward III) by his wife Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster.
Hugh de Mortimer: 4. Roger Mortimer of Wigmore: 9. Matilda le Meschin: 2. Ralph de Mortimer: 10. Walchelin de Ferriers: 5. Isabel de Ferrers of Wigmore castle: 11. Goda de Toeni or Tosni: 1. Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore: 12. Iorwerth Drwyndwn: 6. Llywelyn ab Iorwerth: 13. Marared ferch Madog or Margred verch Madog: 3. Gwladys ...
Arms of Mortimer: Barry or and azure, on a chief of the first two pallets between two gyrons of the second over all an inescutcheon argent. Roger Mortimer, 3rd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, 1st Earl of March (25 April 1287 – 29 November 1330), was an English nobleman and powerful marcher lord who gained many estates in the Welsh Marches and Ireland following his advantageous marriage to the ...
Roger was the third son of Roger Mortimer, a powerful Marcher lord in the Welsh border territories, and Maud de Braose, Baroness Mortimer who was also an important Marcher landowner in her own right. The family were from the second rank of parvenu nobility elevated by the king as a reward for fierce loyalty to the Plantagenet dynasty .
Roger Mortimer (or Roger de Mortimer) is the name of: Roger of Mortemer (fl. 1054 – after 1078) Roger Mortimer of Wigmore (before 1153 – before 8 July 1214), medieval marcher lord; Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore (1231–1282), a marcher lord; Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer of Chirk (c. 1256 – 1326), a marcher lord ...
Roger de Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, 4th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, KG (11 November 1328 – 26 February 1360) was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. He was the son of Sir Edmund Mortimer (d. 1331) and Elizabeth de Badlesmere , and grandson of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March .