Sir Roger MORTIMER, 2nd Earl of March^[1]

1328 - 1360  (31 years)

• Name	Roger MORTIMER  [2]
  Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	2nd Earl of March
  Birth	11 Nov 1328	Ludlow, Shropshire, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	LB5T-GL5
  Title (Nobility)	12 Jul 1346	La Hogue, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France   [3]
  	Knight
  Title (Nobility)	1348  [3]
  	4th Baron Mortimer
  Title (Nobility)	1348	Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England   [3]
  	Knight of the Order of the Garter (founding member) Number 7
  Title (Nobility)	1355  [3]
  	2nd Earl of March
  Burial	1360	Wigmore Abbey, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England   [2]
  Death	26 Feb 1360	Rouvray, Côte-d'Or, Burgundy, France   [2]
  Person ID	I594782521	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Sir Edmund DE MORTIMER, II,   b. 6 Oct 1306, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d. 16 Dec 1331, Stanton upon Hine Heath, Shropshire, England (Age 25 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth BADLESMERE,   b. 1313, Castle Badlesmere, Badlesmere, Kent, England d. 8 Jun 1356, London, England (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	27 Jun 1326
  Family ID	F536733187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Philippa MONTAGU,   b. 1332, Somerset, England d. 5 Jan 1382, Bisham, Berkshire, England (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1352  [4]
  Children	1. Edmund "The Good" De MORTIMER,   b. 1 Feb 1351-1352, Llangoed, Llyswen, Breconshire, Wales d. 27 Dec 1381, Dominican Friary, Cork, Ireland (Age 29 years)   2. Margery de Mortimer, Baroness of Markeaton,   b. 1 Feb 1352, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d. Bef 3 Nov 1405, Ambaston, Derbyshire, England (Age 53 years)   3. Roger DE MORTIMER,   b. 1354, Ludlow, Shropshire, England d. Abt 1356 (Age 2 years)   4. Sir Thomas DE MORTIMER,   b. 1355, Sussex, England d. 9 Jan 1403, Scotland (Age 48 years)   5. Lady Janet DE MORTIMER, , Lady Gray of Broxmouth,   b. Abt 1359, Foulis, Perthshire, Scotland, U.K. d. 1397, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland (Age ~ 38 years)
  Family ID	F536733185	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Sir Roger de Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, 4th Baron Mortimer, 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. The Mortimer family lands and titles were lost after the first Earl of March's revolt and death by hanging in 1330, which was followed the next year by the death of Roger's father. Roger thus grew up with uncertain prospects, and re-acquired the family honours only gradually. Around 1342, he received back Radnor, and the next year the old family baronial seat at Wigmore, Herefordshire. Military career As a young man he distinguished himself in the wars in France, fighting at Crécy and elsewhere in the campaign of 1347. Afterwards he was given livery of the rest of his lands, was one of the knights admitted at the foundation of the Order of the Garter, and was summoned to parliament as a baron both in 1348. He was knighted on July 12, 1346 at La Hogue by Edward the Black Prince. Earldom In 1354, the sentence passed against Mortimer's treacherous grandfather, the first earl, was reversed, and the next year he was summoned to parliament as Earl of March. Also in 1355, he received a number of important appointments, including Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports, and he accompanied an expedition of Edward III to France. Other honours On 19 October 1356, his grandmother Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville, widow of the first earl, died, and Roger inherited her vast estates, including Ludlow Castle, which was thereafter the Mortimer family seat and power base. In the following years, he became a member of the Royal Council and was appointed Constable at the castles of Montgomery, Bridgnorth in Shropshire, and Corfe in Dorset. In 1359, and continuing into 1360, he was Constable of Edward III's invasion of France. He fought in the failed siege of Reims and captured Auxerre. The English forces then moved into Burgundy, where Roger died suddenly at Rouvray, near Avallon. Marriage and children Roger married Philippa de Montagu (1332– 1381), daughter of William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury, and Catherine Grandison and had by her at least four children: 1. Roger Mortimer, who died young; 2. Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March; 3. Margery Mortimer. 4. Janet Mortimer, who married Andrew Gray, father of Andrew Gray, 1st Lord Gray. Mortimer also had at least one illegitimate child: 5. Sir Thomas Mortimer, who acted as deputy for his nephew Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, in Ireland (1382– 1383) and stood trial for the slaying of Richard II's commander, Sir Thomas Molineux after the Battle of Radcot Bridge (1387). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Mortimer,_2nd_Earl_of_March

  
  

• Sources

  [SAuth] compiled by James H Carney, Jim Carney. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 24 Nov 2024), entry for Edmund "The Good" De MORTIMER, person ID LB57-YKT. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 24 Nov 2024), entry for Roger Mortimer, person ID LB5T-GL5. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 24 Nov 2024), entry for Philippa Montagu, person ID K8RT-425. (Reliability: 3).