Roger de MORTIMER
1st Baron Wigmore
1231-October 27, 1282
- BIRTH: 1231, Wigmore, Herefordshire England
Father: Ralph de MORTIMER (1190-August 6, 1246)
Mother: Gladys Dhu Verch LLEWELYN (c.1194-1251)
Wife:Maud BRAOSE (c.1230-?)
- DEATH: October 27, 1282; buried Wigmore Abbey, Wigmore, Herefordshire England; "Here lies buried, glittering with praise, Roger the pure, Roger Mortimer the second, called Lord of Wigmore by those who held him dear. While he lived all Wales feared his power, and given as a gift to him all Wales remained his. It knew his campaigns, he subjected it to torment."
Children:
Ralph de MORTIMER (?-1276)
Edmund de MORTIMER, 2nd Baron Wigmore (1251-1304)
Isabella de MORTIMER (?-1292)
Margaret de MORTIMER (?-1297) *married Robert de VERE, 6th Earl of Oxford
Roger de MORTIMER (?-1326)
Geoffrey de MORTIMER (?-?)
William de MORTIMER (?-?)
Pedigree:
|______________________
|Ralph de MORTIMER|
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|--Roger de MORTIMER
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| Prince Llywelyn FAWR ap Iorwerth
|Gladys Dhu Verch LLEWELYN |
|Tanglwy Verch LLYWARCH
SOURCE 1: rmeservy.byu.edu
SOURCE 2: tudorplace.com
SOURCE 3: en.wikipedia.org
*NOTE: "Roger de MORTIMER famous and honored knight, and a loyal ally of King Henry III of England. He was at times an enemy, at times an ally, of Llywelyn the Last.
Mortimer fought for the king against the rebel Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, and almost lost his life in 1264 at the Battle of Lewes fighting Montfort's men. In 1265 Mortimer helped rescue Prince Edward and they made common cause to lure Montfort into a trap.
In August 1265, Montfort's army was surrounded by the River Avon on three sides, and Prince Edward's army on the fourth. Mortimer had sent his men to block the only possible escape route, at the Bengeworth bridge. The Battle of Evesham began in earnest. A storm roared above the battle field. Montfort's Welsh soldiers broke and ran for the bridge, where they were slaughtered by Mortimer's men. Mortimer himself killed Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer. Finally, the royalist forces crushed Montfort's army and killed Simon de Montfort himself. Mortimer was awarded Montfort's severed head, which he sent home to Wigmore castle as a gift for his wife, Lady Mortimer."
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