de MORTIMER Roger

Notes:

Died:
26 FEB 1359/60

Family/Spouse: DE MONTAGU Phillipa. Phillipa was born about 1332; died about 05 Jan 1381. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. de MORTIMER Margaret
2. De MORTIMER Edmund was born about 01 Feb 1350; died on 27 Dec 1381.
3. De MORTIMER Margery was born in 1352; died on 03 Nov 1405.

Notes:

Knight of the Garter and was a person of great eminence in the
turbulent times in which he lived, and one of the gallant heros of
Crecy. He was created Earl of Northampton, 17 Mar. 1337 and from that
period he appears as the constant companion in arms of the marital
King Edward III and his son.

Sir married de BATELSMERE Elizabeth. Elizabeth (daughter of BADLESMERE Bartholmew and CLARE Margaret) was born about 1315; died on 08 Jun 1356. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Earl of Hereford and Essex, and Constable of England. He was at the
marriage of Edward I to Queen Margaret at Canterbury. Serving in
Scotland, he was present at the siege of Carlaverock, 1 Jul. 1300. In
1302, prior to his marriage with the King's daughter, he surrendered
his castle, towns, manors, and lands in Essex, Herts, Middlesex,
Hunts, Bucks, Wilts, Gloucester and Hereford and Wales, and made a
further surrender of his right, honor, and dominion by virtue of the
name of Earl in counties of Hereford and Essex, as also of the
constable ship of England. After his marriage these were restored to
him and his wife to be held as fully as he held them before
quitclaiming to the King, He assisted in the execution of Piers de
Gaveston in 132, for which with others he was pardoned 16 Oct. 1313.
He fought at Bannockburn and was taken prisoner at Bethwell where he
had retreated, having been betrayed by the Governor, Sir Walter
Gilbertson. He was exchanged for Elizabet, wife of Robert Bruce, King
of Scotland. On 11 Feb. 1315/1316 he was appointed captain of all the
forces against Llywellyn Bran in the land of Glamorgan. Summoned to
attend the Council at Gloucester, he sent word he would not do so
while Hugh Dispenser, the younger, was in the King's comitive; he was
then ordered to attend at Oxford, and preparing to attack the said
Dispenser was ordered 1 May 1321, to abstain, but during May and June
the lands of the Despensers were ravaged. In accordance with an
agreement made in parliament he received a pardon 20 Aug. 1321. He
was killed at Bouroughbridge while endeavoring to force the bridge.

Died:
16 MAR 1330/1331

Humphrey married PLANTAGENET Elizabeth. Elizabeth (daughter of PLANTAGENET-FITZHENRY Edward I "Longshanks" and of CASTILE Eleanor Princess) was born on 07 Aug 1282 in Rhudlan Castle, Carnaron; died on 05 May 1316 in Walder Abbey, Essex, Eng.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bartholmew married CLARE Margaret. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Humphrey married Maud, in 1275 in Guisnes. Maud, (daughter of de FIENNES Enguerrand Seigneur) died before 1298. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Created Duke of Gascony (a diminution of Aquitaine to its northern territory 1254, he was later accepted as Duke of Aquitaine after paying homage to the King of France. Created Earl of Chester 1254. King of England 1272. Overlord of Wales after 1282 when that territory was annexed to the English crown.

Died:
Buried at Westminster Abbey

Edward married of CASTILE Eleanor Princess. Eleanor (daughter of of DE PONTHIEU Johanna Countess, daughter of LBEON Fernando III "The Saint" King of CASTILE & and De DAMMARTIN Jeanne) was born about 1244 in Castile, Spain; died on 24 Nov 1290 in Herdeby, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Created Earl of Chester and Prince of Wales February 1301 (He was the first English Prince of Wales). Duke of Aquitaine 1306. King of England July 1307. Edward was deposed by Parliament on 20 January 1327 and formally abdicated in favour of his son.

Birth:
BET 1237 AND 1242