Roger Mortimer, 3rd Baron Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (25 April 1287
â€" 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 wealthy heiress Joan de
Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville. In November 1316, he was appointed
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London
in 1322 for having led the Marcher lords in a revolt against King
Edward II in what became known as the Despenser War. He later escaped
to France, where he was joined by Edward's queen consort Isabella,
whom he may have taken as his mistress. After he and Isabella led a
successful invasion and rebellion, Edward was deposed; Mortimer
allegedly arranged his murder at Berkeley Castle. For three years,
Mortimer was de facto ruler of England before being himself overthrown
by Edward's eldest son, Edward III. Accused of assuming royal power
and other crimes, Mortimer was executed by hanging at Tyburn.Roger
Mortimer, 3rd Baron Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (25 April 1287 â€" 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 wealthy heiress Joan de Geneville, 2nd
Baroness Geneville. In November 1316, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1322 for
having led the Marcher lords in a revolt against King Edward II in
what became known as the Despenser War. He later escaped to France,
where he was joined by Edward's queen consort Isabella, whom he may
have taken as his mistress. After he and Isabella led a successful
invasion and rebellion, Edward was deposed; Mortimer allegedly
arranged his murder at Berkeley Castle. For three years, Mortimer was
de facto ruler of England before being himself overthrown by Edward's
eldest son, Edward III. Accused of assuming royal power and other
crimes, Mortimer was executed by hanging at Tyburn.Mortimer, grandson
of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer, and Maud de Braose, Baroness
Mortimer, was born at Wigmore Castle, Herefordshire, England, the
firstborn of Marcher Lord Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer, and
Margaret de Fiennes. He was born on 25 April 1287, the Feast of Saint
Mark, a day of bad omen. He shared this birthday with King Edward II,
which would be relevant later in life. Edmund Mortimer was a second
son, intended for minor orders and a clerical career, but on the
sudden death of his elder brother Ralph, Edmund was recalled from
Oxford University and installed as heir. According to his biographer
Ian Mortimer, Mortimer was possibly sent as a boy away from home to be
fostered in the household of his formidable uncle, Roger Mortimer de
Chirk. It was this uncle who had carried the severed head of Llywelyn
ap Gruffudd of Wales to King Edward I in 1282.Mortimer attended the
Coronation of Edward II on 25 February 1308 and carried a table
bearing the royal robes in the ceremony's procession. Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March Top Movies & Young Movies