Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March

Roger Mortimer
Earl of March
Baron Mortimer of Wigmore
Conte de la Marsche, Roger, illustration from the Bruges Garter Book, c.1450. He displays the arms of Mortimer on his tabard.
Born11 November 1328
Ludlow Castle, Shropshire
Died26 February 1360(1360-02-26) (aged 31)
Rouvray
BuriedWigmore Abbey
Noble familyMortimer
Spouse(s)Philippa Montagu
IssueRoger Mortimer
Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March
Margery Mortimer
Janet Mortimer
Thomas Mortimer (illegitimate)
FatherSir Edmund Mortimer
MotherElizabeth de Badlesmere
Arms of Sir Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, KG -- Barry or and azure, on a chief of the first two pallets between two base esquires of the second over all an inescutcheon argent

Sir 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.


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