Roger Mortimer Biography

Birth of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer, son of Ralph de Mortimer and his Welsh wife, Princess Gwladys Ddu, daughter of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth

Marries Maude de Breuse

Goes to war with Llywelyn ap Gruffydd when the latter invaded his lordship of Gwrtheyrnion or Rhayader

Sides with the Barons against Henry III

Becomes a royalist

Helps rescue Prince Edward and they make an alliance against de Montfort

Besieges the Welsh Marches for the Royalists

Mortimer himself kills Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester in crushing Montforts army.

Mortimer is awarded Montforts severed head and other parts of his anatomy, which he sent home to Wigmore Castle as a gift for his wife, Lady Mortimer.

Sent by Prince Edward to head off Simon de Montforts route over the Bengeworth Bridge.

de Montforts army is 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. Commands the rear guard

Participates in the royalist siege of Kenilworth

Forced to exile in Ireland after defeat at the Battle of Lewes

Fights at Lewes against Henry III & defeated

Appointed 1of the 3 members of Edward Is Ruling Council

Appointed Guardian of the Realm

Death of Roger de Mortimer

Birth of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, grandson of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer, was born at Wigmore Castle, Herefordshire, England, the firstborn of Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer and his wife, Margaret de Fiennes

Appointed Lieutenant of Ireland

Appointed Justiciar of Ireland

Arrested by an army led by Edward II

Forced to surrender to the king at Shrewsbury, Mortimer is consigned to the Tower of London

Forced to surrender to Edward II

Escapes from the Tower of London

Escapes to exile in France

Flees to France

Joined by Henry, Earl of Lancaster; London rises in support of the Queen, and Edward takes flight to the west, pursued by Mortimer and Isabella. Assisted by Queen Isabella, his paramour, in an invasion of England

Joined by Henry, Earl of Lancaster; London rises in support of the Queen, and Edward takes flight to the west, pursued by Mortimer and Isabella

Defeats the Despensers & forces Edward II to abdicate in favour of Edward III

Keeps Edward III as a prisoner after the murder of Edward II

Mortimer & Isabella become rulers of England after the assassination of Edward II. Helps depose Edward II with the King's wife with whom he is having an affair

Helps procure the assassination of Edward II

Helps depose Edward II with the King's wife with whom he is having an affair

Helps procure the assassination of Edward II

Mortimer repels the Scottish invasion of England

Appointed Justiciar of Wales

Coronation of Edward III, the country is ruled by Mortimer and Isabella

After wandering helplessly for some weeks in Wales, Edward II is taken prisoner, and is compelled to abdicate in favour of his son

Birth of Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, son of Sir Edmund de Mortimer and Elizabeth de Badlesmere

Created Earl March, 1st, also granted the marcher lordship over Montgomery by the Queen

Mortimer backs the settlement recognizing Robert I's kingship

Mortimer helps force through the peace with Scotland

Mortimer secures parliamentary approval for the treaty with Scotland

Mortimer is created Earl of March and reaches the height of his power

Executed by Edward III, drawn & hanged on the gallows of thieves at the Elms, Tyburn

Held in the Tower of London

Edward III leads a successful revolt against Roger de Mortimer

Edward III leads a successful revolt against Roger de Mortimer

Tried before Parliament for usurping royal power & murdering Edward II. Accused of assuming royal power and of various other high misdemeanours, is was condemned without trial and ignominiously hanged

Seized by Edward III in the Queen Mothers Chamber Nottingham Castle

The sentence passed against Mortimers treacherous grandfather, the first earl, is reversed, and the next year he is summoned to Parliament as Earl of March

Appointed Constable of Dover Castle

Appointed Warden of the Cinque Ports

Death of Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March

Birth of Roger Mortimer

Death of Roger Mortimer