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Knighthood

England · House / House of Mortimer. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Roger Mortimer22 May 1306

Westminster Abbey · House / House of Mortimer

Edward I knighted Roger Mortimer at Westminster Abbey on 22 May 1306 during a large ceremony involving more than two hundred other young nobles.

Names involved

Roger Mortimer

Provenance

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