Brief Life History of Roger de
When Sir Roger de Mortimer was born on 11 November 1328, in Ludlow, Shropshire, England, his father, Roger de Mortimer 1st Earl of March, was 41 and his mother, Joan de Geneville, was 42. He married Philippa Montagu before 1352. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died about 26 February 1360, in Rouvray, Côte-d'Or, France, at the age of 31, and was buried in Wigmore Abbey, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England.
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- Roger Mortimer, "Find A Grave Index"
- Leicestershire Pedigrees and Royal Descents
- Roger Mortimer, "Find A Grave Index"
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1337 · The Hundred Years' War
The Hundred Years' War between France and England was largely due to the question of legitimate succession to the French crown.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Mortemer in Seine-Maritime, France, so called from Old French mort(e) ‘dead’ + mer ‘sea’, probably referring to a stagnant pond or drained swamp.
Irish (of Norman origin): the Norman surname in sense 1 above was taken to Ireland from England in the medieval period, where it has also been adopted by bearers of the Gaelic surnames Mac Muircheartaigh and ÓMuircheartaigh, commonly Anglicized as McMurty and Mortagh. Compare McMurdo .
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BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL2.htm#RogerMortimerdied1330B, as of 11/1/2014 ROGER [VI] de Mortimer (Ludlow 11 Nov 1328-Rouvray 26 Feb 1360, bur in France, tra …
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