Brief Life History of Katherine
When Katherine Mortimer was born on 14 February 1313, in Ludlow Castle, Shropshire, England, her father, Roger de Mortimer , First Earl of March, was 25 and her mother, Joan de Geneville, was 27. She married Sir Thomas de Beauchamp on 22 February 1325, in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1339 and Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland in 1350. She died on 4 August 1369, in Warwick, Warwickshire, England, at the age of 56, and was buried in Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary's Church, Upper Tysoe, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom.
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Sources (9)
- Katherine Mortimer Beauchamp, "Find A Grave Index"
- Thomas de Beauchamp & Mortimer in Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QT-RQGF?cc=2060211&wc=WWF8-F3H%3A352086301%2C352498101
- Hugh de Stafford, Earl of Stafford, in Cokyane's Complete Peerage, Vol. VII, pg. 210 [See document in the Memories section]
Spouse and Children
1313–1369 Male
1313–1369 Female
Children (13)
1333–1360 Male
1334–1383 Female
1334–1386 Female
1335–1371 Male
1335–1392 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1287–1330 Male
1286–1356 Female
Siblings (13)
1303–1331 Male
1304–1357 Female
1308–1328 Female
1310–1328 Male
1310–1375 Male
+8 More Children
World Events (3)
1315 · Famine Strikes Europe
Age 2
1328 · First War of Scottish Independence
Age 15
1337 · The Hundred Years' War
Age 24
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 .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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