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Roger VI DE MORTIMER

Male 1374 - 1398  (24 years)


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  • Name Roger VI DE MORTIMER  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Roger De Mortimer, Knt., 4th Earl of March, 7th Earl of Ulster, Lord Mortimer of Wigmore, son and heir, was born at Usk on 11 Apr 1374, and succeeded to title and estates when seven years old. He declared heir presumptive to the Crown by King Richard II in October 1385, and was made a knight by the King on 23 Apr 1390. he was summoned to Parliament on 15 Oct 1397, and had a great popular welcome. he was careful to do nothing to justify the King Richard II's suspicions, but feeling his position to be somewhat insecure, he returned to Ireland, whither his enemy, the Duke of Surrey (his brother-in-law), whither his enemy, the Duke of Surrey (his brother-in-law), was ordered to follow and capture him. Ireland was Mortimer's chief care, but he possessed little power there, the estates having been devastated and engaged in petty campaigns against the native chieftains. Roger De Mortimer, Earl of March and of Ulster, while engaged in a rash attack on some of the Leinster clans, was killed by O'Brien's men on 20 July 1398, and was buried at Wigmore Abbey. The Wigmore chronicler says that he was riding unattended, attired in the Irish manner, in front of his army, and was unrecognized by those who killed him. The death of the heir to the throne at the hands of the Irish induced King Richard II to undertake his last fatal expedition to Ireland. [1]
    Birth 11 Apr 1374  Usk, Monnouthshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Fact Earl of March and Ulster Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Fact Declared heir to the throne by Richard II, King Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Fact 4th Earl of March, 7th Earl of Ulster Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 20 Jul 1398  Killed in Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Burial Wigmore, Herefordshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I17138  Main Tree
    Last Modified 28 Apr 2018 

    Father Edmund DE MORTIMER, II,   b. 01 Feb 1351/2, Llangoed, Llyswen,co. Brecon Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1381, Dominican Friary, cork Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Philippa Of CLARENCE,   b. 16 Aug 1355, Eltham Palace, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. on or bef. Jan 1377/8 (Age 22 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage abt. May 1368  Queen's Chapel, Reading Abbey, Berkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    Married Abt May 1368  Queen's Chapel, Reading Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F05375  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alianor I DE HOLAND,   b. Abt 1373   d. 23 Oct 1405, in childbed Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years) 
    Marriage Abt 7 Oct 1388  [1, 2, 3] 
    Children 
     1. Anne DE MORTIMER,   b. 27 Dec 1390   d. Sep 1411 (Age 20 years)  [Birth]
     2. Edmund DE MORTIMER, IV,   b. 06 Nov 1391, New Forest Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1425, Trim Castle, co. Meath Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)  [Natural]
     3. Roger DE MORTIMER,   b. Between 24 Mar and 23 Apr 1393, Netherwood Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1409  [Natural]
     4. Eleanor DE MORTIMER,   b. Abt 1395   d. 1418 (Age 23 years)  [Natural]
    Family ID F06770  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Apr 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Jul 1398 - Killed in Ireland Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).

    2. [S01910] Blood Royal, Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England 1066-1399 by. T. Anna Leese.

    3. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.

    4. [S02447] Hulett FTW from MC Scott.FTW.
      Date of Import: Oct 13, 2000


  

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