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Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March
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Sir Roger de Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, 4th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, KG (11 November 1328 ā 26 February 1360) was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War.
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Roger Mortimer | |
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Earl of March Baron Mortimer of Wigmore | |
![]() Conte de la Marsche, Roger, illustration from the Bruges Garter Book, c.1450. He displays the arms of Mortimer on his tabard. | |
Born | 11 November 1328 Ludlow Castle, Shropshire |
Died | 26 February 1360(1360-02-26) (aged 31) Rouvray |
Buried | Wigmore Abbey |
Noble family | Mortimer |
Spouse(s) | Philippa Montagu |
Issue | Roger Mortimer Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March Margery Mortimer Janet Mortimer Thomas Mortimer (illegitimate) |
Father | Sir Edmund Mortimer |
Mother | Elizabeth de Badlesmere |
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He was the son of Sir Edmund Mortimer (d. 1331) and Elizabeth de Badlesmere, and grandson of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March.