Roger (II) de Mortimer

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 1214, before 19 August.

The date is given by Mason (ODNB). Ian Mortimer states that he probably died on 24 June.

Date of Burial: Wigmore Abbey.

The place is given by Mason (ODNB).

Relationships

Father: Hugh (II) de Mortimer (died 1180/1).

This relationship is given by Mason (ODNB), by Keats-Rohan (p. 601), and by the Complete Peerage (9:272).

Mother: Matilda, daughter of William le Meschin of Egremont.

This relationship is given by Mason (ODNB), by Keats-Rohan (p. 601), and by the Complete Peerage (9:272).

Spouse: Isabel de Ferrers.

This relationship is given by Mason (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (9:273).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Mortimer.)

Robert. Mortimer notes that Robert was possibly illegitimate.

Hugh (III) de Mortimer (killed in a tournament November 1227) married Alice/Annora/Alianore de Braose.

Ralph (II) de Mortimer (died 6 August 1246) married Gwladys Ddu ferch Llywelyn ab Iorwerth.

Philip.

Johanna (died 1225) married Walter (II) de Beauchamp.

References

Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).

Crump, J.J. “The Mortimer Family and the Making of the March” in Thirteenth Century England VI: Proceedings of the Durham Conferencei 1995 (The Boydell Press).

Crump, J.J. “Mortimer, Roger (III) de, lord of Wigmore (1231-1282)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Keats-Rohan, Katharine S. B. Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1106 - 1166. (Woodbridge: 2002).

Mason, J.F.A. “Mortimer, Hugh (II) de (d. 1181?)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Mortimer, Ian. "The Medieval Mortimer Family: An outline lineage". Accessed 17 August 2019.