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Dane biograficzne. Data urodzenia. 25 kwietnia 1287. Data śmierci. 29 listopada 1330. Roger de Mortimer (ur. 25 kwietnia 1287, zm. 29 listopada 1330) – 8. baron Wigmore, 1. hrabia Marchii, w latach 1308-1318 lord namiestnik Irlandii z nadania Edwarda II, kochanek królowej angielskiej Izabeli Francuskiej, żony króla Edwarda II.
Roger Mortimer (Wigmore, 25 april 1287 - Tyburn, 29 november 1330) was van 1304 tot aan zijn dood baron Mortimer en van 1328 tot aan zijn dood graaf van March. Van 1326 tot 1330 was hij de facto ook regent van Engeland .
Sir Roger Mortimer had many hats: feudal lord, once governor of Ireland, rebel leader, experienced military man, usurper and dictator. Imprisoned by Edward II for being involved in a rebellion, Mortimer was renowned as being one of the few people who escaped from the Tower of London.
As a child, Roger developed a formidable interest in all martial pursuits, learning from his uncle Roger Mortimer Lord of Chirk, a skilled soldier and leader. As a squire of 14 years age, he was betrothed to the extremely wealthy heiress Joan de Geneville, who brought with her dowry vast estates in the Welsh Marches, including Ludlow Castle.
Sir Roger de Mortimer, II conde de March, IV Barón Mortimer, KG (11 de noviembre de 1328-26 de febrero de 1360) fue un noble y militar inglés que participó en la Guerra de los Cien Años. Era hijo de Sir Edmund Mortimer (d. 1331) y Elizabeth de Badlesmere, y nieto de Roger Mortimer, conde de March .
He was known as Roger de Mortimer, essentially Roger ’of Battle of Mortimer fame’. The fact he didn’t use the name while lord there, but instead some time after, shows that the Mortimer surname is perhaps derived from the battle rather than the lordship itself. The Conquest of England. Around the time of the battle, Roger’s son was born.
The king took an important step in 1385, when he acknowledged Roger de Mortimer as his heir, knighting him in 1390, and appointing him in 1397 deputy ruler of all Ireland. Probably this was the occasion which moved Iolo Goch , a man of Denbighland and therefore a tenant of Roger's, to compose a cywydd to him.
