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New page: '''Roger Mortimer''' (1287?-1330), 1st Earl of March (1328-1330). He succeeded to his father's great estates in England and Ireland as Baron Wigmore in about 1304 and, as lieutenan...
'''Roger Mortimer''' (1287?-1330), 1st Earl of March (1328-1330). He succeeded to his father's great estates in [[England]] and [[Ireland]] as Baron Wigmore in about 1304 and, as lieutenant of Ireland defeated an invasion by the Scots in 1317. He joined other [[marches|marcher]] lords in opposition to [[Edward II]]’s [[Hugh Despenser|Despenser]] favourites in 1321. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London, but later escaped to [[France]] where he became the lover of Isabella, Edward’s queen.
They invaded [[England]] together in 1326, deposed Edward and had him imprisoned, then murdered, in [[Berkeley Castle]]. In the name of the teenage Edward, [[Prince of Wales]] he became the effective ruler of England, gave himself the honour of Earl of March in 1328, and presided over a government as corrupt as that of the Despenser influenced Edward’s had been. In 1330 the young Edward led a small group of supporters into [[Nottingham]] Castle, and captured Mortimer. He was tried by [[Parliament]], found guilty of high treason and hung, drawn and quartered.
See also [[Edward II]].
[[Category: English History]]
They invaded [[England]] together in 1326, deposed Edward and had him imprisoned, then murdered, in [[Berkeley Castle]]. In the name of the teenage Edward, [[Prince of Wales]] he became the effective ruler of England, gave himself the honour of Earl of March in 1328, and presided over a government as corrupt as that of the Despenser influenced Edward’s had been. In 1330 the young Edward led a small group of supporters into [[Nottingham]] Castle, and captured Mortimer. He was tried by [[Parliament]], found guilty of high treason and hung, drawn and quartered.
See also [[Edward II]].
[[Category: English History]]