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Birth:          11 Nov 1328 Ludlow, Shropshire, England
Death:          26 Feb 1360 Rouvray, Cote-d'Orleans, France
Burial:         Wigmore, Herefordshire, England

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Mortimer,_2nd_Earl_of_March
Sir Roger de Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, 4th Baron Mortimer, KG (11 November 1328 
– 26 February 1360) was an English nobleman and military commander during the 
Hundred Years' War.

He was the son of Sir Edmund Mortimer (d. 1331) and Elizabeth de Badlesmere, and 
grandson of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March.
Inheritance[edit]

The Mortimer family lands and titles were lost after the first Earl of March's revolt and 
death by hanging in 1330, which was followed the next year by the death of Roger's 
father. Roger thus grew up with uncertain prospects, and re-acquired the family 
honours only gradually.

Around 1342, he received back Radnor, and the next year the old family baronial seat 
at Wigmore, Herefordshire.

Military career[edit]

As a young man he distinguished himself in the wars in France, fighting at Crécy and 
elsewhere in the campaign of 1347. Afterwards he was given livery of the rest of his 
lands, was one of the knights admitted at the foundation of the Order of the Garter,[1] 
and was summoned to parliament as a baron both in 1348.

Earldom[edit]

In 1354, the sentence passed against Mortimer's treacherous grandfather, the first 
earl, was reversed, and the next year he was summoned to parliament as Earl of 
March. Also in 1355, he received a number of important appointments, including 
Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports, and he accompanied an 
expedition of Edward III to France.

Other honours[edit]

On 19 October 1356, his grandmother Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville, 
widow of the first earl, died, and Roger inherited her vast estates, including Ludlow 
Castle, which was thereafter the Mortimer family seat and power base.

In the following years, he became a member of the Royal Council and was appointed 
Constable at the castles of Montgomery, Bridgnorth in Shropshire, and Corfe in Dorset.

In 1359, and continuing into 1360, he was Constable of Edward III's invasion of 
France. He fought in the failed siege of Reims and captured Auxerre. The English 
forces then moved into Burgundy, where Roger died suddenly at Rouvray, near 
Avallon.

Marriage and children[edit]

Roger married Philippa de Montagu (1332–1381), daughter of William Montagu, 1st 
Earl of Salisbury, and Catherine Grandison and had by her at least four children:
Roger Mortimer, who died young;
Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March;
Margery Mortimer.[2]
Janet Mortimer, who married Andrew Gray, father of Andrew Gray, 1st Lord Gray.

Mortimer also had at least one illegitimate child:[3]
Sir Thomas Mortimer, who acted as deputy for his nephew Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of 
March, in Ireland (1382–1383) and stood trial for the slaying of Richard II's 
commander, Sir Thomas Molineux after the Battle of Radcot Bridge (1387).

Arms[edit]

Heraldic Coat of Arms: Barry Or and azure, on a chief of the first three pallets between 
two gyronnies based on the second, over all an inescucheon argent.

Parents
DE MORTIMER Edmund (ABT 1302 - 16 Dec 1331)
DE BADLESMERE Elizabeth (1313 - 8 Jun 1356)

Siblings
DE MORTIMER Roger (11 Nov 1328 - 26 Feb 1360)

Marriage To DE MONTAGU Philippe (ABT 1332 - 5 Jan 1382)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE MONTAGU (MONTACUTE) William (1301 - 30 Jan 1344)
DE GRANDISON Katherine (ABT 1304 - 23 Nov 1349)

Children by DE MONTAGU Philippe ABT 1332 - 5 Jan 1382
DE MORTIMER Margery (ABT 1352 - )
DE MORTIMER Edmund "the Good" (1 Feb 1352 - 27 Dec 1381)

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