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Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March

1287 - 1330

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Roger Mortimer, 3rd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, 1st Earl of March (25 April 1287 – 29 November 1330), was an English nobleman and powerful marcher lord who gained many estates in the Welsh Marches and Ireland following his advantageous marriage to the wealthy heiress Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville. Her mother was of the royal House of Lusignan. In November 1316, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1322 for having led the marcher lords in a revolt against King Edward II in what became known as the Despenser War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March is the 6,776th most popular politician (down from 6,054th in 2019), the 1,517th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,204th in 2019) and the 266th most popular British Politician.

Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March is most famous for being one of the leaders of the rebellion against King Edward II, and for being the lover of Queen Isabella.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March ranks 6,776 out of 19,576. Before him are Herennia Etruscilla, Hussein Arnous, Rudolf Lange, Stanisław Koniecpolski, Hajime Sugiyama, and Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria. After him are Leo I of Galicia, Ante Starčević, Cleph, Marie Anne de Mailly, Lennart Bernadotte, and Cornelia Salonina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1287, Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March ranks 4. Before him are Hugh Despenser the younger, William I, Count of Hainaut, and Robert III of Artois. After him are Frederick IV, Burgrave of Nuremberg, Luchino Visconti, Nasr of Granada, and Richard de Bury. Among people deceased in 1330, Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March ranks 8. Before him are Frederick the Fair, Joan II, Countess of Burgundy, Pietro Cavallini, Michael Shishman of Bulgaria, Elizabeth of Bohemia, and Ubertino of Casale. After him are Alexios II of Trebizond, Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Germany, Ugolino di Nerio, Yolande of Dreux, Queen of Scotland, Euphemia of Pomerania, and Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March ranks 1,517 out of 8,785. Before him are Arnold Jackson (1891), Gildas (500), Steve McQueen (1969), Vita Sackville-West (1892), Peter Green (1946), and Clarke Abel (1780). After him are Harthacnut I of Denmark (880), Andy Summers (1942), Susan Boyle (1961), Karen Armstrong (1944), John Higgins (1975), and Phil Neville (1977).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March ranks 266. Before him are Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693), Henry Pelham (1694), Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1375), Peter Robinson (1948), John Hawkwood (1320), and Godwin, Earl of Wessex (1001). After him are Harthacnut I of Denmark (880), George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737), Sid Watkins (1928), Constantine II of Scotland (801), Jeremy Hunt (1966), and Warren Hastings (1732).

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