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Roger de Mortimer Sire de Mortimer
- Born: Abt 1029, Mortemer, canton Neufchatel-en-Bray, Seine-Maritime, Normandy
- Marriage: Hawise 721
- Died: Bef 1086
Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information. 721 Roger de Mortemer, siegneur of Mortemer-sur-Eaulne in Normandy, flourished between 1054 to 1078. He died sometime before 1086. He was married to Hawise, daughter of Rranulf de Montdidier.
He was the leader of the Norman forces at the battler of Mortemer in 1054. He assisted the escape of Ralph, Count of Montididier, to whom he had sworn loyalty. As a result of this, his estate was given to his relative William de Wareene. ~Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 166
• Background Information. 814 Roger or Ralph de Mortimer, the first of this line to arrive in England at the time of the Normand conquest. He obtained, by force or arms, the castle of Wigmore, in the Marches of Wales. This area a numerous manors in divers counties, all of which he possessed at the time of the Domesday servey. ~Baronia Anglica Concentrata, Vol. I, p. 335
Roger married Hawise.721
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