Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March

Roger Mortimer
Lord lieutenant of Ireland Earl of March Baron Mortimer of Wigmore
15th-century manuscript illustration depicting Roger Mortimer and Queen Isabella in the foreground. Background: Hugh Despenser the Younger on the scaffold, being emasculated
Born	25 April 1287 Wigmore Castle, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
Died	29 November 1330(1330-11-29) (aged 43) Tyburn, London
Buried	Wigmore Abbey
Noble family	Mortimer
Spouse(s)	Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville ​ ​ (m. 1301)​
Issue	Sir Edmund Mortimer Margaret Mortimer Roger Mortimer Maud Mortimer Geoffrey Mortimer John Mortimer Joan Mortimer Isabella Mortimer Katherine Mortimer, Countess of Warwick Agnes Mortimer, Countess of Pembroke Beatrice Mortimer Blanche Mortimer[1]
Father	Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore
Mother	Margaret de Fiennes

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.

He later escaped to France, where he was joined by Edward's queen consort Isabella, where they may have begun an affair. After he and Isabella led a successful invasion and rebellion, Edward was deposed; Mortimer allegedly arranged his murder at Berkeley Castle. For three years, Mortimer was de facto ruler of England before being himself overthrown by Edward's eldest son, Edward III. Accused of assuming royal power and other crimes, Mortimer was executed by hanging at Tyburn.