House of Mortimer

E524163

medieval dynasty noble family

The House of Mortimer was a powerful medieval Anglo-Norman noble family that rose to prominence on the Welsh Marches and played a major role in English politics, especially during the 13th and 14th centuries.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
de Mortimer family	1
the Mortimer family	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	medieval dynasty ⓘ noble family ⓘ
activePeriod	13th century ⓘ 14th century ⓘ
alliedWith	House of Plantagenet NERFINISHED ⓘ
coatOfArms	Barry or and azure, on a chief of the first two pallets between two gyrons azure, over all an inescutcheon argent ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
declinePeriod	late 14th century ⓘ
ethnicity	Anglo-Norman ⓘ
extinctionOfMainLine	15th century ⓘ
feudalStatus	Marcher lordship ⓘ
hasAncestralSeat	Wigmore, Herefordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMember	Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer NERFINISHED ⓘ Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March NERFINISHED ⓘ Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph de Mortimer NERFINISHED ⓘ Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer NERFINISHED ⓘ Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March NERFINISHED ⓘ Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSeat	Ludlow Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ Wigmore Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTitle	Earls of March NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcher lords NERFINISHED ⓘ
heldFeudalBarony	Barony of Wigmore NERFINISHED ⓘ
heldOffice	Justiciar of Wales ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedSuccession	claim of the House of York to the English throne ⓘ
inheritedBy	House of York NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfFamily	Anglo-Norman French NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle English ⓘ
notableEvent	Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England 1327–1330 NERFINISHED ⓘ execution of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, in 1330 ⓘ
notableFor	influence in English politics ⓘ power in the Welsh Marches ⓘ
opposedMonarch	Edward II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
originatesFrom	Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatedIn	Despenser War NERFINISHED ⓘ Invasion of England in 1326 NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Barons' War NERFINISHED ⓘ Wars of Scottish Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ Welsh Marches conflicts ⓘ
powerPeak	reign of Edward II of England ⓘ
region	Welsh Marches NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedByMarriageTo	House of York NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
supportedMonarch	Edward I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward III of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
territorialHoldings	Herefordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Shropshire NERFINISHED ⓘ borderlands of Wales ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norman Marcher lords → hasNotableMember → House of Mortimer ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Mortimer family

Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March → house → House of Mortimer ⓘ

Anne Mortimer → houseOrDynasty → House of Mortimer ⓘ

Aberdour Castle → originallyBuiltFor → House of Mortimer ⓘ

this entity surface form: de Mortimer family