Beschrijving
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Roger Mortimer de Chirk (died August 1326) was a 14th century Marcher lord, notable for his opposition to Edward II of England during the Despenser War.Roger was the third son of Roger Mortimer, a powerful Marcher lord in the Welsh border territories, and Maud de Braose, Baroness Wigmore who was also an important Marcher landowner in her own right. The family were from the second rank of parvenu nobility elevated by the king as a reward for fierce loyalty to the Plantagenets. But he was said to be a lecherous and violent man.He married Lucy de la Wafre, the daughter of Sir Robert la Wafre Lord of Hopton Wafre, by whom he had one legitimate son, also named Roger.