House of Mortimer

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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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
House of Mortimer canonical 15
de Mortimer family 1
the Mortimer family 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval dynasty ⓘ
noble family ⓘ
activePeriod 13th century ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
alliedWith House of Plantagenet ⓘ
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 ⓘ
hasMember Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer ⓘ
Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March ⓘ
linked to: Edmund Mortimer

Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March ⓘ
linked to: Edmund Mortimer

Ralph de Mortimer ⓘ
Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer ⓘ
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March ⓘ
Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March ⓘ
hasSeat Ludlow Castle ⓘ
Wigmore Castle ⓘ
hasTitle Earls of March ⓘ
Marcher lords ⓘ
linked to: Marcher lordships
heldFeudalBarony Barony of Wigmore ⓘ
heldOffice Justiciar of Wales ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ⓘ
influencedSuccession claim of the House of York to the English throne ⓘ
inheritedBy House of York ⓘ
languageOfFamily Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman

Middle English ⓘ
notableEvent Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England 1327–1330 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
originatesFrom Normandy ⓘ
participatedIn Despenser War ⓘ
Invasion of England in 1326 ⓘ
Second Barons' War ⓘ
Wars of Scottish Independence ⓘ
Welsh Marches conflicts ⓘ
powerPeak reign of Edward II of England ⓘ
region Welsh Marches ⓘ
relatedByMarriageTo House of York ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
supportedMonarch Edward I of England ⓘ
Edward III of England ⓘ
territorialHoldings Herefordshire ⓘ
Shropshire ⓘ
borderlands of Wales ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

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

Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March → house → House of Mortimer ⓘ
Norman Marcher lords → hasNotableMember → the Mortimer family ⓘ
linked to: House of Mortimer
Aberdour Castle → originallyBuiltFor → de Mortimer family ⓘ
linked to: House of Mortimer
Anne Mortimer → houseOrDynasty → House of Mortimer ⓘ
Mortimer → associatedWithFamily → House of Mortimer ⓘ
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March → nobleFamily → House of Mortimer ⓘ
subject linked to: 1st Earl of March
Wigmore Castle → associatedWith → House of Mortimer ⓘ
Geoffrey Mortimer → house → House of Mortimer ⓘ
John Mortimer → memberOf → House of Mortimer ⓘ
Agnes Mortimer → nobleFamily → House of Mortimer ⓘ
Katherine Mortimer → nobleFamily → House of Mortimer ⓘ
Margaret Mortimer → associatedWith → House of Mortimer ⓘ
Joan Mortimer → memberOfNobleFamily → House of Mortimer ⓘ
Maud Mortimer → memberOf → House of Mortimer ⓘ
Anne de Mortimer → nobleFamily → House of Mortimer ⓘ
Battle of Bryn Glas → associatedNobleHouse → House of Mortimer ⓘ