Baron Mortimer

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Original family crest of the Barons Mortimer

Baron Mortimer is a hereditary British title of nobility bestowed four times as Barony by writ in the Peerage of England .

Awards

First and fourth awards

The title was first created on June 23, 1295 for Edmund Mortimer of Wigmore , when he was appointed to the royal parliament by King Edward I via Writ of Summons . His father Roger Mortimer of Wigmore (1231–1282) had already participated in parliaments of Simon V de Montfort . His son Roger Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer was the lover of the Queen Consort Isabelle de France , who played a decisive role in the overthrow of King Edward II , was elevated to Earl of March on October 27, 1328 , but was finally ostracized and executed in 1330 for high treason , whereby all titles were stripped from him. His son, Edmund Mortimer , was called back into parliament on November 20, 1331 by the Writ of Summons and was thus reassigned the title of baron. His son and heir, Roger Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer , obtained the restoration of his father's title as 2nd Earl of March for him in 1354. His son, Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March , married Philippa Plantagenet, 5th Countess of Ulster , whereby their son, Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March also inherited the title of 6th Earl of Ulster from his mother . When his grandson, Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, 7th Earl of Ulster died childless in 1425, both earl titles expired, the two baronies Mortimer of 1295 and 1331 fell in Abeyance between his sisters Anne (1390-1411), wife of Richard of Conisburgh, 1st Earl of Cambridge , and Alianore († 1414), wife of Sir Edward de Courtenay (around 1388-1418), Heir Apparent of the 3rd Earl of Devon . When Alianore died childless in 1414, Anne's son Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York , was entitled to the baronies as the sole heir, but it is unclear whether he ever held the title. When his son and heir Edward Plantagenet, 4th Duke of York , was crowned King Edward IV in 1461 , the claim was finally extinguished by merging with the crown.

Second and third awards

As early as the Writ of Summons on February 6, 1299, King Edward I had called two relatives of the above barons into parliament and created two further hereditary baronies of Mortimer. One went to the brother of the 1st Baron of 1295, Roger Mortimer of Chirk . To distinguish it from the Baronies of Mortimer, his title is also called Baron Mortimer of Chirk . At the death of his great-grandson, the 3rd Baron, around 1350, the title fell in Abeyance. The other barony went to Hugh de Mortimer of Richard's Castle . His title is also called Baron Mortimer of Chirk . His exact relationship to the aforementioned barons is unclear. When he died in 1304, his title in Abeyance fell between his two daughters. His possessions, including Richard's Castle, eventually fell to his brother William la Zouche , who in 1316 had taken the surname of his wife la Zouche and was made Baron Zouche of Mortimer on December 26, 1323 .

List of Barons Mortimer

Barone Mortimer, of Wigmore (1295, 1331)

Barone Mortimer of Chirk (1299)

Barone Mortimer of Richard's Castle (1299)

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