Blanche Mortimer

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Grave monument of Blanche Mortimer in the church of Much Marcle

Blanche Mortimer (married Blanche de Grandison ) (* between 1315 and 1322; † 1347 ) was an English noblewoman.

Blanche Mortimer came from the Anglo-Norman Mortimer family . She was believed to be the youngest daughter of Roger Mortimer of Wigmore and his wife Joan de Geneville . She was given a first name that was common in the Joinville family, her mother's family. Her father rebelled against King Edward II from 1321 , but had to surrender in early 1322. While her parents and most of her siblings were subsequently arrested, Blanche was not arrested, presumably because she was still a toddler. Her father was able to overthrow the king at the end of 1326 and was replaced by the new king Edward III. the real ruler of England, before he himself was overthrown in October 1330 and executed a little later as a traitor. Before that, however, Blanche had been married to Peter de Grandison, 2nd Baron Grandison , a much older nobleman from Herefordshire before June 10, 1330 , who, like her father, had been among the rebels against the king from 1321 to 1322.

Before June 10, 1330, Blanche received the estate of Much Marcle in Herefordshire from her grandmother Margaret de Fiennes . She died childless and was buried in the church of Much Marcle.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ian Mortimer: The greatest traitor. The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, Ruler of England, 1327-1330. Pimlico, London 2003, ISBN 0-7126-9715-2 , p. 324
personal data
SURNAME Mortimer, Blanche
ALTERNATIVE NAMES De Grandison, Blanche
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobles
DATE OF BIRTH between 1315 and 1322
DATE OF DEATH 1347