Edmund Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer

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Edmund Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer (* 1302 ; † between December 16, 1331 and June 21, 1332) was an English nobleman.

Origin and youth

Edmund Mortimer came from the Mortimer family , an old Anglo-Norman family whose extensive possessions were mainly in the Welsh Marches . He was the eldest son of Roger Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer and his wife Joan de Geneville . He was married on June 27, 1316 to three-year-old Elizabeth de Badlesmere , daughter of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere and Margaret de Clare . Badlesmere paid his father £ 2,000 for the wedding. In return, Roger Mortimer gave Edmund several properties in the Welsh Marches as well as inheritance from his grandmother Margaret de Fiennes .

Detention, Promotion, and Re-incarceration

In 1321 Edmund's father rebelled against King Edward II in the Despenser War , who, however, took military action against the rebels in the autumn and in January 1322 forced Roger Mortimer to surrender. While Roger Mortimer was imprisoned in the Tower of London , Edmund was imprisoned at Windsor Castle with his younger brother Roger Mortimer . However, his father managed to escape to France and returned to England with an army in September 1326 to overthrow the king. Edward II still ordered Edmund and his brothers John and Roger to be brought to the Tower on October 1, 1326 , but a short time later his rule collapsed. On October 16, the tower was turned over to the insurgents and the brothers were released. On the occasion of the coronation of Edward III. Edmund was knighted by the king on February 1, 1327. In fact, Edmund's father Roger Mortimer took over the reign for the underage king. In 1328 Roger Mortimer was made Earl of March , but the young king finally overthrew the Mortimer regime in a coup d'état in October 1330. Roger Mortimer was convicted of a traitor and executed. Edmund Mortimer was also arrested after his father was overthrown.

Partial rehabilitation

Edmund was not sentenced, but by Eduard III. treated justly and finally released. However, since his father was convicted of being a traitor, his titles had expired and the family's possessions had been confiscated by the Crown. In the fall of 1331, Edmund turned to Parliament with a petition and obtained the return of the Mortimer family's old estates, including Wigmore , Maelienydd and other estates in the Welsh Marches . He also managed to win the favor of the king so that he was called to Parliament on November 20, 1331 by Writ of Summons , making him Baron Mortimer . However, he died of an illness just a few weeks later.

Descendants and inheritance

Edmund had two sons with his wife Elizabeth Badlesmere:

His heir became his underage son, Roger, but after Edmund's death the family's remaining possessions were severely fragmented. Margaret Mortimer , widow of Edmund Mortimer , who died in 1304 , still owned a significant part of the family as Wittum , which she was entitled to until her death in 1334. Edmund's mother, Joan, kept her inheritance, the holdings of the Geneville family in Ireland and the Welsh Marches. Apparently she tried from 1335 to bequeath it to her younger son Geoffrey , but that ultimately failed. Edmund's widow Elizabeth de Badlesmere received Maelienydd and Deuddwr in Wales as Wittum . In 1335 she married William de Bohun , King Edward III's second marriage . assisted Mortimer in the fall of Roger. Through this marriage, the warring families Mortimer and Bohun should be reconciled. Elizabeth received part of the inheritance to manage while her son was a minor. Most of the estates remained in royal possession or were given to other barons for administration. Denbigh was given to William Montagu as a reward for his help in the fall of Roger Mortimer, while Chirk fell to the Earl of Arundel . Edmund's son Roger achieved in 1354 that his grandfather, who was executed in 1330, was rehabilitated, whereupon he got back his possessions and the title of Earl of March.

Web links

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. 78.
  2. ^ 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. 121.
  3. ^ 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. 153.
  4. ↑ Seymour Phillips: Edward II . New Haven, Yale University Press 2010. ISBN 978-0-300-15657-7 , p. 507.
  5. ^ 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. 170.
  6. ^ 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. 319.
  7. ↑ George Holmes: The Estates of the Higher Nobility in Fourteenth-Century England , University Press, Cambridge 1957, p. 14
  8. ↑ Alison Weir: Isabella. She-Wolf of France, Queen of England . London, Pimlico 2006, ISBN 0-7126-4194-7 , p. 355.
  9. ↑ George Holmes: The Estates of the Higher Nobility in Fourteenth-Century England , University Press, Cambridge 1957, p. 14.
  10. ^ WM Ormrod: Bohun, William de, first earl of Northampton (c.1312-1360). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
predecessor Office successor
New title created Baron Mortimer (of Wigmore)
1331 		Roger Mortimer
personal data
SURNAME Mortimer, Edmund, 1st Baron Mortimer
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mortimer, Edmund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH 1302
DATE OF DEATH between December 16, 1331 and June 21, 1332