Margaret de Fiennes

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Margaret de Fiennes (actually Marguerite de Fiennes , married Mortimer ) (* 1268 ; † February 23, 1334 ) was an Anglo-French noblewoman .

Origin and marriage

Margaret de Fiennes was born as Marguerite de Fiennes to Guillaume de Fiennes and his wife Blanche de Brienne . Her father was a nobleman from Picardy in northern France . She married Edmund Mortimer , a baron from the Welsh Marches , in September 1285 . He was a second cousin of the English Queen Eleanor of Castile . Margaret's younger sister Joan de Fiennes († 1309) also married an English baron with John Wake .

Widowhood

After the early death of her husband in 1304, Margaret retired as Lady Mortimer to her Wittum , while her eldest son Roger took over the inheritance in 1306. Her Wittum, which she was entitled to for life, included estates in the Welsh Marches, including Radnor , and estates in Somerset and Buckinghamshire with Bridgnorth Castle . She did not remarry. When her son Roger Mortimer had to surrender after a failed rebellion against King Edward II in January 1322, the king had his property occupied and his family arrested. Lady Mortimer remained free, but Radnor Castle and other of her estates were occupied. Only after strong protest did Lady Mortimer get her possessions back. However, Mortimer escaped from captivity in August 1323 and fled to France. There he prepared an invasion of England to overthrow the king. For fear of Mortimer, the king's soldiers occupied Lady Mortimer's estate in 1325 or 1326. She was accused of being in contact with and supporting her son. Therefore, on January 3, 1326, the king ordered her to be taken to Elstow Priory in Bedfordshire , where she was to remain until her death. In fact, Mortimer landed in England with a small army in the autumn of 1326 and overthrew Edward II, whereupon Lady Mortimer got her goods back. She survived her son, who was executed as a traitor in 1330, and her grandson Edmund Mortimer , who died in late 1331. Her great-grandson, Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March , eventually became her heir .

Descendants and inheritance

Margaret had six children with her husband Edmund Mortimer, including:

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. 11
  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. 78
  3. ↑ Natalie Fryde: The tyranny and fall of Edward II, 1321-1326 . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2003. ISBN 0-521-54806-3 , p. 64
  4. ^ 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
  5. ↑ Seymour Phillips: Edward II . New Haven, Yale University Press 2010. ISBN 978-0-300-15657-7 , p. 492
  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. 146
personal data
SURNAME De Fiennes, Margaret
ALTERNATIVE NAMES De Fiennes, Marguerite; Mortimer, Margaret
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Anglo-French nobles
DATE OF BIRTH 1268
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1334