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Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March

1287 - 1330

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Roger Mortimer, 3rd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, 1st Earl of March (25 April 1287 – 29 November 1330), was an English nobleman and powerful marcher lord who gained many estates in the Welsh Marches and Ireland following his advantageous marriage to the wealthy heiress Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville. Her mother was of the royal House of Lusignan. In November 1316, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March has received more than 1,351,638 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March is the 6,055th most popular politician (down from 5,511th in 2019), the 1,203rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,177th in 2019) and the 203rd most popular British Politician.

Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March is most famous for being one of the leaders of the rebellion against King Edward II, and for being the lover of Queen Isabella.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March ranks 6,055 out of 19,576. Before him are Vladislav II of Wallachia, Ali Saibou, José Maria Neves, Jin Youzhi, Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia, and Gnaeus Pompeius. After him are Muazzez Sultan, Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria, Spencer Perceval, Chandragupta I, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, and Margaret, Countess of Anjou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1287, Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March ranks 3. Before him are Robert III of Artois, and William I, Count of Hainaut. After him are Frederick IV, Burgrave of Nuremberg, Luchino Visconti, Nasr of Granada, Hugh Despenser the younger, and Richard de Bury. Among people deceased in 1330, Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March ranks 8. Before him are Frederick the Fair, Joan II, Countess of Burgundy, Elizabeth of Bohemia, Michael Shishman of Bulgaria, Pietro Cavallini, and Ubertino of Casale. After him are Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Germany, Alexios II of Trebizond, Euphemia of Pomerania, Yolande of Dreux, Queen of Scotland, Ugolino di Nerio, and James Douglas, Lord of Douglas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March ranks 1,203 out of 8,785. Before him are Annie Chapman (1841), Dave Murray (1956), Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900), Ally McCoist (1962), Hugh Lofting (1886), and John Boorman (1933). After him are James Mirrlees (1936), Spencer Perceval (1762), Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803), R. D. Laing (1927), Ray Stevenson (1964), and Sister Nivedita (1867).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March ranks 203. Before him are Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1935), William the Lion (1142), Ed Miliband (1969), Louis Lucien Bonaparte (1813), Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341), and Rob Roy MacGregor (1671). After him are Spencer Perceval (1762), Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803), Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763), Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1375), James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812), and Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1869).

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