Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March

Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March (1328–1360), was grandson of the man who had ruled England in the name of the boy Edward III. That first earl was seized at Nottingham Castle in October 1330 and executed, and the family estates were confiscated.

Roger recovered the Mortimer lands and title and distinguished himself in the wars in France. The Black Prince knighted him at La Hogue in 1346, and he fought at Crécy. In 1348 he was among the founding knights of the Order of the Garter.

He married Philippa, daughter of William Montagu, Earl of Salisbury, the companion who had helped Edward III seize his grandfather. Roger died in 1360, leaving his son Edmund as third earl.