• Edward Mortimer-Rose, DFC & Bar (1920 – 28 January 1943) was a flying ace who served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. During his...
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    overthrown by Edward's eldest son, Edward III. Accused of assuming royal power and other crimes, Mortimer was executed by hanging at Tyburn. Mortimer, grandson...
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    Reign and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England, with the Tragical Fall of Proud Mortimer, known as Edward II, is a Renaissance or early...
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    trusted men, Edward took Mortimer by surprise and captured him at Nottingham Castle on 19 October 1330. Mortimer was executed and Edward's personal reign...
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    the Roses, though Mortimer himself was an important and loyal vassal of Henry V and Henry VI. Edmund was the last Earl of March of the Mortimer family...
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    following the death of Edward III in 1377 is said by Mortimer to be the root cause of the Wars of the Roses. Although Edward's succession seemed secure...
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  • Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Thorne Group Captain Peter Townsend Flight Lieutenant Edward Mortimer-Rose Harry Carr, Special Intelligence Service 1919–45, Northern Area Controller...
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    marriage to Edward was at a breaking point. Travelling to France on a diplomatic mission, Isabella may have begun an affair with Roger Mortimer, and the...
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    against Edward and refused to return. Isabella allied herself with the exiled Roger Mortimer, and invaded England with a small army in 1326. Edward's regime...
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  • thus grandmother of kings Edward IV and Richard III, and great-grandmother of Edward V. Born 27 December 1388, Anne de Mortimer was the eldest of the four...
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