# Roger de Mortemer

> Roger I of Mortemer, founded the abbey of St. Victor en Caux in the Pays de Caux of Upper Normandy as early as 1074 CE. Roger claimed the castle of Wigmore, Herefordshire that was built by William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford. This castle became the chief barony of Roger's descendants. He was the first Norman ancestor to assume the name Mortimer, as in the place-name Mortemer-en-Brai, the land on which the village and castle was located.

*Norman nobleman*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/roger-de-mortemer

## Identity
- **Born:** 1022
- **Died:** 1080
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 13.6 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 5.7 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 74.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 25.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Roger of Mortemer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_of_Mortemer)
- [Roger de Mortimer (Adliger, † nach 1080)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_de_Mortimer_(Adliger%2C_%E2%80%A0_nach_1080))
- [Ρότζερ Μόρτιμερ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%B5%CF%81_%CE%9C%CF%8C%CF%81%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%81)
- [Роджер де Мортемер](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80)
- [Roger de Mortemer](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_de_Mortemer)
- [Rogério de Mortemer](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rog%C3%A9rio_de_Mortemer)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7359223)

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