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{{Short description|French noblewoman}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox noble
| name = Margaret de Fiennes
| title = Baroness Mortimer of Wigmore
| birth_date = After 1269
| birth_place =
| death_date = 7 February 1333
| death_place =
| noble family = Fiennes (by birth) <br /> Mortimer (by marriage)
| father = Guillaume II de Fiennes (William II de Fiennes, Baron of Tingry)
| mother = [[Blanche de Brienne, Baroness Tingry|Blanche de Brienne]]
| spouse = [[Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore]]
| issue = [[Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March]]<br />Matilda Mortimer<br />John Mortimer<br />Walter Mortimer<br />Edmund Mortimer<br />Hugh Mortimer
}}
'''Margaret de Fiennes''' (aft. 1269 &ndash; 7 February 1333), was a French [[noblewoman]] who married the English [[marcher lord]], [[Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore]], and was mother of [[Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Richardson |first=Douglas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p_yzpuWi4sgC&dq=William+de+Fiennes,+Baron+of+Tingry&pg=PA155 |title=Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families |date=2004 |publisher=Genealogical Publishing Company |isbn=978-0-8063-1750-2 |pages=155 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC |title=Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011 |publisher=Douglas Richardson |isbn=978-1-4610-4520-5 |pages=247–249 |language=en}}</ref>
==Origins==
She was a daughter of Guillaume II de Fiennes (William II de Fiennes, Baron of Tingry; died 1302) and his wife, [[Blanche de Brienne, Baroness Tingry|Blanche]], the daughter of Jean de Brienne (d. 1296), [[Grand Butler of France]], and his first wife [[Jeanne, Dame de Chateaudun|Jeanne de Châteaudun]] (his second marriage was to [[Marie de Coucy]], widow of King [[Alexander II of Scotland]]).
Her grandfather, Sir [[John II of Brienne]], was the third son of [[John of Brienne]], [[King of Jerusalem]] and [[Latin Empire|Emperor of Constantinople]], and his third wife [[Berengaria of León]], which made Margaret a cousin of Queen [[Eleanor of Castile]]. Her paternal grandparents were Enguerrand II de Fiennes and Isabel de Condé.
Her brother, Jean de Fiennes (d. 1340), married Isabel, daughter of [[Guy, Count of Flanders|Guy de Dampierre]], [[Count of Flanders]] and his second wife [[Isabelle of Luxembourg|Isabel of Luxembourg]].
==Life==
In September 1285, when she was fourteen or fifteen years old, Margaret married [[Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore|Edmund Mortimer,]] the second son of [[Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore]] and his wife [[Maud de Braose, Baroness Mortimer|Maud de Braose]]. He had succeeded to his father's lands and barony in 1282 and was already a national hero after killing [[Llywelyn ap Gruffudd]], his cousin, in battle.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wright |first=Thomas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1qFYAAAAcAAJ&dq=edmund+de+mortimer++Llewelyn&pg=PA42 |title=Historical and descriptive sketch of Ludlow Castle, and of the Church of Saint Lawrence, Ludlow ... Fourth edition, revised |date=1869 |publisher=R. Jones |language=en}}</ref>
They had eight known children:<ref name="burke">{{Cite book |last=Burke |first=Bernard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K3MaAAAAYAAJ&dq=roger+mortimer,+1st+earl+of+march&pg=PA384 |title=A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire |date=1866 |publisher=Harrison |pages=384 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March]] (25 April 1287 – 29 November 1330) married [[Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville|Joan de Geneville]],<ref name="burke" /> by whom he had twelve children.
* Maud de Mortimer (also found noted as Maud), married Sir [[Theobald de Verdun, 2nd Baron Verdun|Theobald II de Verdun]] at Wigmore on 29 July 1302 (old calendar),<ref>Lynam Charles - The Abbey of St. Mary, Croxden, Staffordshire (1911, London, Sprague & Co., Limited, 4 & 5 East Harding Street, E.C.). Page v. Text (a translation) reads: ''1302 Sir Theobald de Verdun heir of Sir Theobald son of John de Verdun married Matilda daughter of Sir Edmund Mortimer at Wigmore 29th July''.
</ref> by whom she had four daughters, Joan de Verdun, who married John de Montagu (d. August 1317), eldest son and heir apparent of [[William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu]]; Elizabeth de Verdun, who married [[Bartholomew Burghersh the elder|Bartholomew de Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh]]; Margaret de Verdun, who married firstly Sir William le Blount of Sodington, Worcestershire, secondly Sir Mark Husee, and thirdly Sir John de Crophill; and (allegedly) Katherine de Verdun.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="burke" />
* John de Mortimer, accidentally slain in a joust by John de Leyburne.
* Walter de Mortimer, a priest, Rector of Kingston.
* Edmund de Mortimer, a priest, Rector of [[Hodnet]], [[Shropshire]] and Treasurer of the [[York Minster|cathedral at York]].
* Hugh de Mortimer, a priest, Rector of church at [[Old Radnor]], Wales.
They also had two daughters who became nuns; Elizabeth and Joan.
Her husband died on 17 July 1304 and she lived until 1333, probably being buried in [[Wigmore Abbey]].
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