Roger de Mowbray, 1st Baron Mowbray
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Roger de Mowbray, 1st Baron Mowbray (1254—21 November 1297), was an English
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 peer
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 and soldier.

The son of another Roger de Mowbray, served in the Welsh and Gascon Wars. He was summoned to the Parliament of Simon de Montfort
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 in 1265, but such summons have later been declared void. However, in 1283 he was summoned to Parliament by the King as Lord Mowbray.

De Mowbray married Rose, a daughter of Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester. They had at least two children:
  • John
    John de Mowbray, 2nd Baron Mowbray
    John de Mowbray, 2nd Baron Mowbray was the son of Roger de Mowbray, 1st Baron Mowbray.De Mowbray served in the Scottish wars of Edward I...

    , who would succeed his father to the barony
  • Alexander, who apparently took up residence in Scotland
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