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title: Edward III Seizing Roger Mortimer
author: Unknown Artist
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21762/edward-iii-seizing-roger-mortimer/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2026-04-27
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# Edward III Seizing Roger Mortimer
_Authored by Unknown Artist_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21762.jpg)
## Image Caption
*Edward the Third Seizing Mortimer*, illustration appearing in *The Political Register*, April 1768.
In this dramatic print, [Roger Mortimer](https://www.worldhistory.org/Roger_Mortimer/), 1st Earl of March, is captured by the young king Edward III, son of the deposed and slain [Edward II](https://www.worldhistory.org/Edward_II_of_England/), while the queen regent [Isabella of France](https://www.worldhistory.org/Isabella_of_France/) pleads mercy for her paramour. Taken swiftly to the [Tower of London](https://www.worldhistory.org/Tower_of_London/), Mortimer was condemned for usurpation of royal power and hanged at Tyburn on 29 November 1330.
British Museum, London.
## Cite This Work
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### MLA
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