Roger la Warr, 3rd Baron De La Warr
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Gascony
Eleanor Mowbray
Roger la Warr, 3rd Baron De La Warr | |
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![](#/media/File:K-023-Coat_of_Arms-DE_LA_WARE-Roger_de_la_Ware_("Rogers_de_la_Ware").png) Arms of Roger la Warr: Gules, crusily and a lion rampant argent. | |
| Born | 30 November 1326 |
| Died | 27 August 1370 (aged 43) Gascony |
| Spouses | Elizabeth Welles Eleanor Mowbray |
| Father | John la Warr |
| Mother | Margaret de Holland |
Roger la Warr, 3rd Baron De La Warr (1326–1370),[1] was an English nobleman. He was born on 30 November 1326,[1] son of John la Warre, Knt. (d. 24 June 1331),[1] and Margaret de Holland (d. Aug. 1349).[1] His maternal grandfather was Sir Robert de Holand, 1st Lord Holand.[1] His paternal grandfather was John la Warre (d. 1331),[1] son of John, Baron de la Warre (d. 9 May 1347),[1] and Joan de Grelle, daughter of Sir Thomas Grelle.[1]
Roger was the eldest son of John la Warr, Master of Warr and Margaret de Holand. He fought in the Hundred Years' War in France, where he fought at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356 and took a share in the capture of King John II of France. Roger was also involved in the siege of Calais in 1346-1347 and the battle of Calais in 1349.[2]
He died in 1370 while in Gascony and was succeeded by his eldest son John.