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Ralph de Mortimer, lord of Wigmore

Male 1190 - 1246  (56 years)


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  • Name Ralph de Mortimer  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22] 
    Suffix lord of Wigmore 
    Born 1190  of, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 6 Aug 1246  Wigmore, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28] 
    Buried Abbey of Wigmore, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 20, 29, 30] 
    Person ID P44554066  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 13 Dec 2016 

    Father Roger de Mortimer,   d. 1215 
    Mother Isabel de Ferrieres 
    Family ID F973  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gwladus "Ddû" ferch Llywelyn "Mawr",   b. Abt 1200, of, , Caernarvonshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1251, Windsor, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Married 1230  , , England Find all individuals with events at this location  [23, 28] 
    Type: Wife - 2nd Marriage 
    • STATUS: Wife's 2nd marriage. (Bradney, History of Monmouthshire, vol. 1 p. 150)
      STATUS: Widow of Reginald de Braose. (Evans, British Genealogist, book 8 p. H91)
    • STATUS: Wife's 2nd marriage. (Bradney, History of Monmouthshire, vol. 1 p. 150)
      STATUS: Widow of Reginald de Braose. (Evans, British Genealogist, book 8 p. H91)
    Children 
     1. Roger de Mortimer, lord of Wigmore,   b. 1232, of, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1282, Kingsland, , England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     2. Hugh de Mortimer, lord of Chelmhurst,   b. of, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 23 Jun 1273
     3. Peter de Mortimer,   b. of, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. John de Mortimer,   b. of, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Joan de Mortimer,   b. Abt 1230, of, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 May 2007 
    Family ID F100011272  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • MILITARY: He fought against Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales.

      TITLES: Lord of Wigmore.
      TITLES: Baron of Wigmore. (Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families, p. 305)

      RESIDENCE: Wigmore. (Bartrum, Welsh Genealogies 300-1400, vol. 10 p. 787)
      PROPERTY: He built the Castles of Cefn-y-Llys and Cnwclas.
      PROPERTY: He succeeded to the Wigmore barony on the death of his brother Hugh in Nov 1227.
      PROPERTY: He received dower lands in Ceri and Cedewain, and all the castles and forts in both lordships.
      PROPERTY: Lord of Melenydd or Radnor. (Bradney, History of Monmouthshire, vol. 1 p. 150)
    • (Research):KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Evan's 'British Genealogist' book 1 page 111 gives a very corrupt version of the ancestry of Ralph Mortimer.
      KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> 'Golden Grove MSS' book 9 page G1133 gives a very corrupt version of the ancestry of Ralph Mortimer.
    • MILITARY: He fought against Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales.

      TITLES: Lord of Wigmore.
      TITLES: Baron of Wigmore. (Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families, p. 305)

      RESIDENCE: Wigmore. (Bartrum, Welsh Genealogies 300-1400, vol. 10 p. 787)
      PROPERTY: He built the Castles of Cefn-y-Llys and Cnwclas.
      PROPERTY: He succeeded to the Wigmore barony on the death of his brother Hugh in Nov 1227.
      PROPERTY: He received dower lands in Ceri and Cedewain, and all the castles and forts in both lordships.
      PROPERTY: Lord of Melenydd or Radnor. (Bradney, History of Monmouthshire, vol. 1 p. 150)
    • (Research):KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Evan's 'British Genealogist' book 1 page 111 gives a very corrupt version of the ancestry of Ralph Mortimer.
      KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> 'Golden Grove MSS' book 9 page G1133 gives a very corrupt version of the ancestry of Ralph Mortimer.

  • Sources 
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