Hugh de Mortimer

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• Name	Hugh de Mortimer
  Gender	Male
  Died	1188
  Person ID	P44554625	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2010

  
  

  Father	Ralph de Mortimer,   b. Abt 1082
  Mother	Millicent
  Family ID	F972	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Roger de Mortimer,   d. 1215
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F4295	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Agatha de Ferrers,   b. 1168, Charltey, Staffordshire, England, UK
  Children	1. Henry de Mortimer
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F1086	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Opposed the accession of Henry II, and induced Roger, Earl of Hereford, to fortify his castles against Henry, and did the same, himself. Gilbert Foiliot, Bishop of Hereford, however, persuaded the Earl of Hereford not to do so. Hugh refused to back down, though, which forced Henry II to raise an army to quell de Mortimer's insurrection. Hugh later finished the foundation of the abbey his father had started at Wigmore, and in his old age, became a canon of that abbey.