Ralph de Mortimer

Male 1190 - 1246  (56 years)


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  • Name Ralph de Mortimer  [1, 2
    Born 1190  Wigmore, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Died 06 Aug 1246  Wigmore, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Wigmore, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • He was the son of Roger de Mortimer and Isabel de Ferrieres. He married Gwladus Du ferch Llywelyn, daughter of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of North Wales and Tangwystyl Goch, after 1228. He lived at Wigmore, Herefordshire, England.

      Ranulph or Ralph de Mortimer (before 1198 to before 6 August 1246) was the second son of Roger de Mortimer and Isabel de Ferrers of Wigmore Castle in Herefordshire He succeeded his elder brother before 23 November 1227 and built Cefnllys and Knucklas castles in 1240.

      Marriage and issue

      In 1230, Ralph married Princess Gwladus, daughter of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth. They had the following children:

      Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer, married Maud de Braose and succeeded his father.
      Hugh de Mortimer
      John de Mortimer
      Peter de Mortimer
    Person ID I3585  Bosdet Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 May 2013 

    Father Roger de Mortimer, of Wigmore,   b. Bef 1153,   d. Bef 08 Jul 1214  (Age < 61 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Isabel de Ferrers,   b. Bef 1195, Rutland, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 29 Apr 1252  (Age < 57 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Married Bef 1196  Rutland, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F2293  Group Sheet

    Family Gwladus Du ferch Llywelyn,   d. 1251, Windsor, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1230  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. Roger de Mortimer, Lord of Wigmore,   b. 1231,   d. Abt 30 Oct 1282, Kingsland, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
    Family ID F1013  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S179] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed, G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, (Name: Alan Sutton Publishing; Location: Gloucester, U.K.; Date: 2000;).

    2. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_de_Mortimer.

    3. [S178] thePeerage.com, Darryl Lundy, (Location: Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand;).

    4. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Mortimer_of_Wigmore.