Ralph (II) Mortimer

Lord of Wigmore

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 6 August 1246.

The date is given by Mason (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (9:276).

Place of Burial: Wigmore Abbey.

The place is given by Mason (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (9:276).

Relationships

Father: Roger (II) de Mortimer (died 1214).

This relationship is given by Mason (ODNB), by Crump (1995), and by the Complete Peerage (9:276).

Mother: Isabel de Ferrers.

This relationship is given by Mason (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (9:276).

Spouse: Gwladus Ddu (died 1251) ferch Llywelyn ab Iorwerth.

This relationship is given by Mason (ODNB), by Crump (1995), and by the Complete Peerage (9:276).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Mortimer.)

Roger (III) de Mortimer (1232 - 26 October 1282) married Maud de Briouze.

Peter John Mortimer, a Franciscan friar in Shrewsbury.

Hugh de Mortimer married Agatha de Ferrers.

References

Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).

Crump, J.J. “The Mortimer Family and the Making of the March” in Thirteenth Century England VI: Proceedings of the Durham Conferencei 1995 (The Boydell Press).

Crump, J.J. “Mortimer, Roger (III) de, lord of Wigmore (1231-1282)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Mason, J.F.A. “Mortimer, Hugh (II) de (d. 1181?)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Mortimer, Ian. "The Medieval Mortimer Family: An outline lineage". Accessed 17 August 2019.