Ralph de Mortimer

- 1246

• Name	Ralph de Mortimer
  Birth	of Wigmore, Herefordshire, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Aug 1246  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Burial	Wigmore Abbey, Herefordshire, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  + 1. Ralph de Mortimer ,   b. of Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d. 6 Aug 1246 ▻ Gwladus Ddu ,  m. Bef 26 Oct 1230 + 2. Joan de Mortimer   d. 1225 ▻ Walter de Beauchamp ,  m. Abt 10 Jul 1214
  Person ID	I3289	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK, Ancestor of UKL
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	Roger de Mortimer,   b. of Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d. Bef 19 Aug 1214
  Mother	Isabel de Ferrers   d. Bef 29 Apr 1252
  Family ID	F2125	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gwladus Ddu   d. 1251, Windsor, Berkshire, England
  Marriage	Bef 26 Oct 1230  [1, 2, 3, 8, 9]
  Children	+ 1. Roger de Mortimer,   b. of Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d. 27 Oct 1282, Kingsland, Herefordshire, England
  Family ID	F3387	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Constable of Clun Castle, Shropshire. "In 1216 he had been one of a deputation sent by King John to William de Briwere, after his forced adhesion to the Barons during their occupation of London, to arrange for his return to the King's service; and in September 1217 he had witnessed at Lambeth the articles drawn up between Henry III and Louis of France. On 23 November 1227 he gave £100 as relief for the lands of his brother Hugh, and the King took his homage; and on 8 July 1229, for his faithful service, he was pardoned all except £500 of the debts of his father and brother. In October 1230 he obtained a charter for a fair at Knighton and free warren at Stratfield, and in 1231 he was made custodian of Clun Castle and honour during pleasure. In June 1233, with the other Lords Marchers, Ralph exchanged hostages with the King de fideli servicio, quousque regnum sit ita securatum quod firma pax sit in regno Anglie. On 7 November following he attested a charter of Henry III at Hereford. He was present on 28 January 1235/6 at the confirmation of Magna Carta at Westminster, and in the same year he and the other Lords Marchers claimed the right to find and bear the silvered spears which supported the canopies held over the King and Queen in their Coronation procession; but the right of the Barons of the Cinque Ports to carry both canopies being allowed, the Marchers' claim was rejected as frivolous. In 1241 he was first of the pledges to the King for his sister-in-law Senana, wife of Griffith ap Llewelyn; but in August that year Meredith ap Howel and the other Welsh lords of Kerry made a permanent peace with Henry III, whether they should be at war with Ralph de Mortimer or not. In June 1242 he was summoned to come to the King's aid in Gascony as soon as possible." [Complete Peerage] "Ralph [...] was continually engaged on the Welsh marches. At first he stood on the defensive, unable to make much impression on Llywelyn's power. No doubt it was for this reason that in 1230 he married Gwladus Ddu (d. 1251), daughter of Llywelyn and widow of Reginald de Briouze. It was only after the death of his father-in-law in 1240 that Mortimer was able to take the military initiative again, with attacks upon the Welsh. In the summer of 1241 there was war in Maelienydd, and this time the Mortimers prevailed, ending Welsh control of the lordship of Gwrtheyrnion. Ralph (II) died on 6 August 1246 and was buried at Wigmore Abbey, where he was remembered as a warlike and energetic man' (Dugdale, Monasticon, 6, pt 1, 350)." [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]

  
  

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