Ralph de Mortimer
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Ralph de Mortimer | |
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| Born | Before 1198 |
| Died | 6 August 1246 |
| Noble family | Mortimer |
| Spouse | |
| Issue | 4, including Roger |
| Father | Roger de Mortimer |
| Mother | Isabel de Ferriers |
Ranulph or Ralph de Mortimer (before 1198 to 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
[edit | edit source]In 1230, Ralph married Princess Gwladus, daughter of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth and Joan, Lady of Wales (the only acknowledged, illegitimate daughter of John, King of England). They had the following children:
- Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer, in 1247, married Maud de Braose, by whom he had seven children
- Hugh de Mortimer (d. 1273–4), lord of Chelmarsh
- Peter or John Mortimer, a Franciscan friar in Shrewsbury[1]
- Joan Mortimer, who married Piers Corbet, Lord of Caus, Shropshire (d. 1300) around 1253, by whom she had 2 sons, Thomas and Peter Corbet, 2nd Baron Corbet.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]- Remfry, P.M., Wigmore Castle Tourist Guide and the Family of Mortimer (Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)
- Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis; Lines 132C-29, 176B-28, 28–29, 67–29, 77–29, 176B-29
- A history of Wales from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest (Longmans, Green & Co.) by John Edward Lloyd (1911)
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