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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.
27 de nov. de 2023 · Ralph de Mortimer - was born in 1190 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England and died on 6 Aug 1246 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England . He was the son of Roger de Mortimer and Isabel de Ferrers. Ralph married Gwaldys Verch Llewelyn in 1220 in England.
- Wigmore, England
- Gwladys Ddu Verch Llewelyn
- England
- "Ranulf de Mortimer"
Hace 2 días · The Mortimer Family. The family produced some colourful characters, one of its earliest recorded members is Ranulph de Mortimer, Seigneur of St. Victor-en-Caux in Normandy, who was granted lands in in Herefordshire and Shropshire before 1086 by William the Conqueror.
Brief Life History of Ralph. When Ralph de Mortimer was born in 1190, in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England, his father, Sir Roger Mortimer Lord of Wigmor, was 32 and his mother, Isabel de Ferrers, was 24. He married Gwladys ferch Llywelyn in 1220, in Radnorshire, Wales, United Kingdom.
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- Gwladys Ferch Llywelyn
Ranulph I de Mortimer ( Ralf, Ralph, Raoul de Mortemer) (born before c. 1070 –died in/after 1104) was a Marcher Lord from the Montgomery lands in the Welsh Marches (border lands between Wales and England ). In England, he was Lord of Wigmore in Herefordshire. In Normandy, he was the Seigneur of St. Victor-en-Caux.
Above all, the Mortimers coveted Wales and devised to expand their Welsh territories. Ralph claimed Knighton from Llewelyn of Gwynedd, who died in 1240. Eager to retain control of the borders, Ralph Mortimer began a campaign of castle building in Maelienydd, erecting castles at Knucklas in the 1220s, and at Cefnllys in 1242.
The Mortimer family came over to England from Normandy as part of the invading army of William the Conqueror, and c. 1075, one of the family, RALPH de MORTIMER, was granted certain lands in Shropshire and Herefordshire, with the castle and township of Wigmore in the latter county as focal point.
