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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"
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.
26 de abr. de 2022 · Ranulph de Mortimer. Ranulph I de Mortimer (Ralf, Ralph, Raoul de Mortemer) (bef. 1070 to c. 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.
- now Saint-Victor-l'Abbaye, Upper Normandy
- Mabel N.N., Millisent
- Upper Normandy
- circa 1065
Hace 1 día · 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.
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.
Ralph de Mortimer expanded the family’s horizons and was the first to spend a significant proportion of time in England. Ralph engaged in the Norman conquests of southern Wales and played an important role in the development of the Welsh Marches, the tumultuous border between Wales and England.
