Hugh de Mortimer (nobleman, † 1227)

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Hugh de Mortimer (also Hugh III de Mortimer ) († November 10, 1227 ) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman.

Origin and heritage

Hugh de Mortimer came from the Anglo-Norman Mortimer family . He was the eldest son of Roger de Mortimer and his wife Isabell de Ferrers . Even before his death in August 1214, his seriously ill father gave him the family's extensive estates in England and in the Welsh Marches.

Supporter of the Crown in the First War of the Barons

Like his father, Hugh de Mortimer was a loyal supporter of King John Ohneland , even during the Barons' First War against the King. However, Llywelyn ab Iorwerth , the Welsh prince of Gwynned , supported the rebels in their fight against the king. He took advantage of the civil war and was able to conquer Maelienydd in Mid Wales around 1215 , which had been conquered by Mortimer's father twenty years earlier. Llywelyn also occupied two other estates in Wales to which Mortimer was legally entitled. In October 1216, Mortimer attended the funeral of King John in Worcester Cathedral . Then he supported the Regency Council, which was responsible for the underage new King Heinrich III. led the government. When, after the end of the Civil War, a judicial commission investigated 1,221 charges in Shropshire , Mortimer was convicted of the illegal expropriation of his two vassals Robert de Girros and Robert de Costentin , both of whom had supported the rebels during the Civil War.

Further support from Heinrich III. and attempt to recover Maelienydd

In 1221, Mortimer took part in the siege of Castle Bytham during the Count of Aumale's revolt . In 1225 he testified with the renewed confirmation of the Magna Carta by Henry III. He continued to claim Maelienydd, captured from Lord Llywelyn, but despite diplomatic support from the Regency Council, he was unable to regain the area until his death. He died in a tournament accident and was buried in the Wigmore Abbey Family Foundation .

Marriage and offspring

Hugh de Mortimer had married Annora de Briouze , a daughter of the powerful Marcher Lord William de Braose, Lord of Bramber and his wife Maud de St Valery . The marriage had remained childless, so that his younger brother Ralph II de Mortimer became his heir. His widow retired as a hermit after Hugh's death .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ JFA Mason: Mortimer, Hugh de (d. 1181?). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
  2. ^ David Carpenter: The minority of Henry III . University of California Press, Berkeley 1990. ISBN 0-520-07239-1 , p. 255
  3. ^ David Carpenter: The minority of Henry III . University of California Press, Berkeley 1990. ISBN 0-520-07239-1 , p. 388
  4. ^ Rees R. Davies: The Age of Conquest. Wales 1063-1415. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1991, ISBN 0-19-820198-2 , p. 297
  5. ^ David Carpenter: The minority of Henry III . University of California Press, Berkeley 1990. ISBN 0-520-07239-1 , p. 192
  6. ^ Ian Mortimer: The greatest traitor. The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, Ruler of England, 1327-1330. Pimlico, London 2003, ISBN 0-7126-9715-2 , p. 21
personal data
SURNAME Mortimer, Hugh de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mortimer, Hugh III de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Anglo-Norman nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1227