Ralph Mortimer (politician)
Sir Ralph Mortimer (also Ralph III Mortimer ) († before August 10, 1274 ) was an English politician.
Ralph Mortimer came from the originally Anglo-Norman Mortimer family . He was the eldest son of Roger Mortimer of Wigmore and his wife Maud de Braose . Together with his father, he was appointed to a parliament in 1271 . When his father after the death of King Henry III. belonged to the Regency Council, he served after the death of his uncle Hugh Mortimer of Chelmarsh from January 1273 to August 1274 as his successor as Sheriff of Shrophshire and Staffordshire . However, he died a little later childless. Then his younger brother Edmund Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer, became his father's heir.
Web links
- Sir Ralph Mortimer on thepeerage.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Caroline Burt: Edward I and the governance of England, 1272-1307 . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2013, ISBN 978-0-521-88999-5 , p. 53
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mortimer, Ralph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mortimer, Ralph III |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | before August 10, 1274 |