Ralph de Mortimer (nobleman, † 1246)

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Ralph de Mortimer (also Ralph II de Mortimer ) (* around 1185 or around 1190; † August 6, 1246 ) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman.

Origin and heritage

Ralph de Mortimer came from the Anglo-Norman Mortimer family . He was the second son of Roger de Mortimer and his wife Isabell de Ferrers . As a young knight, he took part in the battles of the First War of the Barons on the side of the royal party . After the childless death of his older brother Hugh de Mortimer in 1227, he inherited the extensive family estates in England and in the Welsh Marches .

Battle against the Welsh in Mid Wales

Like his brother Hugh, Ralph first had to acknowledge the superiority of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth , Prince of Gwynedd , in the struggle for supremacy in Mid Wales . Most likely for this reason he married Gwladus Ddu , a daughter of Llywelyn, in June 1230 . She was the widow of the Marcher Lord Reginald de Briouze . With this marriage, Llywelyn continued his successful marriage policy, while Ralph received the controversial Knighton and Norton goods from his father-in-law . It was only after the death of his father-in-law in 1240 that Ralph de Mortimer took up the military initiative again. After King Henry III. In 1241 Llywelyn's heir could subdue Dafydd in a campaign , Mortimer conquered Maelienydd in the summer of 1241 and smashed Welsh rule in Gwrtheyrnion . He secured his conquests, among other things, with the construction of Cefnllys Castle . After the death of Lord Dafydd in February 1246, Llywelyn ap Gruffydd , a grandson of Lord Llywelyn, accepted Mortimer's supremacy in Mid Wales by agreement.

After his death, Mortimer was buried in the Wigmore Abbey Family Foundation . The Wigmore Abbey Chronicle characterized him as an energetic and belligerent man.

Descendants and inheritance

From his marriage to Gwladus Ddu, Mortimer had at least three sons:

His main heir was his eldest son, Roger. When he came of age, he had to pay a handsome fee of 2000 marks to the crown for his inheritance .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ JJ Cump: The Mortimer Family and the Making of the March . In: Michael Prestwich (Ed.): Thirteenth century England, 6: proceedings of the Durham conference, 1995 . Boydell, Woodbridge 1997, ISBN 0-85115-674-6 , p. 124
  2. ^ Rees R. Davies: The Age of Conquest. Wales 1063-1415. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1991, ISBN 0-19-820198-2 , p. 301
  3. ↑ Gatehouse Gazetter: Cefnllys Castles. Retrieved August 21, 2018 .
  4. ^ Rees R. Davies: The Age of Conquest. Wales 1063-1415. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1991, ISBN 0-19-820198-2 , p. 309
  5. ↑ 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
  6. ^ Rees R. Davies: The Age of Conquest. Wales 1063-1415. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1991, ISBN 0-19-820198-2 , p. 279
  7. ^ JJ Crump: Mortimer, Roger (III) de, lord of Wigmore (1231-1282). 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
personal data
SURNAME Mortimer, Ralph de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mortimer, Ralph II de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Anglo-Norman nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH around 1185 or around 1190
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 1246