Ranulph or Ralph de Mortimer (before 1198 to 6 August 1246) was the second son of Roger de Mortimer and Isabel de Ferrers of

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. He succeeded his elder brother before 23 November 1227 and built

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and

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castles in 1240.

Marriage and issue

In 1230, Ralph married Princess Gwladus, daughter of

Llywelyn ab Iorwerth Llywelyn the Great ( cy, Llywelyn Fawr, ; full name Llywelyn mab Iorwerth; c. 117311 April 1240) was a King of Gwynedd in north Wales and eventually " Prince of the Welsh" (in 1228) and "Prince of Wales" (in 1240). By a combination of war and d ...

and

Joan, Lady of Wales Joan, Lady of Wales and Lady of Snowdon, also known by her Welsh name often written as Siwan (said, approximately /''sɪuːan''/) (/92 – February 1237) was the illegitimate daughter of King John of England, and was the wife of Llywelyn the Gr ...

(the only acknowledged, illegitimate daughter of

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). They had the following children: *

Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore (1231 – 27 October 1282), of Wigmore Castle in Herefordshire, was a marcher lord who was a loyal ally of King Henry III of England and at times an enemy, at times an ally, of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, ...

, in 1247, married

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, by whom he had seven children. * Hugh de Mortimer (d. 1273x4), lord of Chelmarsh. * Peter or John Mortimer, a Franciscan friar in Shrewsbury.

References

* Remfry, P.M., ''Wigmore Castle Tourist Guide and the Family of Mortimer'' () * ''Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700'' by Frederick Lewis Weis; Lines 132C-29, 176B-28, 28–29, 67–29, 77–29, 176B-29 * ''A history of Wales from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest'' (Longmans, Green & Co.) John Edward Lloyd (1911) 12th-century births 1246 deaths Year of birth unknown Anglo-Normans People from Herefordshire

Ralph Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms ...

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