1564109 - Baron Wigmore, Roger de Mortimer

Events

Event	Date	Place	Sources
Birth [E38621]	1231	Cwmaron Castle, Radnorshire, Wales	8 2 3b 3c 4a 9a 5b 7b
Death [E38622]	1282-10-27	Kingsland, Herefordshire, England	1b 2a 3d 8a 4b 10a 9b 5c 7c
_FA1 [E38623]		6th Baron of Wigmore. Known for savage temper & pride.	11 9c 5d 7d
_FA2 [E38624]	MAR 1263/64	Lordship & manors in Radnorshire laid waste in barons war.	11 5e 7e
_FA3 [E38625]		Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, Henry & Bran de Montfort lead the carnage.	11 5f 7f
_FA4 [E38626]		Done as reparation for Mortimer’s looting manors in Hereford.	11 5g 7g
_FA5 [E38627]		Said manors owned by Eleanor Plantagenet, Simon de Montfort’s wife.	11 5h 7h
_FA6 [E38628]		Shared mutual hatred with Dafydd ap Gruffydd, his first cousin.	11 5i 7i
_FA7 [E38629]	1264-05-14	Fought on (losing) Royalist side at Battle of Lewes.	11 5j 7j
_FA8 [E38630]	1264-07-00	After Lewes, refused to yield Royal castles to Montfort.	11 5k 7k
_FA9 [E38631]	1264-08-00	Simon de Montfort, Llywelyn ap Gruffydd & Gilbert de Clare took them in a month.	5l 7l
_FA10 [E38632]	1264-12-12	Surrenders to Montfort after November rebellion, exiled to Ireland.	11a 5m 7m
_FA11 [E38633]	1265-05-00	Engineers Prince Edward Longshank’s escape from Henry de Montfort to Wigmore.	11 5n 7n
_FA12 [E38634]	1265-08-00	Responsible for the mutilation of Simon de Montfort’s body after Evesham.	11 5o 7o
_FA13 [E38635]	1281-09-10	Made a treaty with his cousin Llywelyn ap Gruffydd vs. Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn.	8b 5p 7p

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Baron Wigmore, Ralph de Mortimer [I29619]	1190	1246-08-06
Mother	verch Llywelyn Fawr, Gwladus Ddu "the Dark [I29008]	BET. 1194 - 1198	BET. 1251 - 1260
	Baron Wigmore, Roger de Mortimer [I29103]	1231	1282-10-27

Families

Family of Baron Wigmore, Roger de Mortimer and de Braose, Maud [F12377]

Married

Wife

de Braose, Maud [I33046] ( * about 1174 + ... )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
Marriage [E59008]	1247	England			12a 13a 13b 14a 15a 16a 7q 5q

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Baron Wigmore, Edmund de Mortimer [I29320]	1252	1304-07-17
de Mortimer, Isabella [I2580]	about 1248	after 1300

Narrative

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REF: "Falls the Shadow" Sharon Kay Penman: April 5 1264 Bran de Montfort leads defense of St. Andrew's Priory within the town & fights with suicidal bravery. The walls had been undermined by the Prior who was secretly in league with Prince Edward, & Bran was captured by some common soldiers. At that point William de Lusignan & Ralph de Mortimer rode up. Bran had just before taken part in the looting of de Mortimer's lands in Radnorshire. de Lusignan ordered his nephew Bran killed on the spot, but Dafydd ap Gruffydd rode up & intervened telling them Edward would be displeased to see his cousin Bran killed. de Lusignan attempts to argue but Philip Basset (who commanded the attackers) then rode up & commanded Bran be taken to Edward, and not to be escorted by de Lusignan or de Mortimer, as they would arrange an "accident" for Bran. Bran was congratulated for his gallant bravery by Edward & then sent to King Henry who moved him to Windsor Castle. In November 1264, the Marchers Roger de Mortimer & Roger de Clifford rebelled again (had done so in July 1264). Again Llywelyn ap Gruffydd allied with Simon de Montfort & the rebels surrendered at Worcester Dec 12 1264. Mortimer & Clifford were exiled to Ireland for a year. At the Battle of Evesham (Aug 4 1265) de Mortimer helped to trap Montfort by converging with Prince Edward upon Montfort's vastly outnumbered force. Before the battle began, several thousand Welsh troops loaned to Montfort by his ally Llywelyn ap Gruffydd deserted Montfort; de Mortimer & his men methodically hunted them down throughout the surrounding countryside & cold bloodedly murdered almost all of them. Mortimer sent Montfort's head back to Wigmore Castle to his wife as a gift.

REF: Sharon Kay Penman "The Reckoning" : King Edward launched his war on Llywelyn ap Gruffydd the Last Prince of Wales on 12 Nov 1276. He did not personally take part in the campaign until the following summer, but de Mortimer scored a mjaor success in the early phases of the war, who in April 1277 siezed Llywelyn's castle at Dolforwyn & restored Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn to power in Powys (ap Gwenwynwyn had sconspired with Llywelyn's brother Dafydd to murder Llywelyn and upon discovery had fleed to England). Mortimer ultimately made an alliance with Llywelyn ap Gruffydd against Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn. When Llywelyn was goaded by his feckless brother Dafydd into Wales' last fatal war with England & Edward "Longshanks" on Palm Sunday 1282, Roger de Clifford was made Edward's warlord for mid-Wales, one of three Welsh commands; however, he died before the war could successfully be prosecuted.

Pedigree

Baron Wigmore, Ralph de Mortimer [I29619]
1. verch Llywelyn Fawr, Gwladus Ddu "the Dark [I29008]
  1. Baron Wigmore, Roger de Mortimer
    1. de Braose, Maud [I33046]
      1. Baron Wigmore, Edmund de Mortimer [I29320]
      2. de Mortimer, Isabella [I2580]

Ancestors

Baron Wigmore, Roger de Mortimer
* 1231
+ 1282-10-27

Baron Wigmore, Ralph de Mortimer
* 1190
+ 1246-08-06

Baron Wigmore, Roger de Mortimer
* 1158
+ 1215-06-24

Baron Wigmore, Hugh de Mortimer
* 1108
+ 1184/5-02-26 (Julian)

le Meschines, Maud
* about 1120
+ after 1190

de Ferrers, Millicent
* BET. 1164 - 1170
+ 1252-04-29

Earl of Derby, William de Ferrers
* about 1136
+ before 1190-10-21

de Braose, Sibyl
* 1147
+ 1246

verch Llywelyn Fawr, Gwladus Ddu "the Dark
* BET. 1194 - 1198
+ BET. 1251 - 1260

Prince of Wales, Llywelyn Fawr ap Iorwerth
* 1173
+ 1240-04-11

ap Owain Gwynedd, Iorwerth Drwyndwn of Gwynedd
* BET. 1125 - 1145
+ BET. 1174 - 1184

verch Madoc, Marared of Powys
* BET. 1129 - 1157
+ BET. 1196 - 1201

verch Llywarch, Tangwystl Goch of Rhos
* about 1168
+ BET. 1201 - 1209

Lord Rhos, Llywarch Goch ap Iorwerth
* about 1139
+ ...

verch Llywarch, Tangwystl
* about 1143
+ ...

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Birth Name	Baron Wigmore, Roger de Mortimer 1a 2 3a 4 5a 6a 7a
Also Known As	Lord Mortimer, Roger of Wigmore
Gramps ID	I29103
Gender	male
Age at Death	51 years, 9 months, 26 days