Sir Edmund de Mortimer Baron Wigmore 
Sir Edmund de Mortimer was born in 1252 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England. Sir Edmund de Mortimer's father was Roger de Mortimer Baron Wigmore and his mother was Maud de Braose. His paternal grandparents were Ralph de Mortimer Baron Wigmore and Gwladus Ddu "the Dark verch Llywelyn Fawr; his maternal grandparents were William "Black Will" de Braose Lord Brecknock and Eva Marshal. He had four brothers and two sisters, named Ralph, Geoffrey, Roger, William, Isabella and Isolde (Iseude). He had a half-sister named Gwenllian. He died at the age of 52 on July 17th, 1304 in Wigmore Castle, Herefordshire.General Notes
Sir Edmund Mortimer, Lord of Wigmore, who m. Margaret, dau. of Sir William de Fiennes. In the 10th Edward I [1282], he s. his father and the next year, doing his homage, had livery of his lands. He was afterwards constantly employed in the Welsh wars and was summoned to parliament as a baron from 8 June, 1294, and from 23 June, 1295, to 2 June, 1302. His lordship was mortally wounded in 1303 at the battle of Buelt, against the Welsh, and dying almost immediately at Wigmore Castle, was buried in the abbey there. He left issue, Roger, his successor; John, accidentally slain in a tournament at Worcester, 12th Edward 11 [1319], by John de Leybourne, being not more than eighteen years of age; Hugh, a priest, rector of the church at Old Radnor; Walter, a priest, rector of Kingston; Edmund, a priest, rector of Hodnet, and treasurer of the cathedral at York; Maud, m. to Theobald de Verdon; Joan and Elizabeth, nuns. His lordship was s. by his eldest son, Roger Mortimer, 2nd baron. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage Ltd, London, England, 1883, p. 384, Mortimer, Barons Mortimer, of Wigmore, Earls of March]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1158 in of Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.24 Jun 1215 in Wigmore, Hereford, England
- b.1190 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.06 Aug 1246 in England
- b.BET. 1164 - 1170 in of Derby, Derbyshire, England d.29 Apr 1252
- b.1231 in Cwmaron Castle, Radnorshire, Wales d.27 Oct 1282 in Kingsland, Herefordshire, England
- b.1173 in of Caernarvonshire, Wales d.11 Apr 1240 in Aberconwy, Arllechwedd Uchaf, Caernarvonshire, Wales
- b.BET. 1194 - 1198 in Gwynedd, Wales d.BET. 1251 - 1260 in Windsor, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 1168 in of Rhos, Denbighshire, Wales d.BET. 1201 - 1209
- b.1252 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.17 Jul 1304 in Wigmore Castle, Herefordshire
- b.1178 in of Bramber, Sussex, England d.09 Jun 1228 in Brecon, Breconshire, Wales
- b.BET. 1196 - 1204 in Brecknock, Surrey, England d.02 May 1230 in Wales
- b.1186 in of Stoke, Devonshire, England d.1223
- b.BET. 1226 - 1230 in Breconshire, Wales d.20 MAR 1300/01
- b.1146 in of Caversham, England d.14 May 1219 in Caversham, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 1206 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.< 1246 in England
- b.BET. 1171 - 1173 in of Pembroke, Wales d.1220 in Pembroke, Wales
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Sir Edmund de Mortimer and Eleanor (Margaret) were married in a religious ceremony in 1285. They had five sons and four daughters, named Sir Roger de Mortimer, Hugh, Walter, Edmund, John, Matilda, Joan, Elizabeth and Margaret.
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Children
Death Notes
Executed via hanging at command of Edward III.
Sir Roger de Mortimer Earl of March
Sir Roger de Mortimer was born on May 3rd, 1287 in of Netherwood, Thornbury, Herefordshire, England. He died at the age of 43 on November 29th, 1330 in Elms, Tyburn, Warwickshire, England.
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