Edmund 1st Baron de Mortimer , 7th Lord Wigmore 
Edmund 1st Baron de was born in 1261 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England. Edmund 1st Baron de's father was Roger de Mortimer , 6th Lord of Wigmore and his mother was Maud de Braose. His paternal grandparents were Ralph de Mortimer , 2nd Lord of Wigmore and Gwladys "Ddu" verch Llewelyn , Princess of Wales; his maternal grandparents were William 6th Baron de Braose , Lord Abergavenny and Eva Marshal. He had a brother and two sisters, named William de, Isabella de and Margaret de. He was the second youngest of the four children. He died at the age of 43 on July 17th, 1304 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England.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 Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.<19 Aug 1214 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
- b.1190 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.06 Aug 1246 in Wigmore Abbey, Herefordshire, England
- b.1172 in Oakham, Rutlandshire, England d.29 Apr 1252
- b.~ 1231 in Cwmaron Castle, Radnorshire, Wales d.<30 Oct 1282 in Kingsland, Herefordshire, England
- b.1173 in Aberffraw Castle, Aberconway, Wales d.11 Apr 1240 in Aberconway, North Wales
- b.~ 1207 in Caemarvonshire, Wales d.1251 in Windsor, Berkshire, England
- b.24 Dec 1166 in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.22 Jul 1190 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England d.>30 Mar 1236 in Court of Aberconway, North Wales
- b.1261 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.17 Jul 1304 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
- b.1178 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.<09 Jun 1228 in Brecon, Breconshire, Wales
- b.~ 1197 in Brecknock, Breconshire, Wales d.02 May 1230 in Hanged by Llewelyn, Prince of Wales after intrigues w/ his wife
- b.~ 1183 in Stoke, Devonshire, England d.< 1215
- b.~ 1222 in Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales d.BEF 23 MAR 1300/01
- b.1146 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.14 May 1219 in Caversham Manor, England
- b.1194 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.< 1246 in England
- b.~ 1172 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.1220 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
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Edmund 1st Baron de and Margaret de were married in a religious ceremony about 1285. They had two sons and two daughters, named Roger de, John de, Maud de and Joan de.
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Children
Maud de Mortimer
Maud de was born about 1285 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England. She died in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England.
Roger de Mortimer , 1st Earl of March
Roger de was born before May 3rd, 1287 in Netherwood, Thornbury, Herefordshire, England. He died on November 29th, 1330 in Elms, Tyburn, Warwickshire, England (hanged by Edward III).
John de Mortimer , of Grendon
John de was born about 1300 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England. He died in Grendon, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England.
Edmund 1st Baron de and Joan de were married in a religious ceremony in 1st wife. They had a daughter named Isolde (Iseude) de.
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Children
Isolde (Iseude) de Mortimer
Isolde (Iseude) de was born about 1275 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England. She died after 1336.
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