Ralph de Mortimer , 2nd Lord of Wigmore 
Ralph de was born in 1190 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England. Ralph de's father was Roger de Mortimer , Lord of Wigmore, Sir and his mother was Isabel de Ferrers. He had a half-sister named Joan Isabel de. He died at the age of 56 on August 6th, 1246 in Wigmore Abbey, Herefordshire, England.General Notes
Ralph de Mortimer, in the 12th Henry III [1228], paying £100 for his relief, had livery of all his lands lying in the cos. of Gloucester, Southampton, Berks, Salop, and Hereford. This nobleman being of a marital disposition, erected several strong castles by which he was enabled to extend his possessions against the Welsh so that Prince Llewellyn, seeing that he could not successfully cope with him, gave him his dau., Gladuse Duy, widow of Reginald de Braose, in marriage, and by this lady he had issue, Roger, his successor; Peter John, a grey friar at Shrewsbury; Hugh, of Chelmersh; and a dau. Isolda, m. 1st to Walter Balem, and 2ndly, to Hugh, Lord Audley. He d. in 1246, and was s. by his eldest son, Roger de Mortimer. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage Ltd, London, England, 1883, p. 383, Mortimer, Barons Mortimer, of Wigmore, Earls of March]
Ralph de and Gwladys "Ddu" verch were married in a religious ceremony in 1230 in 2nd husband. They had a son and two daughters, named Roger de, Maud de and Joan de.
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Children
Roger de Mortimer , 6th Lord of Wigmore
Roger de was born about 1231 in Cwmaron Castle, Radnorshire, Wales. He died before October 30th, 1282 in Kingsland, Herefordshire, England.
Joan de Mortimer
Joan de was born about 1240 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England. She died before 1295.
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