Ancestral Trails 2016 » EDMUND MORTIMER (1252-1304)

Personal data EDMUND MORTIMER 

• He was born in the year 1252 in Wigmore, Herefordshire.Source 1
• He was baptized in the year 1304 in Wigmore, Herefordshire.
• Title: 2nd Baron Mortimer, Lord of Wigmore
• (Ancestry) : House of Mortimer.
• He died on July 17, 1304 in Builth, Breconshire, Wales, he was 52 years old.Source 1

  Killed at Battle of Builth

• He is buried in Wigmore, Herefordshire.Source 1
• A child of ROGER MORTIMER and MAUD de BRAOSE

Household of EDMUND MORTIMER

(1) He is married to MARGARET FIENNES.

They got married in the year 1284 at Wigmore, Herefordshire, he was 32 years old.

Child(ren):

1. John MORTIMER  1300-????
2. Hugh MORTIMER  1293-????
3. Elizabeth MORTIMER  1303-????
4. Edmund MORTIMER  1297-????
5. Eleanor MORTIMER  1289-1309
6. Joan MORTIMER  1291-1351 
7. Maud MORTIMER  1285-1312 
8. ROGER MORTIMER  1287-1330 
9. Walter MORTIMER  1295-????

(2) He is married to Joan GREY.

They got married in the year 1276 at Wigmore, Herefordshire, he was 24 years old.

(3) He has/had a relationship with (Not public).

Child(ren):

1. ISOLDE MORTIMER  ± 1270-1328 

Notes about EDMUND MORTIMER

Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Lord Mortimer (1251 - 17 July 1304) was the second son and eventual heir of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer. His mother was Maud de Braose. As a younger son, Edmund had been intended for clerical or monastic life, and had been sent to study at Oxford University.

He was made Treasurer of York in 1265. By 1268 he is recorded as studying Theology in the house of the Archbishop of York. King Henry III showed favour by supplementing his diet with the luxury of venison.

The sudden death of his elder brother, Ralph, in 1274, made him heir to the family estates; yet he continued to study at Oxford. But his father's death eventually forced his departure.

He returned to the March in 1282 as the new Lord Mortimer of Wigmore and immediately became involved in Welsh Marches politics. Together with his brother Roger Mortimer, Baron of Chirk, John Giffard, and Roger Lestrange, he devised a plan to trap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd. Edmund, a great-grandson of Llywelyn the Great, sent a message to his kinsman Llywelyn, grandson of Llywelyn the Great, telling him he was coming to Llywelyn's aid and arranged to meet with him at Builth. At Irfon Bridge the Welsh prince became separated from his army. Edmund's brothers secretly forded the river behind Llywelyn's army and surprised the Welsh. In the resulting battle Llywelyn was killed and beheaded. Edmund then sent his brother Roger Mortimer of Chirk to present Llywelyn's severed head to King Edward I of England at Rhuddlan Castle. The head was displayed on the Tower of London as a warning to all rebels.

In return for his services Edmund was knighted by King Edward at Winchester in 1283. In September 1285, he married Margaret de Fiennes, the daughter of William II de Fiennes and Blanche de Brienne (herself the granddaughter of John of Brienne by his third wife Berenguela of Leon), the family entering the blood royal. Their surviving children were:

Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (25 April 1287 - 29 November 1330) married Joan de Geneville, by whom he had twelve children.
Maud Mortimer, married Sir Theobald II de Verdun, by whom she had four daughters, Joan de Verdun, who married John de Montagu (d. August 1317), eldest son and heir apparent of William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu; Elizabeth de Verdun, who married Bartholomew de Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh; Margaret de Verdun, who married firstly Sir William le Blount of Sodington, Worcestershire, secondly Sir Mark Husee, and thirdly Sir John de Crophill; and (allegedly) Katherine de Verdun.
John Mortimer, accidentally slain in a joust by John de Leyburne.
Walter Mortimer, a priest, Rector of Kingston.
Edmund, a priest, Rector of Hodnet, Shropshire and Treasurer of the cathedral at York.
Hugh Mortimer, a priest, Rector of church at Old Radnor.
They also had two daughters who became nuns; Elizabeth and Joan.

Mortimer served in the king's Scottish campaign, and returned to fight in Wales. He was mortally wounded in a skirmish near Builth, and died at Wigmore Castle.

Notes - Iseult de Mortimer quoting from Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 75, footnote:
"· Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 75, footnote: "ISEULT, wife successively of Sir Walter de Balun and Sir Hugh de Audley, is claimed in many secondary sources to have been a member of the Mortimer family. While it is true that Iseult and her 1st husband, Sir Walter de Balun, had the manor of Arley, Staffordshire for the term of their lives by granted dated 1287 from Sir Edmund de Mortimer, this grant does not necessarily mean or imply that Iseult was a Mortimer. On the other hand, Iseult's grandson, Sir James de Audley, is known to have been related in some manner to Sir Bartholomew de Burghersh, which individual was a great-grandson of the same Sir Edmund de Mortimer [see Beltz Mems. of the Order of the Garter cited below]. As such, the possibility exists that Iseult was near related to Sir Edmund de Mortimer. Regardless, there is no known contemporary evidence which indicates Iseult's exact parentage or even how she might have been related to Sir Edmund de Mortimer. This matter deserves further study."
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Mortimer,_2nd_Baron_Mortimer

Edmund Mortimer, Lord of Wigmore, married Margaret, daughter of Sir William de Fiennes in the 10th Edward I (1282). He was the son of Roger Mortimer and Maud Braose. In 1283, doing his homage, he received his father's lands. He was afterwards constantly employed in the Welsh wars and was summoned to parliament as a baron from June 8, 1294, and from June 23, 1295, to June 2, 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 in 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, married to Theobald de Verdon; Joan and Elizabeth, nuns. His lordship was succeeded by his eldest son, Roger Mortimer, 2nd baron. SOURCE: Findagrave

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