Ranulph or Ralph de Mortimer (before 1198 to 6 August 1246) was the second son of Roger de Mortimer and Isabel de Ferrers of

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. He succeeded his elder brother before 23 November 1227 and built Cefnllys and

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castles in 1240.

Marriage and issue

In 1230, Ralph married Princess Gwladus, daughter of

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and

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(the only acknowledged, illegitimate daughter of

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). They had the following children: * Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer, in 1247, married Maud de Braose, by whom he had seven children * Hugh de Mortimer (d. 1273–4), lord of Chelmarsh * Peter or John Mortimer, a Franciscan friar in Shrewsbury * Joan Mortimer, who married Piers Corbet, Lord of Caus, Shropshire (d. 1300) around 1253, by whom she had 2 sons, Thomas and Peter Corbet, 2nd Baron Corbet.

References

* Remfry, P.M., ''Wigmore Castle Tourist Guide and the Family of Mortimer'' () * ''Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700'' by Frederick Lewis Weis; Lines 132C-29, 176B-28, 28–29, 67–29, 77–29, 176B-29 * ''A history of Wales from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest'' (Longmans, Green & Co.) by

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(1911) 12th-century births Year of birth unknown 1246 deaths Anglo-Normans People from Herefordshire

Ralph Ralph (pronounced or ) is a male name of English origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Old High German ''Radulf'', cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms are: * Ra ...

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