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Ranulph de Mortimer (Ralf de Mortemer, Ralph, Raoul) (d. c. 1104), was Lord of Wigmore, Herefordshire, England and Seigneur of St. Victor-en-Caux in Normandy. He was the founder of the English House of Mortimer of Wigmore in the Welsh Marches, in what is today the county of Herefordshire.
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* 1 Marcher lord and rebel
* 2 Background and family
* 3 Sources
* 4 Notes
[edit] Marcher lord and rebel
Ranulph was a Marcher Lord and was granted his lands in the Welsh Marches by William the Conqueror. He had holdings in Herefordshire and Shropshire[1]. Most notably, he acquired Wigmore Castle after William Fitz Osbern's son Roger de Breteuil joined the Revolt of the Earls of 1075. Before 1086 he had been granted Wigmore[2].
Like many of the Marcher Lords, Ranulph took part in the Rebellion of 1088 against William Rufus. In 1089 he took money from William Rufus for support against Robert Curthose[3]. He had presumably submitted to the king when the 1088 revolt failed, for he did not lose his lands. In 1090 he was backing William with his castles in Normandy[4]. A few years later, wavering, he did give support to Robert[5].
In the 1090s he was instrumental in conquering the Welsh district of Rhwng Gwy a Hafren and founding the castles of Dinieithon (near present Llandrindod Wells, not lasting out the twelfth century[6], and Cymaron (1093, between Llanbister and Llangunllo)[7] in Maelienydd (old Radnorshire, now in Powys).
He rebelled against the Crown twice again under Henry I of England, trying to replace him by his son-in-law Stephen.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralf_de_Mortimer
Contents
[hide]
* 1 Marcher lord and rebel
* 2 Background and family
* 3 Sources
* 4 Notes
[edit] Marcher lord and rebel
Ranulph was a Marcher Lord and was granted his lands in the Welsh Marches by William the Conqueror. He had holdings in Herefordshire and Shropshire[1]. Most notably, he acquired Wigmore Castle after William Fitz Osbern's son Roger de Breteuil joined the Revolt of the Earls of 1075. Before 1086 he had been granted Wigmore[2].
Like many of the Marcher Lords, Ranulph took part in the Rebellion of 1088 against William Rufus. In 1089 he took money from William Rufus for support against Robert Curthose[3]. He had presumably submitted to the king when the 1088 revolt failed, for he did not lose his lands. In 1090 he was backing William with his castles in Normandy[4]. A few years later, wavering, he did give support to Robert[5].
In the 1090s he was instrumental in conquering the Welsh district of Rhwng Gwy a Hafren and founding the castles of Dinieithon (near present Llandrindod Wells, not lasting out the twelfth century[6], and Cymaron (1093, between Llanbister and Llangunllo)[7] in Maelienydd (old Radnorshire, now in Powys).
He rebelled against the Crown twice again under Henry I of England, trying to replace him by his son-in-law Stephen.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralf_de_Mortimer