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Edmond Mortimer (1251 – ) [ first ] , 2 It is Baron Mortimer de Wigmore, is an English soldier and baron of the Mortimer family.
He is the second son and finally heir to Roger Mortimer († 1282), first is Baron Mortimer. His mother is Mathilde de Briouze (Ou Maud de Braose) († 1300/1301). As a younger son, Edmond was intended for the ecclesiastical career [ 2 ] , and he had been sent to study at the University of Oxford.
He obtained the position of treasurer of the bishopric of York in 1265. In 1268, he was found to be the theology in the house of the Archbishop of York. King Henri III of England shows him some favor, providing him in particular in order to improve his regime.
The sudden death of his older brother Ralph, the , makes him the heir to the Mortimer family; However, he continued his studies in Oxford, but the death of his father, in 1282, forced him to abandon them.
Edmond receives his inheritance [ 2 ] . He returned to Welsh steps in 1282, as a new Baron Mortimer de Wigmore, and immediately got involved in local political affairs. In concert with his brother Roger Mortimer of Chirk, baron of Chirk, John mamard it roger lstrange, [Ref. necessary] And probably eager to show his value to the king, Edmond succeeds in attracting the Welsh prince Llywelyn the last near the steps, probably by making him believe that a rebellion of the vassals of the Mortimer against their suzerains was preparing [ 2 ] . The Welsh Prince is killed near Builth, the [ 2 ] . Edmond sends his brother to offer the prince’s cut head to his sovereign, Édouard I is of England, at the Château de Rhuddlan. The head was exhibited at the Tower of London in warning to any rebellion [ 3 ]
As a reward for his services, Edmond is armed knight by the king in Winchester in 1283.
Edmond served during the King Scotland campaign and returned to serve in Wales in 1283. He was fatally injured during a skirmish near Builth, and died at the Château de Wigmore.
In , Edmond married Marguerite de Fiennes, daughter of Guillaume II of Fiennes and Blanche de Brienne (herself a granddaughter of Jean de Brienne by her third wife, Bérengère de León). Their children reaching adulthood are:
- Roger (April or – ), first is Count of March, who married Jeanne de Geneville, 2 It is Baroness Geneville [ 4 ] from whom he had twelve children;
- Maud, who married Lord Théobald II de Verdun, of whom she had four daughters, Jeanne, Elizabeth, Marguerite, and Catherine de Verdun [ 4 ] ;
- John, accidentally killed during a game by John de Leyburne [ 4 ] ;
- Gaultier, priest, Kingston rector [ 4 ] ;
- Edmond, priest, rector of Hodnet and treasurer of York cathedral [ 4 ] ;
- Hugues, priest, rector of the church of Old Radnor [ 4 ] .
They also had two girls who became nuns: Elizabeth and Jeanne [ 4 ] .
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- M. Prestwich, on. Cit. , p. 13-14.
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