Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameSir Edmund de Mortimer , 2nd Baron Wigmore
Birth1252, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
Death1303, Hereford and Worcester, England
BurialWigmore Abbey, Hereford and Worcester, England
Death17 Jul 1304, Battle of Builth, Wales
MotherMaud de Braose (~1220-~1300)
Misc. Notes
Titles:
Baron Mortimer of Wigmore (1294 cr - 1st)

Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Wigmore (1251 – July 17, 1304) was the second son and eventual heir of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore. 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. But the sudden death of his elder brother, Ralph, in 1276, made him heir to the family estates.

He returned in 1282 as the new Baron Mortimer of Wigmore and immediately became involved in Welsh Marches politics. Together with his brother Roger Mortimer of Chirk, John Giffard, and Roger Lestrange, he devised a plan to trap Llywelyn the Last. Edmund sent a message to Llywelyn telling him he was coming to Llywelyn's aid and arranged to meet with him at Builth. But 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 send his brother Roger Mortimer of Chirk to present Llywelyn's severed head to King Edward I of England.

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).

Edmund was knighted by King Edward I at Winchester, and served in the king's Gascon and Scottish campaigns. He was mortally wounded in a skirmish near Builth, and died at Wigmore Castle.
Spouses
Birthabt 1255
Death7 Feb 1333, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
FatherSir William de Fiennes (~1240-)
Marriageabt 1285
ChildrenIsolde (~1270-1338)
 Roger (1287-1330)
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