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Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore (c. 1251 – 17 July 1304) [1] was the second son and eventual heir of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore. His mother was Maud de Braose.
Apr 26, 2022 · 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.
- October 27, 1252
- England
- Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
The title Baron Mortimer of Wigmore was created twice in the Peerage of England. The first time, Edmund Mortimer was summoned to parliament on 23 June 1295. The second baron, who was created Earl of March in 1328, was attainted in 1330 and the barony as well as the earldom was forfeited.
When Edmund de Mortimer 2nd baron of Wigmore was born on 27 October 1252, in Wigmore Castle, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Baron Roger de Mortimer, was 22 and his mother, Maud de Braose, was 28.
- Male
- Lady Margaret de Fiennes
When Edmund Mortimer 2nd Lord Mortimer was born on 27 October 1252, in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England, his father, Sir Roger de Mortimer II, First Baron of Wigmore, was 22 and his mother, Maud de Braose, was 28.
- Male
- Margaret Eleanor de Fiennes, Mistress
Notes. Individual Note. === Edmund succeeded in 10th of Edward I, 1 === Edmund succeeded in 10th of Edward I, 1282, and the next year had livery of his lands. He was afterwards constantly employed in the Welsh wars, and was summoned to Parliament as a baron from 1294-1302.
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Margaret de Fiennes (after 1269 – 7 February 1333), was a French noblewoman who married an English marcher lord, Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, and was mother of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March.