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Hugh II de Mortimer 1117–1180 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1117

Birth Location: Wigmore, Herefordshire, England

Death Date: 26 Feb 1180

Death Location: Wigmore, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England

Father: Ralph Normandy

Mother: Mélisende Ferrers

Spouse(s): Maud Meschine

Children(s): Roger MORTIMER,

Hugh II de Mortimer was born in 1117 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England, the child of Ralph De Mortimer Lord Of Wigmore A Marcher Lord Seigneur Of St Victor En Caux In Normandy And Melisende Millicent De Ferrers. Hugh II de Mortimer married Maud Le Meschine, and had children including Hugh De Mortimer, Ralph Le Meschin, Roger Ii De Mortimer, William De Mortimer. Hugh II de Mortimer passed away in 1180 in Wigmore, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England.

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Biography

  • Hugh II de Mortimer was born in 1117 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England, the child of Ralph De Mortimer Lord Of Wigmore A Marcher Lord Seigneur Of St Victor En Caux In Normandy And Melisende Millicent De Ferrers.
  • Hugh II de Mortimer married Maud Le Meschine, and had children including Hugh De Mortimer, Ralph Le Meschin, Roger Ii De Mortimer, William De Mortimer.
  • Hugh II de Mortimer passed away in 1180 in Wigmore, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Ralph Normandy
1055–1137
Birth Location: Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
RN
Mélisende Ferrers
1060–1086
Birth Location: Ferrieres-Saint-Hilaire, Departement de l'Eure, Haute-Normandie, France
MF

Spouses(s)

Maud Meschine
1126–1214
Birth Location: Harringworth, Northamptonshire, England
MM

Children(s)

Roger MORTIMER,
1158–1214
Birth Location: Wigmore, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England
RM

Hugh Mortimer's Ancestors

Self
Hugh Mortimer
1117–1180
Birth Place: Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
Parents
Ralph de Mortimer, Lord of Wigmore, a Marcher Lord, Seigneur of St. Victor-en-Caux in Normandy
1055–1137
Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Mélisende (Millicent de) Ferrers
1060–1086
Ferrieres-Saint-Hilaire, Departement de l'Eure, Haute-Normandie, France
Grandparents
Roger (I (Ranulph) "son of the bishop" de Warenne, 1st de Mortimer,) Norman
1022–1078
Mortemer, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Millicent Melisande
1060–1088
Amiens, Somme, France
Henry (I de Ferrers, Seigneur, Battle of Hastings, Norman) soldier
1036–1088
Ferrieres-Saint-Hilaire, Departement de l'Eure, Haute-Normandie, France
Bertha (de L'aigle) FitzRobert
1040–1095
Aigle, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France
Great-Grandparents
Rodulf Warenne
–1059
Béatrice Vascoeuïl
1004–1053
Ralph Amiens,
1025–1074
Adele Bar-Sur-Aube
1020–1053
Vauquelin Hilaire
1000–1040
Mahaut Durbury
1018–1091
Engenulph L'aigle
1010–1060
Richvaride AIGLE
1010–1042
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Olaf Norway
–1000
Thyra princess
–1000
Raoul D'Amiens
–1038
Henry Chambrai
–1015
Bertha Tinsley
–1031
Henry Durbury
1002–1080
Bertha Tutbury
1001–1078
Fulbert Deine
–1066
Richeride Normandie
–1010

Hugh Mortimer's Descendants

1.
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Hugh (II de) Mortimer (1117–26 Feb 1180) m. Maud (le) Meschine (1126–19 August 1214)
  1. 1. Roger (II DE) MORTIMER, 1158–1214 m. Isabel (De) Ferrers 1040–1142
    1. 1. Joan (de) Mortimer 1187–1225 m. Waltcheline (Walter de Beauchamp, Judge, Baron of) Elmley 1176–1236
      1. 1. William (de Beauchamp, Sheriff of Worcestershire, Lord of Elmley) Castle 1215–1269 m. Isabel (" Camerarius" Mauduit, Countess of) Warwick 1220–1268
        1. 1. William (de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick, High Sheriff of) Worcestershire 1237–1298 m. Maud (Fitzgeoffrey () fitzJohn) 1237–1301
        2. 2. Lord (Walter De Beauchamp, Sheriff of) Worcestershire 1243–1303 m. Alice (de Tony) Plantagenet 1255–
        3. 3. John Beauchamp 1245–
        4. 4. Isabel (de Beauchamp of) Warwick 1249–1306 m. Sir (William le) Blount 1233–1316
        5. 5. Mathilde Beauchamp 1236–1273 m. Rogier (Lord) Mowbray 1220–1266
        6. 6. Sarah (de Beauchamp, Baroness of) Elmley 1255–1306 m. Richard (de Talbot, Manor) Baron 1250–1306
    2. 2. Johanna Mortimer 1195–1268
    3. 3. Rudolf (Lord Mortimer van) Wigmore 1190–1246
    4. 4. Ralph Mortimer 1198–1246 m. Princess (GWADYS 'THE DARK- EYED,' OF GWYNDD WALES , Ferch) Llewelyn 1198–1251
      1. 1. Roger (de Mortimer, 6th Lord Of) Wigmore 1231–1282 m. Maud (Matilda de Braose,) Lady 1224–1300
        1. 1. Margaret Mortimer –1297 m. Robert (de Vere, 6th Earl of) Oxford 1257–1331
        2. 2. Edmund (de Mortimer, 7th Lord) Mortimer 1261–1304 m. Lady (Margaret de Fiennes, Baroness) Wigmore 1262–1333
        3. 3. Ralph (de Mortimer, Sheriff of Shropshire and) Staffordshire 1274–
        4. 4. Isabella (de Mortimer, Countess of) Arundel 1248–1300 m. John (FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel, feudal Lord of Clun and Oswestry in the Welsh) Marches 1246–1272
    5. 5. Hugh (de) Mortimer, –1227

Hugh Mortimer's Timeline

3 Records

1117
1117
Birth of Hugh II de Mortimer in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
1180
26 Feb 1180
Age 63
Death of Hugh II de Mortimer in Wigmore Castle, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England
Wigmore Castle, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England
1181
26 Feb 1181
Age 64
Death of Hugh II de Mortimer in Wigmore, Cleobury Mortimer, Herefordshire, England
Wigmore, Cleobury Mortimer, Herefordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1117
    Event Place: Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Feb 1181
    Event Place: Wigmore, Cleobury Mortimer, Herefordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Feb 1180
    Event Place: Wigmore Castle, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Wigmore, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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