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• Education: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Oxford University
• Occupation: Treasurer of York
• _MILT: he devised a plan to trap Llywelyn the Last. Edmund then sent his brother Roger Mortimer of Chirk to present Llywelyn's severed head to King Edward I of England at Rhuddlan Castle. The head was displayed on the Tower of London as a warning to all rebels

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Died:
He was mortally wounded in a skirmish near Builth, and died at Wigmore Castle

Edmund married Margaret de Fiennes in 1285 in Fiennes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Margaret was born in 1262 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England; died on 7 Feb 1332 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Isolde Mortimer was born in 1265 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England; died on 4 Aug 1336 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England.
2. 3rd Baron Mortimer, 1st Earl of March Roger de Mortimer was born on 25 Apr 1287 in Thornbury, Herefordshire, England; died on 29 Nov 1330 in London, England; was buried in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.

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• Notable Quote: Here lies buried, glittering with praise, Roger the pure, Roger Mortimer the second, called Lord of Wigmore by those who held him dear
• _MILT: took part in Edward I's 1282 campaign against Llewelyn the Last, and was put in charge of operations in mid-Wales

Notes:

Birth:
Cymaron Castle

Buried:
(Wigmore Abbey)

Roger married Maud de Braose. Maud was born in 1226 in Gowerton, Glamorgan, Wales; died in 1301 in Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ralph married Princess of North Wales Gwladus verch Llywelyn in 1230. Gwladus (daughter of Prince of North Wales and Lord of Snowdonia Llywelyn ap Lorwerth and Lady of Wales and Snowdon Lady Joan Plantagenet, daughter of Tangwystyl Goch) was born in 1205 in Gwynedd, Wales; died in 1251 in Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Ddu

Notes:

Birth:
Wigmore Castle

Roger married Isabel de Ferrieres. Isabel was born in 1166 in Oakham, Rutland County, England; died on 29 Apr 1252 in Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
St. John Hospital of Lechlade

Other Events and Attributes:

• Notable Quote: True lord of the land – how strange that today, He rules not o'er Gwynedd; Lord of nought but the piled up stones of his tomb, Of the seven-foot grave in which he lies
• Name: the Great
• _MILT: Among the chieftains who battled against the Anglo-Norman power his place will always be high, if not indeed the highest of all, for no man ever made better or more judicious use of the native force of the Welsh people for adequate national ends
• Occupation: 1215; He allied himself with the barons who forced John to sign the Magna Carta in 1215

Notes:

Birth:
Aberffraw Castle

Llywelyn married Lady of Wales and Snowdon Lady Joan Plantagenet in 1205. Lady (daughter of King of England John Plantagenet and Queen Consort of England Isabella of Angoulême) was born in 1191; died on 2 Feb 1237; was buried in Anglesey, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Beaumaris Parish Church

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Married:
At Easter 1230, William de Braose, who was Llywelyn's prisoner at the time, was discovered with Joan in Llywelyn's bedchamber. William de Braose was hanged on 2 May 1230. Joan was placed under house arrest for twelve months, but then forgiven