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Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March and Earl of Ulster (1 February 1352 – 27 December 1381) was an English magnate who was appointed Lieutenant of Ireland but died after only two years in the post.
On 22 June 1402, Mortimer's uncle, Sir Edmund Mortimer, a son of the 3rd Earl, was captured at the Battle of Bryn Glas by the Welsh rebel leader, Owain Glyndwr. Henry IV was reluctant to pay the ransom demanded to release his cousin, leading Mortimer to ally with Glyndwr.
The plot had been revealed to the king by Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, the main subject of the scheme, who also claimed he had no knowledge of it whatsoever. The figure of Edmund Mortimer, dramatised in Shakespeare’s Henry V, has fascinated historians ever since. But who was he? He was a significant claimant to the throne from a young age.
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Jun 24, 2023 · Edmund de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March and jure uxoris Earl of Ulster (1 February 1352 – 27 December 1381) was son of Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, by his wife Philippa, daughter of William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Catherine Grandison.
- Wales
- "Edmund The Good"
- Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster
- February 01, 1351
The eclipse of the Mortimer family’s power following the death of the 1st Earl of March proved no more than temporary. Edward III’s friendship with March’s grandson Roger, 2nd Earl of March, enabled the latter in 1354 to recover his ancient patrimony.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mortimer, now styled Earl of March and Ulster, became Marshal of England in 1369, and was employed in various diplomatic missions during the next following years.
Mortimer, Edmund (1352–81), 3rd earl of March and 6th earl of Ulster , eldest son of Roger Mortimer, 2nd earl of March, and Philippa, daughter of William Montagu, earl of Salisbury, was great-grandson of Roger Mortimer (qv), 1st earl of March, and succeeded to the earldom on his father's death (February 1360).
