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Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, 7th Earl of Ulster (6 November 1391 – 18 January 1425), was an English nobleman and a potential claimant to the throne of England. A great-great-grandson of King Edward III of England , he was heir presumptive to King Richard II of England (both his paternal first cousin twice removed and maternal half ...
Edmund Mortimer, 5th earl of March (born November 6, 1391, New Forest, Hampshire, England—died January 19, 1425, Ulster, Ireland) was a friend of the Lancastrian king Henry V and an unwilling royal claimant advanced by rebel barons. Edmund was the great-grandson of Lionel, duke of Clarence, the second surviving son of Edward III, and was ...
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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.
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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. Edmund’s story is fascinating, particularly with reference to the Princes in the Tower later in the century.
Sir Edmund Mortimer IV (10 December 1376 – January 1409) was an English nobleman and landowner who played a part in the rebellions of the Welsh leader Owain Glyndŵr and of the Percy family against King Henry IV, at the beginning of the 15th century.
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.
Following Richard's deposition by the first Lancastrian king Henry IV in 1399, he became the focus of plots against the House of Lancaster. 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.
