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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 ...
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Mar 25, 2024 · 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 de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March and 7th Earl of Ulster (6 November 1391 - 18 January 1425), eldest son of the fourth earl, became in turn heir presumptive to King Richard II. Following Richard's deposition by the first Lancastrian king Henry IV in 1399, he became the focus of plots against the House of Lancaster.
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.
Mortimer, Edmund (1394–1425), 5th earl of March and 8th earl of Ulster , was eldest son of Roger (qv), 4th earl of March, and Eleanor, daughter of Thomas Holland, earl of Kent. He was the third generation of his family to succeed to his father's titles while still a minor.
The 5th Earl - Mortimer History Society. Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March Uneasy lies the head of Henry IV Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March was born in Ireland in 1391. He was only six when his father was killed and there were just 15 years between himself and his uncle, Sir Edmund.
Edmund de Mortimer, 5th earl of March and 3d earl of Ulster, 1391–1425, English nobleman, son of Roger de Mortimer, 4th earl of March. He succeeded (1398) his father not only as earl of March and Ulster but as heir presumptive to the childless Richard II.
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