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Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March and 6th Earl of Ulster (11 April, 1374 – 20 July, 1398) was between 1385 and 1398 the heir presumptive to Richard II of England. Family His father was the powerful Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March , and his mother was Philippa, Countess of March and Ulster , the only issue of Lionel of Antwerp , Duke of ...
Mortimer, Roger de, 4th earl of March and 2d earl of Ulster, 1374–98, English nobleman. He succeeded (1381) his father, Edmund de Mortimer, 3d earl of March, and was brought up as a royal ward. In 1385 the childless Richard II proclaimed him heir presumptive to the throne.
son of Roger de Mortimer Being under age ten at his father's death, Edmund was a ward of the crown - Edward III placed him in the care of William of Wykeham and Richard FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel (q.v.). Edmund became 3rd Earl, viceroy of Ireland (1380), 5th Earl of Ulster (in right of his wife), and Lord of Connaught ("Conner"?).
Edmund (Third Earl of March) DE Mortimer (born year) roger mortimer,1st earl of march Person ...
In 1318, Mortimer joined the growing opposition to Edward II and the Despensers, and he supported Humphrey de Bohun, 4th earl of Hereford, in refusing to obey the king’s summons to appear before him in 1321.
Edmund's son Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March would become heir presumptive to the English crown during the reign of Richard II. Political Advancement 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.
(Biography) Roger de, 8th Baron of Wigmore and 1st Earl of March. 1287–1330, lover of Isabella, the wife of Edward II of England: they invaded England in 1326 and compelled the king to abdicate in favour of his son, Edward III; executed
