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R. L. Storey. Mortimer, Roger, 4th earl of March and Ulster (1374–98). Mortimer was a great-grandson of Edward III through his mother Philippa, sole heiress of Edward's second surviving son Lionel, duke of Clarence, whose wife was heiress to the earldom of Ulster. As his father died in 1381, Mortimer spent many years in wardship.
Edmund and Phillipa's son, Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March and 6th Earl of Ulster (11 April 1374 - 20 July 1398) was considered the heir presumptive to King Richard II. Roger had a younger brother, Edmund Mortimer and two sisters, Elizabeth, who married Harry 'Hotspur' Percy, and Philippa (1375-1401). After he came of age, Mortimer spent much ...
Brief Life History of Roger. When Roger Mortimer 4th Earl Of March was born on 11 April 1374, in Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales, his father, Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl of March, was 22 and his mother, Philippa of Clarence 5th Countess of Ulster, was 18. He married Lady Alianore Holland Countess March, Countess Salisbury, Baroness Chereton on 7 October ...
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Roger de Mortimer, 4th Earl of March and 6th Earl of Ulster, was an English nobleman with a significant claim to the English throne as the heir presumptive to King Richard II, being the monarch’s first cousin once removed through his mother. Upon the death of his father, the 3rd Earl of March, in 1381, Roger inherited the titles at the age of ...
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Roger de Mortimer, 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. He came into possession of his ...
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March. Born: April 25, 1287. Wigmore, Herefordshire, England. Died: November 29, 1330. Tyburn, Middlesex, England (Age 43) Mortimer in History. Roger Mortimer was born the eldest son of Lord Edmund Mortimer of Wigmore and Margaret de Fiennes on April 25, 1287. From the very beginning of his life, Roger’s prospects ...
Summarize this article for a 10 year old. Roger de Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, 6th Earl of Ulster (11 April 1374 – 20 July 1398) was an English nobleman. He was considered the heir presumptive to King Richard II, his mother's first cousin, as being a great-grandson of King Edward III.
