Resultado de búsqueda
Upon Roger Mortimer's death in 1398, this claim passed to his son and heir, Anne's brother Edmund, Earl of March. In 1399, Richard II was deposed by Henry IV , of the House of Lancaster , making Edmund Mortimer a dynastic threat to the new king, who in turn placed both Edmund and his brother Roger under royal custody.
Edmund Mortimer, 5th earl of March 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 considered by some to be the heir presumptive of the
18 de ene. de 2017 · While Roger was descended from the “second son,” his claim was weakened by having been passed through a woman, while Gaunt was frequently out of royal favor and the “third son.” In 1398 Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March died in Ireland and his title – and claim to the throne – passed to his son, Edmund, then only seven years old.
On 22 June 1402, Edmund's uncle, Sir Edmund Mortimer, son of the 3rd Earl, was captured by the Welsh rebel leader, Owain Glyndŵr, at the Battle of Bryn Glas. Henry IV accused Sir Edmund of deserting to Glyndŵr, refused to ransom him, and confiscated his property.
Among the most notable members of the family were Roger Mortimer (d. 1330), Earl of March; Edmund (d. 1381), 3rd earl, husband of Philippa, daughter and heiress of Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence (second surviving son of Edward III); and his grandson Edmund (d. 1425), 5th earl, who had by the laws of ordinary descent a better claim to the throne than Henry IV, son of Edward III’s third ...
When Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl of March was born on 1 February 1352, in Llyswen, Breconshire, Wales, his father, Sir Roger Mortimer 2nd Earl of March, was 23 and his mother, Philippa Montagu, was 19. He married Philippa 5th Countess of Ulster on 1 May 1368, in Reading, Berkshire, England. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters.
Edmund Mortimer. Born: November 9, 1376. Ludlow, Shropshire, England. Died: February, 1409. Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales (Age 32) Mortimer in History. Sir Edmund Mortimer was a member of the prominent Mortimer family of the Welsh marches and was the youngest son of Edmund Mortimer, third Earl of March. The younger Edmund was well taken care of by ...
