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He was the son of Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, and his wife Philippa, daughter of William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury and his wife Catherine Grandison. An infant at the death of his father, Edmund, as a ward of the crown, was placed by Edward III of England under the care of William of Wykeham and Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl ...
Edmund IV was born on 10 December 1376 at Ludlow Castle in Shropshire [4] as the second son of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, by his wife Philippa Plantagenet. He was a grandson of Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence, thus a great-grandson of King Edward III of England.
Hace 2 días · 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. Henry IV was reluctant to pay the ransom demanded to release his cousin, leading Mortimer to ally with Glyndwr.
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 ...
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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. [7]
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, 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.
