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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 ...
- Philippa Montagu
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 3 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.
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]
- Anne Stafford (m. 1415)
- Eleanor Holland
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 childless Richard II. His position became dangerous after Henry IV ’s usurpation in 1399, for, by the ordinary rules of descent, he had a better title to the throne than the new king.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mortimer, Edmund (1352–81), 3rd earl of March and 6th earl of Ulster , eldest son of Roger Mortimer, 2nd earl of March, and Philippa, daughter of William Montagu, earl of Salisbury, was great-grandson of Roger Mortimer (qv), 1st earl of March, and succeeded to the earldom on his father's death (February 1360).
The Earls of March - Mortimer History Society. The Earls of March When Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March was executed in 1330, most of his lands and titles were forfeited. His eldest son, Edmund, survived his father for only a year. Although never given the title Earl of March he was called to.
