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  Earls of March - LoveToKnow 1911
Edmund De Mortimer (1351-1381), 3rd earl of March, was son of Roger, 2nd earl of March, by his wife Philippa, daughter of William Montacute, 1st earl of Salisbury.
March's daughter Anne married Richard earl of Cambridge, son of Edmund duke of York, fifth son of Edward III.; their son Richard, duke of York, was father of King Edward IV., who thus derived his title to the crown and acquired the estates of the house of Mortimer.
Edmund De Mortimer (1391-1425), 5th earl of March and Ulster, son of the 4th earl, succeeded to his father's claim to the crown as well as to his title and estates on the death of the latter in Ireland in 1398.
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 Hundred Years' War: Edmund De Mortimer, 5th earl of March and Ulster (1391-1425)
EDMUND DE MORTIMER, 5TH EARL OF MARCH AND ULSTER, son of Roger Mortimer, the 4th Earl, succeeded to his father's claim to the crown as well as to his title and estates on the death of the latter in Ireland in 1398.
March accompanied Henry V throughout his wars in France, and on the king's death in 1422 became a member of the council of regency.
Richard's son Edward having ascended the throne in 1461 as Edward IV, the earldom of March became merged in the crown.
www.luminarium.org /encyclopedia/mortimer5earl.htm   (275 words)

  
  Edmund Mortimer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edmund Mortimer (November 9, 1376 - 1409?), was the second son of the 3rd Earl of March by his wife Philippa Plantagenet, and is the best-known of the various Edmund Mortimers.
Edmund was a supporter of his first cousin once removed, Henry Bolingbroke, despite having a potentially better claim to the throne of England (Edmund's grandfather was the second surviving son of Edward III while Bolingbroke's father (John of Gaunt) was the third surviving son).
Glyndwr and Mortimer plotted with Henry Percy, "Hotspur," to depose Henry IV and divide the kingdom of England and Wales in three.
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 Articles - Roger de Mortimer, 4th Earl of March   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Roger de 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.
His father was the powerful Edmund de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, and his mother was Philippa, Countess of March and Ulster, the only issue of Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence, a son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault.
In 1388, Mortimer married Eleanor Holland, daughter of the Earl of Kent.
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 Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edmund was also a younger brother of Anne Mortimer, who married their cousin Richard, Earl of Cambridge, another descendant of Edward III, through a younger son, Edmund of Langley.
Mortimer was reportedly approached by the conspirators at a late stage in the preparations, and after a period of about ten days informed the King of the threat against him.
The Earldom of Ulster, and his estates, passed to his nephew, Anne Mortimer's son, Richard Plantagenet, later restored as 3rd Duke of York, who was nevertheless styled "Earl of March", as was his son, upon which son's accession to the Throne in 1461 as King Edward IV the Earldom of Ulster became extinct.
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 Mortimer Information
In the middle ages, the Mortimers were a powerful magnate family in the Welsh Marches, centered around Wigmore Castle in Herefordshire, and from the 14th century holding the title of Earl of March.
Through marriage, the Mortimers came during the reign of Richard II to be close to the English throne, but when Richard II was deposed in 1399, the claims of the Mortimers were ignored and the throne vested in Henry of Lancaster instead.
Edmund Mortimer, second son of the 3rd Earl of March, fought with Owain Glyndŵr and plotted with Henry Percy, "Hotspur," to depose King Henry IV of England and divide the kingdom of England and Wales in three.
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 Articles - Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March and 7th Earl of Ulster (6 November 1391 – 18 January 1425) was, while a young child, briefly heir presumptive to King Richard II of England.
Edmund was son of Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March by Eleanor de Holland, daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent and Alice Fitzalan.
Their uncle Sir Edmund Mortimer and his brother-in-law Henry Percy (Hotspur) were leaders in league with Owen Glendower.
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 Earl of March Information
1 Earls of March in the Peerage of Scotland
Earls of March in the Peerage of Scotland
The Earls of March on the Scottish border were descended from Crinan, whose son Maldred married Algitha, daughter of Ughtred, earl of Northumberland, by Elgiva, daughter of the Saxon king Ethelred the Unready.
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 Edmund Mortimer
The name Edmund Mortimer was held by several members of the powerful Marcher family of Mortimer.
Glyndwr and Mortimer plotted with Henry Percy to depose Henry IV and divide the kingdom of England and Wales in three.
He should not be confused with his nephew, Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March[?], or with his father, Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March[?].
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 Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Edmund de Mortimer, (6 November, 1391 – 18 January, 1425), was the 5th Earl of March and Ulster.
The estates passed to his nephew, Anne Mortimer's son, Richard, who in 1435 was officially styled Duke of York, earl of March and Ulster, and baron of Wigmore.
Richard's elder son ascended the throne in 1461 as Edward IV of England and the earldom of March became merged in the crown.
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 Roger Mortimer
Roger Mortimer (or Roger de Mortimer) was the name of several Marcher lords, a powerful Norman family living on the borders of England and Wales in the 13th and 14th centuries.
Roger Mortimer (~1256-1326), son of the above, was Justice of Wales under King Edward II of England.
Roger Mortimer (1374-1398), 4th Earl of March, was descended through his mother from King Edward III, and for this reason was named by the childless King Richard II of England as his heir.
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 Edmund de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March at AllExperts
Being 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 of Arundel.
Therefore, the Earl of March not only represented one of the chief Anglo-Norman lordships in Ireland in right of his wife Philippa, but Philippa's line was also the second most senior line of descent in the succession to the crown, after Edward, the Black Prince and his son, King Richard II of England.
March was a member of the administrative council appointed by the same parliament after the death of Edward, the Black Prince to attend the king and advise him in all public affairs.
en.allexperts.com /e/e/ed/edmund_de_mortimer,_3rd_earl_of_march.htm   (834 words)

  
 Roger Mortimer from Wigmore, Herefordshire
Roger de Mortimer, 4th Earl of March and 6th Earl of Ulster was born on April 1th 1374 at Usk, Monmouthshire Between 1385 and 1398 he was the heir presumptive to the childless monarch Richard II.
Edmund Mortimer’s force arrived in the area on 21 June and it is believed that they spent the night at nearby Whitton before assembling at the foot of Bryn Glas hill on the morning of the 22nd.
Mortimer’s army was the larger (2000 estimate) but was handicapped by the need to scale the hill and a switching of allegiances during the battle, which led to a disastrous defeat with some 800 killed and Mortimer and other notables captured.
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 Hundred Years' War: Edmund De Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (1351-1381)
EDMUND DE MORTIMER, 3RD EARL OF MARCH, was son of Roger, 2nd Earl of March, by his wife Philippa, daughter of William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury.
Being an infant at the death of his father, Edmund, as a ward of the crown, was placed by Edward III under the care of William of Wykeham and Richard Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel.
Lionel's wife was Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of William de Burgh, 6th Lord of Connaught and 3rd Earl of Ulster, and Lionel had himself been created Earl of Ulster before his marriage.
www.luminarium.org /encyclopedia/mortimer3earl.htm   (584 words)

  
 BBC - History - Edmund Mortimer (1376 - 1409)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Edmund was of a family thought by some to have a claim to the English throne.
The senior Edmund had married Philippa, a daughter of the second son of Edward III, and it was through this line that some held the Earls of March had a better right to the throne of England than the descendants of Edward's fourth son, John of Gaunt.
It was in the defence of Harlech that Edmund Mortimer died.
www.bbc.co.uk /history/historic_figures/mortimer_edmund.shtml   (564 words)

  
 EARL OF MARCH FACTS AND INFORMATION
The Earls of March on the Scottish border were descended from Crinan, whose son Maldred married Algitha, daughter of Ughtred, earl of Northumberland, by Elgiva, daughter of the Saxon king Ethelred the Unready.
The last of his successors was the eleventh Earl of Dunbar and fourth Earl of March, who was executed on trumped up charges of treason, allowing his riches, lands and titles to be forfeit to the crown.
The Earls of March on the Welsh borders were descended from Roger Mortimer.
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 Columbia Encyclopedia - Mortimer Edmund de 5th earl of March and 3d earl of Ulster - AOL Research & Learn
He succeeded (1398) his father not only as earl of March and Ulster but as heir presumptive to the childless Richard II.
However, after the usurpation (1399) of the throne by the Lancastrian Henry IV, Mortimer was imprisoned, although allowed to inherit his estates.
His heiress was his sister Anne, whose son by Richard, earl of Cambridge, was Richard, duke of York, father of Edward IV and Richard III.
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 Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Richard, Duke of York
Richard (Plantagenet), Duke of York (21 September 1411 – 30 December 1460) was the son of Richard, Earl of Cambridge, a noble who had been executed for treason by King Henry V of England in 1415, and of Anne Mortimer, who, like her husband, was a direct descendant of King Edward III.
Having had the attainder against his father reversed in 1426, he resumed the title of Duke of York, having already become Earl of March through the death of his uncle, Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March.
Edmund, Earl of Rutland (May 17, 1443 - December 31, 1460).
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 iqexpand.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Edmund Mortimer (1376 - 1409) Edmund was of a family thought by some to have a claim to the English throne.
Edmund Mortimer Edmund Mortimer was brother in law to Henry Percy (Hotspur) They were angered by the coup d'etat mounted by Henry IV; however, at first they sided with the new king when Glyn...
Edmund Mortimer Earl Of March Death Date 27 DEC 1381 Spouses of Edmund Mortimer Earl Of March 1 Lady Philippa Plantagenet Birth Date 16 AUG 1355 Death Date 5 JAN...
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 Earl of Ulster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Currently, the title is a subsidiary title of the Duke of Gloucester, and is used as a courtesy title by the Duke's son, Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster.
Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, jure uxoris Earl of Ulster (1352-1381)
Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March and 7th Earl of Ulster (1391-1425)
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 Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York (21 September 1411 – 30 December 1460) was the son of Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, a noble who had been executed for treason by King Henry V in 1415, and of Anne de Mortimer, who, like her husband, was a direct descendant of King Edward III.
The forces loyal to the King were led by the ambitious Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, but the Yorkists had the first victory at the First Battle of St Albans on 22 May 1455, at which Somerset was killed.
York headed north and he was killed fighting the Lancastrians at the Battle of Wakefield on 30 December 1460, along with his second son, Edmund, Earl of Rutland.
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 Sir Henry Percy — FactMonster.com
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 thePeerage.com - Anne Stafford and others
She was the daughter of Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford and Anne of Woodstock, Countess of Buckingham.
She married, firstly, Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, son of Roger de Mortimer, 4th Earl of March and Eleanor de Holand, Countess of March, circa 1415.
She married Sir Edmund de Mortimer, son of Edmund de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March and Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster, circa November 1402.
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 TimeRef - History Timelines - Medieval People Starting With P
Hotspur was the son of the Henry Percy the Earl of Northumberland.
The real Earl of Warwick had been imprisoned by Henry VII in the Tower of London because he was the newphew of Edward IV and a rightful heir to the English throne.
Henry VII fourght the Earl of Lincoln and Lambert Simnel at Stoke.
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