Edmund Mortimer Biography

Birth of Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer, second son and eventual heir of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore

Appointed Treasurer of York

The sudden death of his elder brother, Ralph, makes him heir to the family estates

Created Baron Mortimer of Wigmore

Marries Margaret de Fiennes, the daughter of William II de Fiennes and Blanche de Brienne (herself the granddaughter of John of Brienne)

Death of Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer

Birth of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, son of Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, by his wife Philippa, daughter of William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury

Created Earl of March, 3rd

Marries Philippa, daughter of Edward IIIs son Lionel & inherits the earldom of Ulster

Edmund Mortimer marries Philippa of Clarence

Created Earl of Ulster, 1368-81

Next in line to the throne after death of fathers wife, the Black Prince & his son

Edmund's marriage brings the Ulster claim into the Mortimer line

Appointed Marshal of England

Birth of Roger de Mortimer, son of the 3rd Earl of March

Bears the sword & spurs at Richard IIs coronation

Death of Edmund Mortimer, gives the House of York the claim to the English throne

Death of Edmund Mortimer

Death of Edmund Mortimer, gives the House of York the claim to the English throne

Proclaimed heir presumptive to the English throne

Marries the niece of King Richard II

Birth of Edmund de Mortimer, descended from Edward III via Lionel

Death of Edmund Mortimer, killed in the Battle of Kells

Henry IV sends Edmund de Mortimer to Wales to crush the Welsh rebellion

Defeated by Owen Glendower

Henrys cousin leads a plot to assasinate the King and replace him Earl March. Earl March betrays the plotters to the King

Death of Edmund de Mortimer