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Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, 7th Earl of Ulster (6 November 1391 – 18 January 1425), was an English nobleman and a potential claimant to the throne of England.
Aug 4, 2022 · The plot had been revealed to the king by Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, the main subject of the scheme, who also claimed he had no knowledge of it whatsoever. The figure of Edmund Mortimer, dramatised in Shakespeare’s Henry V, has fascinated historians ever since. But who was he?
Edmund Mortimer, 5th earl of March (born November 6, 1391, New Forest, Hampshire, England—died January 19, 1425, Ulster, Ireland) was a friend of the Lancastrian king Henry V and an unwilling royal claimant advanced by rebel barons.
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Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March and 7th Earl of Ulster (6 November 1391 - 18 January 1425), eldest son of the fourth earl, became in turn heir presumptive to King Richard II. Following Richard's deposition by the first Lancastrian king Henry IV in 1399, he became the focus of plots against the House of Lancaster.
Dec 2, 2016 · It is perhaps for the same reason that Edmund’s nephew and namesake Edmund Mortimer 5th earl of March chose to be buried at Clare, where the dukedom of Clarence derived its name, alongside Lionel of Clarence instead of the Mortimer mausoleum at Wigmore Abbey.
Jan 18, 2017 · On this day, January 18, in 1425, Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March died at Trim Castle, on the south bank of the River Boyne in County Meath, Ireland. At the time of his death, Edmund was only a distant cousin of King Henry VI of England, with limited fortune and slim career prospects at court.
Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March Uneasy lies the head of Henry IV Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March was born in Ireland in 1391. He was only six when his father was killed and there were just 15 years between himself and his uncle, Sir Edmund.
