3rd Earl of March and Earl of Ulster Edmund de Mortimer

3rd Earl of March and Earl of Ulster Edmund de Mortimer

Male 1351 - 1381  (30 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  3rd Earl of March and Earl of Ulster Edmund de Mortimer was born in 1351 in Isle of Anglesey, Wales (son of 2nd Earl of March Roger de Mortimer and Philippa Montagu); died on 27 Dec 1381 in Cork, Cork, Ireland; was buried in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England.

    Family/Spouse: Philippa Plantagenet. Philippa was born on 16 Aug 1355 in Elham, Kent, England; died on 5 Jan 1381 in Cork, Cork, Ireland; was buried in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Elisabeth de Mortimer was born on 12 Feb 1370 in Monmouthshire, Wales; died on 20 Apr 1417.
    2. 4th Earl of March and 6th Earl of Ulster Roger de Mortimer was born on 11 Apr 1374 in Monmouthshire, Wales; died on 20 Jul 1398 in Meath County, Ireland; was buried in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  2nd Earl of March Roger de Mortimer was born on 11 Nov 1328 in Ludlow, Shropshire, England (son of Edmund de Mortimer and Baroness de Mortimer de Bohun Elizabeth Badlesmere); died on 26 Feb 1360 in France; was buried in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports
    • _MILT: Military commander in the Hundred Years War, and was Constable of Edward III's invasion of France, fighting in the failed siege of Reims and capturing Auxerre

    Roger married Philippa Montagu. Philippa was born in 1333 in England; died on 5 Jan 1381 in Berkshire, England; was buried in Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Philippa Montagu was born in 1333 in England; died on 5 Jan 1381 in Berkshire, England; was buried in Berkshire, England.
    Children:
    1. 1. 3rd Earl of March and Earl of Ulster Edmund de Mortimer was born in 1351 in Isle of Anglesey, Wales; died on 27 Dec 1381 in Cork, Cork, Ireland; was buried in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Edmund de Mortimer was born in 1306 (son of 3rd Baron Mortimer, 1st Earl of March Roger de Mortimer and 2nd Baroness Geneville Joan de Geneville); died in 1331.

    Edmund married Baroness de Mortimer de Bohun Elizabeth Badlesmere on 27 Jun 1316 in Shropshire, England. Elizabeth was born in 1313 in Kent, England; died on 8 Jun 1356 in London, England; was buried in London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Baroness de Mortimer de Bohun Elizabeth Badlesmere was born in 1313 in Kent, England; died on 8 Jun 1356 in London, England; was buried in London, England.
    Children:
    1. 2. 2nd Earl of March Roger de Mortimer was born on 11 Nov 1328 in Ludlow, Shropshire, England; died on 26 Feb 1360 in France; was buried in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  3rd Baron Mortimer, 1st Earl of March Roger de Mortimer was born on 25 Apr 1287 in Thornbury, Herefordshire, England (son of 2nd Baron Mortimer Edmund Mortimer, I and Margaret de Fiennes); died on 29 Nov 1330 in London, England; was buried in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _MILT: 1326; Mortimer and Isabella raised an Army in France and deposed King Edward II and put her son Edward III on the throne. As regent, for three years, Mortimer was de facto ruler of England before being himself overthrown by Edward's eldest son, Edward III

    Notes:

    Buried:
    (Grey Friars)

    Died:
    Found guilty of many crimes against the King and put in the Tower of London. He escaped at night, but was recaptured and then hanged at Tyburn, then drawn and quartered by order of King Edward III

    Roger married 2nd Baroness Geneville Joan de Geneville in 1301. Joan was born on 2 Feb 1285 in Ludlow, Shropshire, England; died on 19 Oct 1356 in England; was buried in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  2nd Baroness Geneville Joan de Geneville was born on 2 Feb 1285 in Ludlow, Shropshire, England; died on 19 Oct 1356 in England; was buried in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Kinfolk of Note: Joan's numerous direct descendants include the current British Royal Family, and Sarah Ferguson; she was also the ancestress of Sir Winston Churchill, George Washington, Anne Boleyn and her sister Mary Boleyn
    • Trial: 1330; Following her husband's execution, as the wife of a traitor, Joan was imprisoned in Hampshire and her children taken into custody. Her lands were only restored to her in 1336 after King Edward III granted her a full pardon for her husband's crimes

    Notes:

    Buried:
    (Wigmore Abbey) The Abbey was destroyed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries and only the ruins remain to this day

    Children:
    1. 4. Edmund de Mortimer was born in 1306; died in 1331.
    2. Margaret de Mortimer was born on 2 May 1304; died on 5 May 1337; was buried in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.