Everything about Roger Mortimer 4th Earl Of March totally explained
Roger de Mortimer, 4th Earl of March and 6th Earl of Ulster (
11 April,
1374 –
20 July,
1398) was the
heir presumptive to
Richard II of England between
1385 and
1398.
Mortimer was son of the powerful
Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, and
Philippa, Countess of March and Ulster. His mother was the only issue of
Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence, the second surviving son of King
Edward III of England and
Philippa of Hainault. Thus, Mortimer was (after his father's death) Richard II's heir if succession is allowed through a female line.
Mortimer's mother died quite early and his father on
December 27,
1381, so Mortimer succeeded to his title and estates when only seven years old.
The importance which he owed to his hereditary influence and possessions, and especially to his descent from Edward III, was immensely increased when Richard II publicly acknowledged him as
heir presumptive to the crown in
1385.
Conflict in Ireland
In
1394 he accompanied Richard II to
Ireland, but notwithstanding a commission from the king as lieutenant of the districts over which he exercised nominal authority by hereditary right, he made little headway against the native Irish chieftains. Nevertheless the following year Mortimer was given broader authority as lieutenant of Ireland.
March enjoyed great popularity in England though he took no active part in opposing the despotic measures of the King.
On
July 20,
1398 he was killed at the Battle of Kells in a fight with an Irish clan, and was buried in
Wigmore Abbey.
His titles and the designation of heir presumptive passed to his young son,
Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March.
Children
By his wife
Alianore Holland he'd four children:
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