Mortimer, Edmund de (1351/2 - 1381)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 4
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1352-02-01
Death Date: 1381-12-27

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Lionel, Philippa (1355 - 1381)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: ca. 1368-5
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Betrothed in 1358

Offspring

From Lionel, Philippa (1355 - 1381)

  1. Male offspring: Mortimer, Roger de (1374 - 1398) (patron)
  2. Female offspring: Mortimer, Elizabeth de (1371 - 1417)
  3. Female offspring: Mortimer, Philippa (1375 - 1401)
  4. Male offspring: Mortimer, Edmund de (1376 - 1409)

Primary Title

3rd Earl of March

Titles

  • 3rd Earl of March
    Assumed 1359/60-02-26
    Vacated 1381-12-27
  • Earl of Ulster
    Assumed 1368-10-17
    Vacated 1381-12-27

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Marshal of England, England by 1373/4-2-6 1376
Privy Councillor, England 1376 1377
Member, Council of Regency, England 1377-7-20 1381-12-27 (year uncertain)
Chief Governor, Ireland 1380-5 1381-12-26

General Lands Note

Acquired Clare (East Anglia), Connaught and Ulster (Ireland) Lordships via wife, 1368

Lands

  • Essex
  • Kent
  • Middlesex
  • Surrey

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1373-1373 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Earl of March's Entertainers
Performance 1378-1378 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Earl of March's Entertainers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of March's Entertainers Mortimer, Edmund de (1352 - 1381) Entertainers/Minstrels 2

Bibliographic Sources

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The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)