Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March

was the heir presumptive to Richard II of England between 1385 and 1398.

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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, Roger Mortimer was Richard II's heir presumptive.

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Mortimer's mother died quite early and his father on 27 December 1381, so Mortimer succeeded to his title and estates when only seven years old.:

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• Anne de Mortimer, married Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge
• Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March
• Roger Mortimer (died young c. 1409)
• Eleanor (d. 1418), married Edward de Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon and had no children
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Heir presumptive: An Heir Presumptive (capitalised) is the person provisionally scheduled to inherit a throne but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an Heir Apparent or of a new Heir Presumptive with a better claim to the throne. When lowercased, heir presumptive can refer generally to someone who is pro...

Richard II of England: : There is also a play entitled Richard II by Shakespeare....

Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March: Edmund de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March and jure uxoris Earl of Ulster (1351? – 27 December 1381) was son of Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, by his wife Philippa, daughter of William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury....




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