Note to Students:
I abridged the following list to help clarify the
difficult business about Edmund Mortimer. Not all the sons of Edward III
are listed here. See the red boldface below.
Dr. Fike
Descendants of Edward III (Outline)
Edward III, King of England, born 1312 Nov 13, died 1377 Jun 21; married
1328 Jan 24, Philippa of Hainaut (born 1311 Jun 24, died 1369 Aug 15).(1)
- 1a. Prince Edward of Woodstock, KG, Prince of Wales (cr 1343 May
12), "The Black Prince," born 1330 Jun 15, died 1376 Jun 8 vp;
married 1361 Oct 10, as 2nd husband, his 1st cousin once removed, Joan,
(4th) Countess of Kent (cr 1321 Jul 28) (born 1328 Sep 29, died 1385 Aug
8).(2)
- [Sir Roger CLARENDON, born ca 1350 to Edith WILLESFORD, died 1402
May 23, unm.]
- 1b. Prince Edward of Angouleme, born 1365 Jan 27, Angouleme, died
1372, Bordeaux, vp.
- 2b. Richard II, King of England, born 1367 Jan 6, Bordeaux,
died 1400 Jan 6 sp; married 1st, 1384 Jan 14 or 20, Anne, dau of Karl
IV, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1366 May 11, Prague, died before 1394 Jun
3); married 2nd, 1396 Nov 4, as 1st husband, Princess Isabelle of France
(born 1389 Nov 9, Paris, died 1409 Sep 13, Blois).
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- 3a. Prince Lionel of Antwerp, KG, 1st Duke of Clarence (cr 1362
Nov 13), born 1338 Nov 19, Antwerp, died 1368 Oct 17, Alba, Piedmont;
married 1st, 1342 Sep 9, Elizabeth de BURGH, (4th) Countess of Ulster (cr ca
1261 I) (born 1332 Jul 6, died 1363 Dec 10); married 2nd, 1368 May 28, as
1st husband, Violante VISCONTI (born ca 1353, died 1386 Nov).(3)
- 1b. Philippa (Plantagenet), (5th) Countess of Ulster, born
1355 Aug 16, died on or before 1378 Jan 7; married 1368, Edmund
MORTIMER, 3rd Earl of March (cr 1328 Oct) (born 1352 Feb 1, died
1381 Dec 27).(4)
- 1c. Roger MORTIMER, 4th Earl of March, 6th Earl of
Ulster, born 1374 Apr 11, died 1398 Jul 20; married ca 1388 Oct 7,
as 1st husband, Lady Eleanor de HOLAND (Kent, E) (born ca 1373, died
1405 Oct 23).
- 1d. Edmund MORTIMER, 5th Earl of March, 7th Earl of
Ulster, born 1391 Nov 4, died 1425 Jan 19 sp; married ca 1415,
as 1st husband, Lady Anne STAFFORD (Stafford, E) (died 1432 Sep
20).
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2c. Sir Edmund MORTIMER, born 1377 Nov, died before 1411 May 13;
married ca 1402 Nov, Katherine GLENDOWER (died before 1413 Dec 1).
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- 3c. Elizabeth MORTIMER, born 1371 Feb 12, died 1417 Apr
20; married 1st, before 1379 Dec 10, Henry PERCY, Lord Percy
("Hotspur") (son of Henry PERCY, 1st Earl of Northumberland)
(died 1403 Jul 21); married 2nd, as 2nd wife, Thomas CAMOYS, 1st
Baron Camoys, KG (cr 1383 Aug 20) (died 1419 Mar 28).(24)
NOTE: Shakespeare conflates the two Edmund
Mortimers in red: the son of Roger Mortimer (whom R2 appointed to be the
next king) and the brother of Elizabeth (Kate in 1H4). Confusion in
Holinshed's Chronicles may have been at the root of this conflation, but
it helped Shakespeare create a more economical story.