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| Husband: | Roger of MORTIMER (1374-1398) | |
| Wife: | Alianore HOLLAND (1373- ) | |
| Children: | Anne of MORTIMER (1390-1411) | |
| Marriage | 7 Oct 1388 | |
| Name: | Roger of MORTIMER | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 11 Apr 1374 | |
| Occupation | Earl of March | |
| Death | 20 Jul 1398 (age 24) | |
| Cause: killed in the Battle of Kells | ||
| Burial | Wigmore Abbey | |
| Name: | Alianore HOLLAND | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1373 | Upholland, Lancashire, England |
| Occupation | Countess of March | |
| Death | "10/1405" | |
| Cause: died in childbirth | ||
Spouse: Richard of CONISBURGH
| Name: | Anne of MORTIMER | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Richard of CONISBURGH (1375-1415) | |
| Birth | 27 Dec 1390 | |
| Occupation | Countess of Cambidge | |
| Death | 21 Sep 1411 (age 20) | |
Roger de Mortimer, 4th Earl of March and 6th Earl of Ulster (11 April 1374 – 20 July 1398)[1] 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, 5th Countess of Ulster, Countess of March and Ulster.[2] 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.[3] Thus, Roger Mortimer was Richard II's heir presumptive.
Mortimer's father died whilst on campaign in Munster, Ireland on 27 December 1381. His mother then died, aged only twenty six, less than a month later on 5 January 1382. Mortimer therefore succeeded to his title and estates aged only seven.[2] His hereditary influence and position caused him to be appointed to the lord-lieutenancy of Ireland on 24 January 1382.[2] His uncle Sir Thomas Mortimer acted as his deputy.[2] This experiment did not work well and Mortimer was replaced by Philip de Courtenay the next year.[2]
Being a ward of the Crown, his guardian was Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent, half-brother to Richard II. The Earl of Kent also purchased the rights to choose Mortimer's bride, and on 7 October 1388 married him to his daughter Alianore (Eleanor).[3]
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
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 20 July 1398, he was killed at 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.
[edit] ChildrenBy his wife Alianore Holland he had four children[4]:
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
Alianore Holland, Countess of March (1373 – October 1405) was an English noblewoman, and the wife of Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March the heir presumptive of her half-uncle King Richard II of England, and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. She was the mother of Anne Mortimer, and Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March. Through Anne, Lady Alianore was the great-grandmother of Yorkist kings, Edward IV and Richard III. She held the post of Governess to Queen consort Isabella of Valois.
Lady Alianore was born in Upholland, Lancashire, England in 1373, the eldest child of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent and Lady Alice Fitzalan, sister of Richard Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel. Alianore had nine younger siblings, including Eleanor Holland, who shared her name. It is probable that at the time of Eleanor's birth, Alianore was not expected to live, which was why her sister was given the name of Eleanor.[1] Her father was one of King Richard II's uterine half-brothers. Her paternal grandparents were Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent and Joan of Kent, mother of King Richard by her second marriage to Edward, the Black Prince, and her maternal grandparents were Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor of Lancaster.
[edit] Marriages and issueThe appointed successor to King Richard II was Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, and the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland[2] He was the son of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March and Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster. Roger was a ward of the crown, and his guardian was Alianore's father, who also purchased the rights to choose young Roger's bride. He arranged a marriage between Roger and Alianore, and they were wed on 7 October 1388,[3] when they were both in their mid-teens. Alianore would accompany her husband on his visits to Ireland, and together they had five children:[4]
Anne Mortimer (New Forest, Westmeath, Ireland 27 December 1390- King's Langley, Hertfordshire 21 September 1411), married Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, by whom she had two children, Isabel of Cambridge, Countess of Essex and Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March (6 November 1391- 18 January 1425), married Anne Stafford, but the marriage was childless.
Roger Mortimer (died c.1409)
Eleanor Mortimer (died 1418), married Sir Edward de Courtenay, eldest son and heir-apparent of Edward de Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon. Their marriage was childless.
Alice Mortimer
On 20 July 1398, Alianore's husband was killed at the Battle of Kells in a skirmish with an Irish clan. Alianore and her family returned to England, burying Roger in Wigmore Abbey. She was appointed Governess to Isabella of Valois, the nine-year old Queen consort of King Richard, and was in charge of the Queen's household.[5]
She married secondly after 19 June 1399[6] Edward Charleton, 5th Baron Cherleton by whom she had two daughters:
Joan de Charleton (1400- 17 September 1425), married Sir John Grey, 1st Earl of Tancarville, by whom she had issue.
Joyce de Charleton (1403- 22 September 1446), married Sir John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft, by whom she had issue.
Alianore died in childbirth in October 1405 at the age of thirty-two years. She had numerous descendants including Yorkist kings Edward IV and Richard III, and Anne Bourchier, 7th Baroness Bourchier.