Philippa,_Countess_of_Ulster
Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster
5th Countess of Ulster
Philippa of Clarence also known as Philippa Plantagenet or Philippa de Burgh (16 August 1355 – 5 January 1382) was a medieval English princess and the suo jure Countess of Ulster.
| Philippa of Clarence | |
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| 5th Countess of Ulster 6th Baroness of Connaught | |
Arms of Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster | |
| Born | 16 August 1355 Eltham Palace, Kent, England |
| Died | 5 January 1382[1] (aged 26) Cork, Ireland |
| Burial | Wigmore, Herefordshire, England |
| Spouse | Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (m. 1369) |
| Issue more... | |
| House | Plantagenet |
| Father | Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence |
| Mother | Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster |
She was born at Eltham Palace in Kent on 16 August 1355, the only child of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, and Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster.[2] Her father was the third son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault.[3] She was the eldest grandchild of King Edward and Queen Philippa, her namesake.
Philippa married Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, at the age of fourteen, in the Queen's Chapel at Reading Abbey,.[2] Her cousin, King Richard II, remained childless, making Philippa and her descendants next in line to the throne until his deposition. In the Wars of the Roses, the Yorkist claim to the crown was based on descent from Edward III through Philippa,[4] her son Roger Mortimer, and granddaughter Anne Mortimer, who married Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, a son of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York.
Philippa died in 1382 and was buried at Wigmore Abbey, Herefordshire.
Her children with Edmund Mortimer were as follows:
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
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| Lady Elizabeth Mortimer | 12 February 1371 | 20 April 1417 | She first married Sir Henry 'Hotspur' Percy, with whom she had two children, Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, and Lady Elizabeth Percy. Her second husband was Thomas de Camoys, Baron Camoys, with whom she had a son, Lord Roger de Camoys. Elizabeth Mortimer was an ancestor of the third queen consort of Henry VIII, Jane Seymour. |
| Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March | 11 April 1374 | 20 July 1398 | He married Lady Alianore Holland, by whom he had four children, Anne, Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, Eleanor, and Roger. The House of York's claim to the throne was through his eldest daughter, Anne Mortimer. |
| Lady Philippa Mortimer | 21 November 1375 | 26 September 1400 | She first married John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke. Her second husband was Richard Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel, with whom she had a son, John, who died young. Her third husband was Sir Thomas Poynings of Basing, 5th Baron St. John. |
| Sir Edmund Mortimer | 9 November 1376 | before 13 May 1411 | Married Catrin (Catherine) Glyndŵr, the daughter of Owain Glyndŵr. They had issue, possibly a son named Lionel, said to have died young,[5] and three daughters who died in the Tower of London alongside their mother. |
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Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster Born: 16 August 1355 Died: 5 January 1382 | ||
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| Preceded by | Countess of Ulster 1368–1382 with Edmund Mortimer |
Succeeded by |