Brief Life History of Edmund
When Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl of March was born on 1 February 1352, in Llyswen, Breconshire, Wales, his father, Sir Roger Mortimer 2nd Earl of March, was 23 and his mother, Philippa Montagu, was 19. He married Philippa 5th Countess of Ulster on 1 May 1368, in Reading, Berkshire, England. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 27 December 1381, in Cork, County Cork, Ireland, at the age of 29, and was buried in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England.
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- Edmund Mortimer, "Find A Grave Index"
- A history of the house of Percy : from the earliest times down to the present century
- Edmund Mortimer, "Find A Grave Index"
Name Meaning
English and Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Mortemer in Seine-Maritime, France, so called from Old French mort(e) ‘dead’ + mer ‘sea’, probably referring to a stagnant pond or drained swamp.
Irish (of Norman origin): the Norman surname in sense 1 above was taken to Ireland from England in the medieval period, where it has also been adopted by bearers of the Gaelic surnames Mac Muircheartaigh and ÓMuircheartaigh, commonly Anglicized as McMurty and Mortagh. Compare McMurdo .
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Edmund Mortimer Life Story
Birth: 1351, England Death: Dec. 27, 1381 Cork County Cork, Ireland Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March and Earl of Ulster was son of Roger Mortimer,by his wife Philippa, daughter of Willia …
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