Edmund Mortimer (rebel)

Edmund Mortimer IV
Painting of the actor Junius Brutus Booth in costume as Edmund Mortimer (1823)
Born10 December 1376[1]
Ludlow Castle, Shropshire, England
DiedJanuary 1409 (aged 32)[2]
Harlech Castle, Wales
FamilyMortimer
SpouseCatrin ferch Owain Glyndŵr (1402)
FatherEdmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March
MotherPhilippa, 5th Countess of Ulster
Arms of the Earl of March

Sir Edmund Mortimer IV (10 December 1376 – January 1409) was an English nobleman and landowner who played a part in the rebellions of the Welsh leader Owain Glyndŵr and of the Percy family against King Henry IV, at the beginning of the 15th century.[3] He perished at the siege of Harlech as part of these conflicts. He was related to many members of the English royal family through his mother, Princess Philippa, Countess of Ulster, who was a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

  1. ^ Cokayne and Tout give his date of birth as 9 November 1376.
  2. ^ Richardson III 2011, p. 195.
  3. ^ Tout & Davies 2004.