Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March

Roger Mortimer
Earl of March
Earl of Ulster
Arms of Mortimer: Barry of six or and azure, on a chief of the first two pallets between two gyrons of the second over all an inescutcheon argent
Born(1374-04-11)11 April 1374
Usk, Monmouthshire
Died20 July 1398(1398-07-20) (aged 24)
County Carlow, Ireland
Noble familyMortimer
Spouse(s)Alianore Holland, Countess of March
IssueAnne Mortimer
Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March
Roger Mortimer
Eleanor Mortimer
FatherEdmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March
MotherPhilippa, 5th Countess of Ulster
Arms of Mortimer, Earl of March: Quarterly 1st & 4th: Barry of six or and azure, on a chief of the first two pallets between two gyrons of the second over all an inescutcheon argent (Mortimer); 2nd & 3rd: Or a cross gules (de Burgh)

Roger de Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, 6th Earl of Ulster (11 April 1374 – 20 July 1398)[1] was an English nobleman. He was considered the heir presumptive to King Richard II, his mother's first cousin, as being a great-grandson of King Edward III.

Roger Mortimer's father, the 3rd Earl of March, died in 1381, leaving the six-year-old Roger to succeed to his father's title. The wardship and marriage of Roger was acquired by Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent, who married him off to his daughter Alianore. During his lifetime, Mortimer spent much time in Ireland; he served several tenures as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and died during a battle at Kellistown, County Carlow. He was succeeded by his young son, Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March.

  1. ^ Some sources give the date of his death as 15 August.

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