Mortimer, Roger, 4th earl of March and Ulster
Mortimer, Roger, 4th earl of March and Ulster (1374–98). Mortimer was a great-grandson of Edward III through his mother Philippa, sole heiress of Edward's second surviving son Lionel, duke of Clarence, whose wife was heiress to the earldom of Ulster. As his father died in 1381, Mortimer spent many years in wardship. He won a reputation for knightly courage, liberality, and religious and moral laxity. He was killed in Ireland while acting as the king's lieutenant. The legend that in 1385 Richard II recognized Mortimer as his heir to the throne comes from tainted sources and is otherwise improbable.
R. L. Storey
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