Mortimer, Philippa (1355–1382)

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Mortimer, Philippa (1355–1382)

Countess of Ulster and March. Name variations: Philippa Plantagenet; Philippa of Clarence. Born on August 16, 1355, in Eltham, Kent, England; died on January 5, 1382 (some sources cite January 7, 1378); buried at Wigmore, Hereford and Worcester, England; daughter of Lionel of Antwerp and Elizabeth de Burgh (1332–1363); married Edmund Mortimer, 3rd earl of March, in 1368; children: Elizabeth Percy (1371–1417); Roger Mortimer (1374–1398), 4th earl of March; Philippa Mortimer (1375–1401); Edmund Mortimer (1376–1438), 5th earl of March; John Mortimer (d. 1422).

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