Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (born 1391)

Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March

15th-century English noble

Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, 7th Earl of Ulster, was an English nobleman and a potential claimant to the throne of England. A great-great-grandson of King Edward III of England, he was heir presumptive to King Richard II of England when the latter was deposed in favour of…