Philippa Plantagenet, 5th Countess of Ulster
Philippa Plantagenet, 5th Countess of Ulster , (* August 16, 1355 - January 5, 1382 ) was the only daughter of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence , the third son of Edward III. from England. Her mother was Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster , from whom she inherited the title of Countess of Ulster .
Philippa is Lionel's only child. She was married to Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March , who was a great-grandson of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March , the lover of Queen Edward II , Isabella of France . Since Philippa's cousin, King Richard II , remained childless, Philippa's descendants, first her son Roger and later her grandson Edmund , were considered to be the next aspirants to the throne until Henry IV's accession to the throne of the third oldest line of the Plantagenets. York's claim to the throne in the later Wars of the Rosesled through Philippa's granddaughter Anne Mortimer and through Philippa herself in double female succession as a representative of the oldest still existing line of the royal family.
Her great-great-grandson finally ascended the English throne as Edward IV in 1461.
progeny
- Elisabeth, ∞ Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
- Roger , later 4th Earl of March ∞ Eleanor Holland, daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent
- Edmund ∞ Catrin ferch Owain Glyndŵr, daughter of Owain Glyndŵr
- Philippa, ∞ Richard Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel ( House FitzAlan )
Web link
- Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster on thepeerage.com , accessed October 6, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, 437
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth de Burgh |
Countess of Ulster 1363-1382 |
Roger Mortimer |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Plantagenet, Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English nobles |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1355 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 5, 1382 |