Lady Philippa Mortimer(21 November 1375 - 26 September 1400) was a medieval English noblewoman, the granddaughter ofLionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence,and great-granddaughter ofKing Edward III.[1]
Lady Philippa Mortimer | |
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| Born | 21 November 1375 Ludlow Castle,Ludlow,Shropshire,England |
| Died | 26 September 1400(aged 24) Halnaker,Sussex,England |
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Family
editPhillipa was born atLudlow Castle,Ludlow, Shropshire.[1]She was the second daughter ofEdmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March,and his wife,Philippa Plantagenet,[2]the only child ofLionel, 1st Duke of Clarence,andElizabeth de Burgh, Countess of Ulster.[3]Philippa Mortimer had two brothers,Sir Roger(1374–1398) andSir Edmund(1376–1409), and an elder sister, LadyElizabeth Mortimer(1371–1417).[1]
Marriages
editShe firstly marriedJohn Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke,[1]in 1389 atKenilworth,Warwickshire. He died on 30 December 1389, when he was 17 years old,[4]from injuries sustained whilst jousting against Sir John Des at KingRichard II's Christmas court atWoodstock Palace.They had no issue.
Her second husband wasRichard Fitzalan, 4th Earl of Arundel and 3rd Lord St. John,whose first wife had died in 1385. They married on 15 August 1390 atArundel,Sussex. The marriage took place without the grant of a Royal license and Richard was fined 500 marks.[5]He was arrested for treason against King Richard II on 12 July 1397 and was executed on 21 September 1397.[6]They had one son together, John FitzAlan, (b. ca 1394, d. ca 1397).[1]
Her third husband was Sir Thomas Poynings of Basing, 5th Baron St. John. They married in 1398. They had no issue.[1]
Death
editPhilipa died in 1400 atHalnaker,Sussex. She was buried atBoxgrove PrioryinLewes,Sussex.[1]
References
edit- ^abcdefgWeir, Alison(1999).Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy.London: The Bodley Head. pp. 97–98.
- ^Tout, T. F.(1894). "Mortimer, Edmund de (1351-1381)"InLee, Sidney(ed.).Dictionary of National Biography.Vol. 39. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 119–121.
- ^Richardson, Douglas.Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011.Douglas Richardson. p. 574.ISBN978-1-4610-4513-7.
- ^Clode, C. M., ed. (1875). "Appendix G: To Memorial XXXII".Memorials of the Guild of Merchant Taylors of the Fraternity of St. John the Baptist in the City of London.London: Harrison – viaBritish History Online.
- ^Cokayne, George E.(2000).The Complete Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland.Microprint Edition Gloucester: Sutton Publishing. p. 244-245.ISBN0-904387-82-8.
- ^Powell, J. Enoch; Wallis, Keith (1968).The House of Lords in the Middle Ages: A History of the English House of Lords to 1540.London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. p. 147.ISBN0297761056.