Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster 1355-1382

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In 1352 Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence [aged 13] and Elizabeth Burgh Duchess of Clarence [aged 19] were married. He by marriage Earl of Ulster. She was the sole heir of her father and brought the de Burgh inheritance of the lands of Ulster to the marriage. As a consequence of their earlier betrothal he had been called Earl Ulster since 1347. She the daughter of William Donn Burgh 3rd Earl of Ulster and Maud Plantagenet Countess Ulster [aged 42]. He the son of King Edward III of England [aged 39] and Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [aged 41]. They were half second cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

On 16th August 1355 Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster was born to Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence [aged 16] and Elizabeth Burgh Duchess of Clarence [aged 23] at Eltham Palace, Kent [Map]. At the time of her birth she was Heir to the Throne of England since her uncle Edward "Black Prince" [aged 25] was yet to be married. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.22%.

On 26th February 1360 Roger Mortimer 2nd Earl March [aged 31] died. He was buried at Wigmore Abbey [Map]. His son [her future husband] Edmund [aged 8] succeeded 3rd Earl March, 5th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore.

On 10th December 1363 [her mother] Elizabeth Burgh Duchess of Clarence [aged 31] died at Dublin [Map]. She was buried at Clare Priory, Suffolk [Map].

In June 1368 [her father] Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence [aged 29] and [her step-mother] Violante Visconti [aged 14] were married in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Milan [Map]. The wedding festivities were lavish and ostentatious. The banquet, held outside, included 30 courses of meat and fish presented fully gilded. Between the courses the guests were given gifts such as suits of armour, bolts of cloth, war horses, arms, and hunting dogs. Among the guests were Geoffrey Chaucer [aged 25], Petrarch, Jean Froissart and John Hawkwood [aged 48]. He the son of [her grandfather] King Edward III of England [aged 55] and [her grandmother] Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [aged 57]. They were fourth cousin once removed.

On 7th October 1368 Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence [aged 29] died from poisoning at Alba [Map]. Duke Clarence extinct. His daughter Philippa [aged 13] succeeded 2nd Countess of Ulster. He was buried at the St Pietro Ciel d'Oro Church, Pavia [Map].

There was strong speculation he had been poisoned by his wife's [aged 14] father [aged 48].

On 24th August 1369 Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster [aged 17] and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster [aged 14] were married at Reading Abbey, Berkshire [Map]. She by marriage Countess March. He by marriage Earl of Ulster. She the daughter of Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence and Elizabeth Burgh Duchess of Clarence. He the son of Roger Mortimer 2nd Earl March and Philippa Montagu Countess March [aged 37]. They were fourth cousins. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 12th February 1371 [her daughter] Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness Camoys was born to [her husband] Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster [aged 19] and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster [aged 15] at Usk, Monmouthshire [Map]. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married (1) before 1393 her second cousin once removed Henry "Hotspur" Percy, son of Henry Percy 1st Earl of Northumberland and Margaret Neville, and had issue (2) after 21st July 1403 her half second cousin twice removed Thomas Camoys 1st Baron Camoys and had issue.

On 11th April 1374 [her son] Roger Mortimer 4th Earl March 3rd Earl of Ulster was born to [her husband] Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster [aged 22] and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster [aged 18] at Usk, Monmouthshire [Map]. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. He married 7th October 1388 his second cousin once removed Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster, daughter of Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent and Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent, and had issue.

On 21st November 1375 [her daughter] Philippa Mortimer Countess Pembroke, Arundel and Surrey was born to [her husband] Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster [aged 23] and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster [aged 20]. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married (1) 1388 her second cousin once removed John Hastings 3rd Earl Pembroke, son of John Hastings 2nd Earl Pembroke and Anne Manny Countess Pembroke (2) after 30th December 1389 her first cousin twice removed Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel, son of Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (3) April 1398 Thomas Poynings 5th Baron St John of Basing, son of Luke Poynings 4th Baron St John of Basing and Isabel St John 4th Baroness St John of Basing.

Archaeologia Volume 22 Section XVI. What the Duke dyd after the Prince's death.

[After 8th June 1376] Prynce Edwarde beynge deade as we have sayed while the Parlement yett endured, the desperate knyghtes of the countyes began to be hautye & proud, & in the meane tyme the Duke with hys malefactours comynge in amongst the knyghtes with an oration earnestly desyred them, that yett whyle the Parlement endured wherein the matters of the realme were handled, the knyghtes, associated with the Lordes & Barons, wolde delyberate whoe after the deathe of the king & the prynce's sonne oughte to inherite the realme of Englande; furthermore he requested that after the example of France they wolde maike a law that no woman sholde be heire of the kyngdome, for he consydered the old age of the kynge, whom deathe expected in the gates, & the youthe of the prynce's sonne whom, (as yt was sayed) he purposed to poyson yf he colde no otherwayse come by the kyngedome; for if these tow were taiken away & such a law established in the generall parlement he was to be the next heire of the realme; for there was no heire maile in the realme nearer than he; but then yt was in every man's mouth, that [her husband] Edmunde Mortimer [aged 24] Earle of March had maryed the [her father] Lorde Lovelle^x hys brother's daughter [Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster [aged 20]], whoe was elder than he, to whom by righte of hys wyfe the inheritance of this realme perteined; yf the only sonne of the prynce sholde depart without an heire, whom the Duke greatly feared, knowynge hym to be a good & juste man, & therfor he laboured all that he colde, that the inheritance of this realme sholde not come to hym. Havynge begune therfor [to] consulte together, yt was answeared hym to be neadles to labour about such thynges, seying that they had other greate & weightier matters in there handes, that had neade to be largely handeled, & especially (sayed they) for that the kynge ys yett sounde & in healthe, & for hys age may lyve longer than any of us, but be yt granted the kynge sholde depart yet we want not an heire; the prynce's sonne (now ten years olde) lyves and is now lyvyng there ys no neade to labour about such matters. With these wordes the Duke confounded herewith departed.

Note x. Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence.

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On 10th December 1376 [her son] Edmund Mortimer was born to [her husband] Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster [aged 24] and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster [aged 21] at Ludlow Castle [Map]. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. He married 30th November 1402 his fourth cousin once removed Catrin Mathrafal, daughter of Owain ap Gruffudd "Glyndŵr" Mathrafal Prince Powys and Margaret Hamner, and had issue.

Around 1377 [her father] Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence was reburied at Clare Priory, Suffolk [Map]. Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster [aged 21] succeeded 5th Countess of Ulster.

In 1378 [her son] John Mortimer was born to [her husband] Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster [aged 25] and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster [aged 22]. There is some debate about his parentage. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. He married after 2nd January 1402 Eleanor Rossall.

On 27th December 1381 [her husband] Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster [aged 29] died. He was buried at Wigmore Abbey [Map]. His son Roger [aged 7] succeeded 4th Earl March, 3rd Earl of Ulster, 6th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore.

On 5th January 1382 Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster [aged 26] died at Cork [Map]. She was buried at Wigmore, Herefordshire [Map]. Her son Roger [aged 7] succeeded Heir to the Throne of England, 6th Earl of Ulster

Ancestors of Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster 1355-1382

Great x 4 Grandfather: King John of England son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry III of England son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Edward I of England son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond IV Count Provence Grandson of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence 13 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Edward II of England son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso IX King Leon Grandson of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinand III King Castile III King Leon Great Grandson of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Berengaria Ivrea I Queen Castile Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Granddaughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon Dammartin 10 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon 2 x Great Granddaughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Montgomery Countess Ponthieu Great Granddaughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Grandfather: King Edward III of England son of King Edward II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France son of King Louis VIII of France

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Philip III of France son of King Louis IX of France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Philip IV of France son of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: James I King Aragon Grandson of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Harold II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella of France Queen Consort England daughter of King Philip IV of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald IV King Navarre Great Grandson of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry I King Navarre 2 x Great Grandson of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Blois I Queen Navarre Great Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Capet Count of Artois son of King Louis VIII of France

Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Stephen I England

father: Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Bouchard Avesnes

Great x 3 Grandfather: John of Avesnes I Count Hainaut 4 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret II Countess Flanders 3 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John of Avesnes II Count Hainaut II Count Holland 3 x Great Grandson of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Floris Gerulfing IV Count Holland 2 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide Gerulfing Countess Hainaut 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Reginar Countess Holland and Palatine Great Granddaughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 1 Grandfather: William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland 4 x Great Grandson of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry "Great" Luxemburg V Count Luxemburg III Count Namur 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 4 Grandmother: Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 2 Grandmother: Philippa Luxemburg Countess Hainaut and Holland 5 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry of Bar II Count of Bar 3 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret of Bar Countess Luxemburg and Namur 4 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Capet Countess of Bar 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Grandmother: Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France son of King Louis VIII of France

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Philip III of France son of King Louis IX of France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Valois I Count Valois son of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: James I King Aragon Grandson of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Harold II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut Granddaughter of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Charles Capet of Sicily son of King Louis VIII of France

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles II King Naples Grandson of King Louis VIII of France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Provence Queen Consort Sicily Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Capet Countess Valois Great Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephen V of Hungary 5 x Great Grandson of King Harold II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Harold II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cuman

Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Mór Burgh 1st Baron Connaught

Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Burgh 1st Earl of Ulster 8 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandmother: Egidia Lacy Baroness Connaught 7 x Great Granddaughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard "Red Earl" Burgh 2nd Earl of Ulster 9 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzgeoffrey

Great x 3 Grandmother: Aveline Fitzjohn Countess Ulster 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Bigod 7 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Burgh 9 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Burgh 6 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Burgh 7 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hawise Valey

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Burgh Countess Ulster 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Grandfather: William Donn Burgh 3rd Earl of Ulster Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford 6 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 2 Grandfather: Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Lacy Earl Lincoln 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Clare Lady Verdun Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry III of England son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Edward I of England son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinand III King Castile III King Leon Great Grandson of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Granddaughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon 2 x Great Granddaughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

mother: Elizabeth Burgh Duchess of Clarence 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King John of England son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry III of England son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond IV Count Provence Grandson of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence 13 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis VIII of France son of King Philip II of France

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Capet Count of Artois son of King Louis VIII of France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant Great Grandson of King Stephen I England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant

Grandmother: Maud Plantagenet Countess Ulster Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Patrick Chaworth

Great x 2 Grandfather: Patrick Chaworth

Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Chaworth 9 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 8 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 9th Earl Warwick 7 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Maudit 6 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella Beauchamp 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzgeoffrey

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Fitzjohn Countess Warwick 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Bigod 7 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster 1355-1382