Anne de Mortimer

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Anne de Mortimer

Anne de Mortimer (27 December, 1390 – September 1411) was an English

England

England

Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
, the daughter of Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1373-1398) and Alianore Holland. She had two younger brothers, Edmund and Roger. Her paternal grandparents were Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March and Philippa Plantagenet.

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Anne de Mortimer (27 December, 1390 – September 1411) was an English

England

Birth and lineage

Anne was born on 27 December 1390 in New Forest, Westmeath, Ireland

Ireland

Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent

Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent was an English nobleman and a councillor of his half-brother Richard II of England .Thomas was the son of Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent and Joan of Kent....
and Alice Fitzalan. Alice was a daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel

Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel

Richard FitzAlan, "Copped Hat", 10th Earl of Arundel was an British peerage and medieval Military history of Britain....
and Eleanor of Lancaster

Eleanor of Lancaster

Eleanor of Lancaster was the fifth daughter of Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Lancaster and his wife Maud Chaworth ....
.

Her paternal grandmother Philippa was the daughter of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence

Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence

Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence was the third son, but the second son to survive infancy, of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault....
and Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster

Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster

Elizabeth de Burgh, Duchess of Clarence, suo jure Countess of Ulster Elizabeth was the only child of William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster and Maud of Lancaster....
.

Claim to the throne

Anne's paternal great-grandfather Lionel of Antwerp was the second (surviving) son of Edward III of England

Edward III of England

Edward III was one of the most successful List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of Englands of the Britain in the Middle Ages. Restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II of England, Edward III went on to transform the Kingdom of England into the most efficient military power in Europe....
which placed Anne in line of succession for the throne of England. It was through her that her son Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York

Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York

House of York

The House of York was a branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet, three of whom became List of monarchs of England in the late 15th century....
claimed the throne.

Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence

Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence was the third son, but the second son to survive infancy, of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault....
(1338–1368) [Second son of Edward III of England
Edward III of England

Edward III was one of the most successful List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of Englands of the Britain in the Middle Ages. Restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II of England, Edward III went on to transform the Kingdom of England into the most efficient military power in Europe....
(1312-1377)

Philippa Plantagenet, 5th Countess of Ulster
Philippa Plantagenet, 5th Countess of Ulster

Philippa Plantagenet was the Countess of Ulster suo jure.Philippa was born in Eltham Palace, Kent, England on 16 August, 1355. She was the daughter and only child of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence and Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster....
(1355–1382)
Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374–1398)
Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March (1391–1425)
Roger Mortimer (died young c. 1409)
Anne Mortimer (1390–1411)

Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York

Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York was a member of the English royal family, who served in senior positions in France at the end of the Hundred Years' War, and in England during Henry VI of England's madness....
(1411–1460)

Marriage and issue

In May 1406, she married Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge

Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge

Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge was the younger son of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York and Isabella of Castile, Duchess of York....
, who was also descended from Edward III through a younger son Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York

Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York

Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York was a younger son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, the fourth of the five sons of the Royal couple who lived to adulthood....
.

They had two children:

Isabel Plantagenet
Isabel Plantagenet

Isabel Plantagenet was the only daughter of Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge and Anne de Mortimer. She was an older sister of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and, like him, simultaneously a great-grandchild and a great-great-great grandchild of Edward III....
(1409- 2 October1484)
Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York

Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York was a member of the English royal family, who served in senior positions in France at the end of the Hundred Years' War, and in England during Henry VI of England's madness....
(21 September 1411- 30 December1460)

Death in childbirth

It is believed that Anne died giving birth to her son Richard

Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York

The Southampton Plot

In 1415 Anne's husband Cambridge plotted with Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham

Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham

Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham Knight of the Garter was a favourite of King Henry V of England.He was created a Knight of the Garter in 1410....
to depose Henry V

Henry V of England

Henry V was one of the most significant English warrior kings of the 15th century. He was born at Monmouth, Wales, in the tower above the gatehouse of Monmouth Castle, and reigned as King of England from 1413 to 1422....
, Anne's cousin and the reigning king of England, and place her brother, Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March on the throne. (The Earl of March had been the heir presumptive of Richard II

Richard II of England

Richard II was the eighth King of England of the House of Plantagenet. He ruled from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. Richard was a son of Edward, the Black Prince and was born during the reign of his grandfather, Edward III of England....
. In 1399 Richard was forced to abdicate in favour of Henry IV, and for the next few decades Mortimer served as a focal point for conspiracies aimed at removing Henry IV and his heirs from the throne). The plot failed and Cambridge was duly executed in August 1415. His then four-year old son, Richard Plantagenet

Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York

Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York was a member of the English royal family, who served in senior positions in France at the end of the Hundred Years' War, and in England during Henry VI of England's madness....
, ultimately championed his father's cause, which evolved into the Wars of the Roses and the Yorkist claimants achieving the throne.

The Earl of March was not involved in the Southampton Plot

Southampton Plot

The Southampton Plot of 1415 was a conspiracy against Henry V of England, aimed at replacing him with Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March. The three ringleaders were Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, Mortimer's brother-in-law, Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham , and Sir Thomas Grey ....
which, despite its failure, successfully promoted the claim of Anne's descendants, especially the Yorkists, to the throne of England.