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 1355 - 1382 Philippa Plantagenet, 5th Countess of Ulster 26 26 She was born at Eltham Palace in Kent on 16 August 1355, the only child of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, and Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster. Her father was the third son, but second son to survive infancy, of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault.
Philippa married Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, at the age of sixteen in the Queen's Chapel at Reading Abbey, an alliance that would have far-reaching consequences in English history. Her cousin, King Richard II, remained childless, making Philippa and her descendants next in line to the throne until his deposition. In the Wars of the Roses, the Yorkist claim to the crown was based on descent from Edward III through Philippa, her son Roger Mortimer, and granddaughter Anne Mortimer, who married a son of the 1st Duke of York.
Philippa died in 1382, and was buried at Wigmore Abbey, Herefordshire.  1352 - 1381 Edmund de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March 29 29 EARLY LIFE
An infant at the death of his father, Edmund, as a ward of the crown, was placed by Edward III of England under the care of William of Wykeham and Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel. The position of the young earl, powerful on account of his possessions and hereditary influence in the Welsh marches, was rendered still more important by his marriage on 24 August 1369 at the age of 17 to the 14-year-old Philippa, the only child of the late Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence, the second son of Edward III.
Lionel's late wife, Elizabeth, had been daughter and heiress of William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster, and Lionel had himself been created Earl of Ulster before his marriage. Edmund inherited the title Earl of Ulster on Lionel's death. Therefore, the Earl of March not only represented one of the chief Anglo-Norman lordships in Ireland in right of his wife Philippa, but Philippa's line was also the second most senior line of descent in the succession to the crown, after Edward, the Black Prince and his son, King Richard II of England. John of Gaunt, younger brother of Prince Edward, had become the 1st Duke of Lancaster and thus the source of the House of Lancaster's claim to the throne.

This marriage had, therefore, far-reaching consequences in English history, ultimately giving rise to the claim of the House of York to the crown of England contested in the Wars of the Roses between the Yorks and the Lancasters; Edward IV being descended from the second adult son of Edward III as great-great-grandson of Philippa, countess of March, and in the male line from Edmund of Langley, the first Duke of York and the fourth adult son of Edward III. Edmund Mortimer's son Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March would become heir presumptive to the English crown during the reign of Richard II.

POLITICAL ADVANCEMENT
Mortimer, now styled Earl of March and Ulster, became Marshal of England in 1369, and was employed in various diplomatic missions during the next following years. He was a member of the committee appointed by the Peers to confer with the Commons in 1373 – the first instance of such a joint conference since the institution of representative parliaments on the question of granting supplies for John of Gaunt's war in France.

He participated in the opposition to Edward III and the court party, which grew in strength towards the end of the reign, taking the popular side and being prominent in the Good Parliament of 1376 among the lords who supported the Prince of Wales and opposed the Court Party and John of Gaunt. The Speaker of the House of Commons in this parliament was March's steward, Peter de la Mare, (1294-1387 of Little Hereford, Hereford), who firmly withstood John of Gaunt in stating the grievances of the Commons, in supporting the impeachment of several high court officials, and in procuring the banishment of the king's mistress, Alice Perrers. March was a member of the administrative council appointed by the same parliament after the death of Edward, the Black Prince to attend the king and advise him in all public affairs.

Following the end of the Good Parliament its acts were reversed by John of Gaunt, March's steward was jailed, and March himself was ordered to inspect Calais and other remote royal castles as part of his duty as Marshal of England. March chose instead to resign the post.

SENT TO GOVERN IRELAND
On the accession of Richard II, a minor, in 1377, the Earl became a member of the standing council of government; though as husband of the heir-presumptive to the crown he wisely refrained from claiming any actual administrative office. The richest and most powerful person in the realm was, however, the king's uncle John of Gaunt, whose jealousy led March to accept the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1379. March succeeded in asserting his authority in eastern Ulster, but failed to subdue the O'Neills farther west. Proceeding to Munster to put down the turbulent southern chieftains, March was killed at Cork on 27 December 1381.[2] He was buried in Wigmore Abbey, of which he had been a benefactor, and where his wife Philippa was also interred. 1332 - 1363 Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster 31 31 Elizabeth was born at Carrickfergus Castle near Belfast, Ireland, the only child of William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster and Maud of Lancaster, Countess of Ulster. She was the last of the senior legitimate line of the descendants of William de Burgh. Her paternal grandparents were John de Burgh and Elizabeth de Clare, and her maternal grandparents were Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster and Maud Chaworth.

Upon William's murder on 6 June 1333 she became the sole legal heir to all the de Burgh lands in Ireland. Actually, her kinsmen Sir Edmond de Burgh of Clanwilliam, Sir Edmond Albanach Bourke the Mac William Iochtar, Sir Ulick Burke the Mac William Uachtar became the de facto heads of the family and owners of de Burgh land during the Burke Civil War 1333-38.
As Countess of Ulster she was raised in England and married Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence on 15 August 1352 at the Tower of London. He was the second son of Edward III of England and his queen consort Philippa of Hainault. As a boy, the poet Geoffrey Chaucer served as page to Elizabeth.

The couple had one child, Philippa, born on 16 August 1355. Philippa, who succeeded as Countess of Ulster, married Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March in 1368. Both their titles passed to their son Roger Mortimer, and eventually through their granddaughter Anne de Mortimer, who married into the House of York. The House of York would base its claim to the English throne on their descent from Lionel of Antwerp.
Elizabeth died in Dublin in 1363 during her husband's term as Governor of Ireland. She is buried in Clare Priory, Suffolk, England. 1338 - 1368 Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence 29 29 Lionel Duke of Clarence, Earl of Ulster and Baron of Connaught, was born on 29 November 1338 at Antwerp in Flanders, the second surviving son of King Edward III and Philippa of Hainaut, daughter of William III, 'the Good' Count of Holland and Hainaut, and Joan of Valois. The name Lionel, never previously used in the Plantagenet family, was chosen for the lions on the coat of arms of Holland and Hainaut.
Lionel was betrothed in childhood to the heiress Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster (1332- 1363), the daughter and only child of William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster (died 1332) and Matilda Plantagenet, herself the daughter of Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster. Lionel was aged just four at the time, while Elizabeth was nine years old. He then entered nominally into possession of Elizabeth's great Irish inheritance.

Matilda of Lancaster had fled from Ireland with her young daughter in 1333 following the murder of her husband, the last de Burgh Earl of Ulster, she and her daughter then lived at the court of her cousin, Edward III.
The young couple were married at the Tower of London on 15 August 1352 when Lionel was aged thirteen. The marriage produced one child, a daughter named Philippa, in honour of Lionel's mother, Queen Phillipa, who was born on 16 August 1355. 1328 - 1360 Roger de Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March 31 31 1191 - 1237 Joan, Lady of Wales 46 46 Joan, Lady of Wales and Lady of Snowdon, also known by her Welsh name of Siwan, (c. 1191–1192 – February 1237) was the illegitimate daughter of King John of England, and was the wife of Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Wales and Gwynedd, effective ruler of most of Wales.

Joan should not be confused with her half-sister, Joan, Queen consort of Scotland.

EARLY LIFE
Little is known about her early life. Her mother's name is known only from Joan's obituary in the Tewkesbury Annals, where she is called "Regina Clementina" (Queen Clemence); there is no evidence that her mother was in fact of royal blood. Joan may have been born in France, and probably spent part of her childhood there, as King John had her brought to the Kingdom of England from Normandy in December 1203, in preparation for a marriage alliance to Prince Llywelyn ap Iorwerth.
Thomas Pennant, in "Tours in Wales", Volume 2, published London, 1810, writes : "It is said that Llewelyn the Great had near this place [Trefriw] a palace; ... The church of Trefriw was originally built by Llewelyn, for the ease of his princess, who before was obliged to go on foot to Llanrhychwyn, a long walk among the mountains."

1173 - 1240 Llewellyn ap Iorweth, Prince of North Wales 67 67 Llywelyn the Great (Welsh: Llywelyn Fawr, full name Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, (c. 1173 – 11 April 1240) was a King of Gwynedd in north Wales and eventually ruler of all Wales. By a combination of war and diplomacy he dominated Wales for 45 years.
During Llywelyn's childhood, Gwynedd was ruled by two of his uncles, who split the kingdom between them, following the death of Llywelyn's grandfather, Owain Gwynedd, in 1170. Llywelyn had a strong claim to be the legitimate ruler and began a campaign to win power at an early age. He was sole ruler of Gwynedd by 1200 and made a treaty with King John of England that year. Llywelyn's relations with John remained good for the next ten years. He married John's natural daughter Joan in 1205, and when John arrested Gwenwynwyn ap Owain of Powys in 1208, Llywelyn took the opportunity to annex southern Powys. In 1210, relations deteriorated, and John invaded Gwynedd in 1211. Llywelyn was forced to seek terms and to give up all lands east of the River Conwy, but was able to recover them the following year in alliance with the other Welsh princes. He allied himself with the barons who forced John to sign Magna Carta in 1215. By 1216, he was the dominant power in Wales, holding a council at Aberdyfi that year to apportion lands to the other princes.
Following King John's death, Llywelyn concluded the Treaty of Worcester with his successor, Henry III, in 1218. During the next fifteen years, Llywelyn was frequently involved in fights with Marcher lords and sometimes with the king, but also made alliances with several major powers in the Marches. The Peace of Middle in 1234 marked the end of Llywelyn's military career, as the agreed truce of two years was extended year by year for the remainder of his reign. He maintained his position in Wales until his death in 1240 and was succeeded by his son Dafydd ap Llywelyn. 1313 - 1356 Elizabeth de Badlesmere 43 43 1310 - 1332 Edmund de Mortimer 22 22 D. 1372 Margaret Neville 1342 - 1408 Henry Percy 66 66 Eleanor Beaufort (a child) (a child) Marriage (two children) Marriage (a child) Marriage (a child) (a child) (a child) (a child) (a child) (a child) (a child) (a child) (a child) (a child) (a child) (a child) (a child) (a child) (a child) (a child) (a child) (a child) (a child) (a child) (a child) (a child) (a child) (a child) (a child) (a child) (a child) Edmund Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset Eleanor de Beauchamp 1371 - 1409 John de Beaufort 38 38 1st Earl of Somerset.  Illegitimate son of John of Gaunt. In 1397, his illegitmate birth was legitimated by Parliament and Papal decree. D. 1349 Margaret de Holand 1350 - 1403 Katherine Swynford 53 53 Katherine was the daughter of Paon de Roet, a herald, and later knight, who was "probably christened as Gilles".[5] She had two sisters, Philippa and Isabel (also called Elizabeth) de Roet, and a brother, Walter. Isabel later became Canoness of the convent of St. Waudru's, Mons, c. 1366. Katherine is generally held to have been his youngest child. However, Alison Weir argues that Philippa was the junior and that both were children of a second marriage.[5] Katherine's sister Philippa, a lady in the royal household of Philippa of Hainault, married the poet Geoffrey Chaucer.

She was probably born in Hainaut in 1349 or 1350. Katherine's birth date may have been 25 November, as that is the feast day of her patron, St. Catherine of Alexandria.[citation needed] The family returned to England in 1351, and it is likely that Katherine stayed there during her father's continued travels. She was educated at Romsey Abbey before being part of the household of Philippa of Hainaut with her sister.

In about 1366, at St Clement Danes Church, Westminster, Katherine, aged sixteen or seventeen, contracted an advantageous marriage with "Hugh" Ottes Swynford, a knight from the manor of Kettlethorpe in Lincolnshire, the son of Thomas Swynford by his marriage to Nicole Druel. She had the following children by him: Blanche (born 1 May 1367), Thomas (21 September 1368 – 1432), and possibly Margaret Swynford (born about 1369), later recorded as a nun of the prestigious Barking Abbey nominated by command of King Richard II.

Katherine became attached to the household of John of Gaunt as governess to his daughters Philippa of Lancaster and Elizabeth of Lancaster. The ailing duchess Blanche had Katherine's daughter Blanche (her namesake) placed within her own daughters' chambers and afforded the same luxuries as her daughters; additionally, John of Gaunt stood as godfather to the child.

Some time after Blanche's death in 1368 and the birth of their first son in 1373, Katherine and John of Gaunt entered into a love affair that would produce four children for the couple, born out of wedlock but legitimized upon their parents' eventual marriage; the adulterous relationship endured until 1381 when it was truncated out of political necessity[5] and ruined Katherine's reputation. On 13 January 1396, two years after the death of the Duke's second wife, Infanta Constance of Castile, Katherine and John of Gaunt married in Lincoln Cathedral. Records of their marriage kept in the Tower and elsewhere list: 'John of Ghaunt, Duke of Lancaster, married Katharine daughter of Guyon King of Armes in the time of K. Edward the 3, and Geffrey Chaucer her sister'. On John of Gaunt's death, Katherine became known as dowager Duchess of Lancaster. She outlived him by four years, dying on 10 May 1403, in her early fifties. 1314 - 1369 Philippa de Hainault 55 55 1280 - 1337 Guillaume V (III) de Hainaut 57 57 1294 - 1342 Jeanne de Valois 48 48 1270 - 1325 Charles I of France 55 55 Comte de Valois  D. 1299 Marguerite d'Anjou 1354 - 1397 Thomas de Holand 43 43 2nd Earl of Kent 1350 - 1416 Alice FitzAlan 66 66 1313 - 1376 Richard FitzAlan 63 63 10th Earl of Arundel also went by the nick-name of 'Copped Hat'.3 He held the office of Justiciar of North Wales in 1334. He held the office of Governor of Carnarvon Castle in 1339. He held the office of Admiral of the West from 1340 to 1341. His marriage to Isabel le Despenser was annulled on 4 December 1344 by Papal mandate, supposedly on the grounds that they were married during their minority, and without their consent. The reality is that the Earl probably wished to be rid of his wife, who had no value to him after her father's attainder and exectution. He held the office of Sheriff of Shropshire in 1345. He held the office of Admiral of the West between 1345 and 1347. He fought in the Battle of Crécy on 26 August 1346, where he commanded the 2nd division. He fought in the fall of Calais in 1347. He succeeded to the title of 10th Earl of Arundel [E., c. 1138] in 1347. On 30 June 1347 he succeeded to the vast estates of the family of Warenne.3He succeeded to the title of Earl of Surrey on 12 April 1361. 1318 - 1372 Eleanor Plantagenet 54 54 1285 - 1326 Edmund FitzAlan 41 41 9th Earl of Arundel.  Alice de Warenne D. 1286 William de Warenne D. 1293 Joan de Vere 1267 - 1301 Richard FitzAlan 34 34 8th Earl of Arundel 1381 - 1439 Richard de Beauchamp 58 58 13th Earl of Warwick 1386 - 1422 Elizabeth de Berkeley 36 36 1338 - 1401 Thomas de Beauchamp 63 63 12th Earl of Warwick 1312 - 1377 King Edward III 65 65 D. 1406 Margaret Ferrers 1340 - 1399 John of Gaunt 59 59 1st Duke of Lancaster Robert Spencer of Spencer Combe, Crediton 1332 - 1381 Philippa de Montagu 49 49 1287 - 1330 Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March 43 43 They had 11 children. 1286 - 1356 Joan de Geneville, Baroness Geneville 70 70 1256 - 1292 Piers de Geneville 36 36 1260 - 1323 Jehan de la Marche 63 63 D. 1310 Hugues XII de Lusignan, Comte de la Marche Jeanne de Fougères Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Lord Geneville 1230 - 1304 Maud de Lacy 74 74 1251 - 1304 Sir Edmund de Mortimer, 1st Lord Mortimer 53 53 1268 - 1334 Marguerite de Fiennes 66 66 D. 1214 Roger de Mortimer Isabelle de Ferrieres 1232 - 1282 Roger de Mortimer, Lord of Wigmore 50 50 D. 1300 Maud de Briouze 1190 - 1246 Ralph de Mortimer 56 56 D. 1251 Gwladus Ddu 1167 King John Unkown (either Agatha de Ferrers or someone called Clementina) 1145 - 1174 Iorwerth ap Owen 29 29 Also known as Iorwerth Drwyndwn (1145–1174), meaning "the broken-nosed." Margaret ap Madoc Madog ap Mareddud ? 1100 - 1170 Owain Gwynedd ap Gruffyd 70 70 King of Gwynedd Gwladus ferch Llywarch 1055 - 1137 Gruffydd ap Cynan 82 82 King of Gwynedd Angharad ferch Owain Owain ab Edwin ? Cynan ap Iago Ragnaillt of Dublin Olaf of Dublin ? D. 1039 Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig King of Gwynedd. Created using GenoPro® Click for details.