Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster

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Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster was a 14th-century English noblewoman and heiress whose marriage to Edmund Mortimer helped transmit a strong claim to the English throne through the Mortimer line.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English noblewoman ⓘ
countess ⓘ
heiress ⓘ
associatedWithTerritory Clarence estates ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Ulster ⓘ
centuryOfBirth 14th century ⓘ
centuryOfDeath 14th century ⓘ
child Edmund Mortimer ⓘ
Elizabeth Mortimer ⓘ
Philippa Mortimer ⓘ
Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 1355 ⓘ
dateOfDeath before 1382 ⓘ
era Late Middle Ages ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Plantagenet ⓘ
father Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence ⓘ
givenName Philippa ⓘ
grandfather Edward III of England ⓘ
heldTitleBy inheritance ⓘ
historicalRole link between the Plantagenet royal line and the Mortimer claimants ⓘ
inheritanceType female-line succession ⓘ
languageSpoken Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman

Middle English ⓘ
maritalStatus married ⓘ
marriageSignificance brought the Ulster and Clarence inheritance into the Mortimer family ⓘ
memberOfDynasty House of Plantagenet ⓘ
mother Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster ⓘ
nobleFamily Ulster earldom ⓘ
nobleRank countess ⓘ
nobleTitle Countess of Ulster ⓘ
nobleTitleOrdinal 5th Countess of Ulster ⓘ
notableDescendant Edward IV of England ⓘ
Richard III of England ⓘ
Richard, Duke of York ⓘ
notableFor transmitting a strong claim to the English throne through the Mortimer line ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kingdom of England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kingdom of England ⓘ
politicalSignificance her descendants in the Mortimer line were considered potential heirs to the English throne ⓘ
positionHeld suo jure Countess of Ulster ⓘ
relative Richard II of England ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
socialClass high nobility ⓘ
spouse Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March ⓘ
linked to: Edmund Mortimer
spouseTitle 3rd Earl of March ⓘ

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Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence → child → Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster ⓘ
Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster → nobleTitle → Countess of Ulster ⓘ
linked to: Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster
Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster → child → Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster ⓘ
Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster → successor → Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster ⓘ
Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster → nobleTitle → Countess of Ulster ⓘ
linked to: Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster
Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster → nobleTitleOrdinal → 5th Countess of Ulster ⓘ
linked to: Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster