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Edmund Mortimer ( November 9, 1376 - 1409?), was the second son of the 3rd Earl of March, and is the best-known of the various Edmumd Mortimers. A grandson of Lionel of Antwerp and thus descended from King Edward III of England, he was born at Ludlow Castle in Shropshire. Despite having a good claim to the throne (better than that of Henry Bolingbroke), he supported Bolingbroke and fought for him until captured by the Welsh rebel, Owain Glyndwr in battle. When Henry proved slow to ransom Mortimer, Glyndwr won him over and married him off to his daughter, Katherine (Catrin), in 1402. They are believed to have had at least four children.
Glyndwr and Mortimer plotted with Henry Percy to depose Henry IV and divide the kingdom of England and WalesFor alternate meanings, see Wales (disambiguation Wales ( Welsh: Cymru pronounced /"k@mrI/ SAMPA, km IPA, 'Kumree' approximate pronunciation) is one of the four nations comprising the United Kingdom (the other three being England, Scotland and Northern Ir in three. However, at some time during the siege of Owen's stronghold of HarlechHarlech is a town and seaside resort in Gwynedd, Wales, lying on Tremadog Bay. It has a population of 1,264, of whom 63% speak Welsh. The town is best known for Harlech Castle, begun in 1283 by Edward I of England and later the stronghold of Henry Tudor. by the future King Henry VHenry V ( August 9 or September 16, 1387 August 31, 1422), King of England, son of Henry IV of England by Mary de Bohun, was born at Monmouth, Wales, in September 1387. On his father's exile in 1398, Richard II took the boy into his own charge, and treate, Mortimer died, possibly of plague.