Philippa de Mortimer

Female21 November 1375–26 September 1401

Brief Life History of Philippa

When Philippa de Mortimer was born on 21 November 1375, in Ludlow Castle, Shropshire, England, her father, Edmund de Mortimer 3rd Earl of March, was 23 and her mother, Philippa Plantagenet 5th Countess of Ulster, was 20. She married John Hastings 3rd Earl of Pembroke before December 1389, in England, United Kingdom. She died on 26 September 1401, in Halnaker, Sussex, England, at the age of 25, and was buried in Boxgrove, Sussex, England.

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Family Time Line

Sir Richard FitzAlan
1346–1397
Philippa de Mortimer
1375–1401
Marriage: 15 August 1390
John FitzAlan
1394–1397

Sources (2)

  • Phillipe de Mortimer Poynings, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Sir Richard FitzAlan in The Complete Peerage

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  • Marriage
    15 August 1390England
  • Children (1)

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    Siblings (5)

    World Events (1)

    1382 · Wycliffe's Bible

    Age 7

    John Wycliffe, English theologian and professor at the University of Oxford, completed a translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate into Middle English. This translation is known as Wycliffe's Bible and was completed around 1382.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Indian Dilip, Anirban, Gopal, Alok, Anindya, Arunava, Asit, Asok, Dibyendu, Goutam, Indra, Indranil.

    Indian: variant of Dey .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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