Daily Medieval

People in England during the reign of Henry V were still trying to use Edmund Mortimer as a focal point for a rebellion. Edmund's sist...

Although he was a thorn in the side of King Henry IV —because he had a greater claim to the throne and was used as a focal point for rebelli...

Young Edmund Mortimer , who was the heir-presumptive of Richard II with the strongest claim to the throne of England, was being raised by th...

Although Edmund Mortimer was only seven years old when Henry Bolingbroke usurped the throne from Richard II, he was a potential political ...

When Henry Bolingbroke decided in 1399 to return from exile in France and force his cousin, King Richard II, to return to him the propertie...