Members of The Marcher Family of Mortimer
- Edmund Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer
- Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Wigmore (1251–1304)
- Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, and his second son (1352–1381)
- Edmund Mortimer, son of the 3rd Earl (1376–1409)
- Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March (1391–1425)
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