# Edmund Mortimer — Henry IV, Part I character guide

> Edmund Mortimer in Henry IV, Part I by William Shakespeare.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Lord Mortimer, the foolish Mortimer, Ned, Mortimer Yea

**First appearance:** 0004-act-i-scene-iii

## Who they are

A claimant to the throne, captured by Glendower and married to his daughter.

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