[♦] York. His eldest sister, Anne,
My mother, being heir unto the crown,
45 Married Richard Earl of Cambridge; who was son
To Edmund Langley, Edward the Third’s fifth son.
By her I claim the kingdom: she was heir
To Roger Earl of March, who was the son
Of Edmund Mortimer, who married Philippe,
50 Sole daughter unto Lionel Duke of Clarence:
[♦] So, if the issue of the elder son
Succeed before the younger, I am king.