Notes for Sir Richard II Earl of Arundel FitzAlan: ID: I004585 Name: Sir Richard Fitzalan II Earl of Arundel Sex: M Birth: ABT 1313 in of Arundel, Sussex, England Death: 24 JAN 1375/76 in Arundel, West Sussex, England Marriage fact: Acceded: 1347. Interred: Lewes Priory, Lewes, Sussex. Fact 2: 3rd Earl of Arundel, 4th Earl of Surrey. Fact 3: K.G. Known as "Copped Hat". Took a distinguished part in French wars. Fact 4: BET 1369 AND 1370 Held wardship of John de Sutton IV during his minority aft his father died. Fact 5: BET 1330 AND 1331 Restored in blood & honors, obtained restitution of Castle & Honor of Arundel. Fact 6: Admiral of the West 1340-41 & 1345-47. Fact 7: 1347 Commanded the 2nd division at the Battle of Crecy. Fact 8: 1347 At the fall of Calais. Fact 9: 30 JUN 1347 Succeeded to vast estates of John de Warenne, his maternal uncle. Note: Richard Fitz-Alan, b. 1306, who being restored by parliament, 4th Edward III [1331], had the castle of Arundel (which had been given to Edmund, Earl of Kent, the king's uncle) rendered to him, and thus became 9th earl. In the 7th Edward III [1334], this nobleman was constituted governor of Chirke Castle, co. Denbigh, and the ensuing year had a grant of the inheritance of that castle, with all the territories thereunto belonging, being part of the possessions of Roger Mortimer, the attainted Earl of March; he was soon afterwards made governor of Porchester Castle, and the same year had a command in the wars of Scotland, where he continued engaged for some years. After this he was constituted admiral of the western seas, and governor of Caernarvon Castle. In the 14th Edward III [1341], his lordship embarked in the French wars, and participated in the glories of the subsequent campaigns. He was at the siege of Vannes, the relief of Thouars, and the immortal battle of Cressy. Besides his great military services, the earl was frequently employed in diplomatic missions of the first importance, and was esteemed one of the most eminent generals and statesmen of the era in which he lived. His lordship, who, with his other honours, had the Garter, contracted in minority and under constraint, marriage with Isabel, dau. of Hugh le Despencer, and had issue by her, an only dau., Philippa, m. to Sir Richard Sergeaux, Knt., of Cornwall. In 1345, he was divorced from this lady, and m. Lady Eleanor Plantagenet, dau. of Henry, Earl of Lancaster, and widow of John, Baron Beaumont, by whom he had issue, Richard, his successor; John, marshal of England in 1377, summoned to parliament 1st to 3rd Richard II. he d. 1379, having m. Eleanor, grand-dau. and co-heir of John, Lord Maltravers, in whose right he bore that title; Thomas, called Arundel, successively bishop of Ely, archbishop of York, and archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Chancellor of England; Joane, m. to Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford; Alice, m. to Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent; Mary, m. to John, Lord Strange, of Blackmere; and Eleanor, m. to Robert, son of William de Ufford, Earl of Suffolk. His lordship d. in 1376, and was s. by his eldest son, Richard Fitz-Alan, 10th Earl of Arundel. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 200, Fitz-Alan, Earls of Arundel, Barons Maltravers]
Father: Sir Edmund Fitzalan Earl of Arundel b: 1 MAY 1285 in Marlborough, Sussex, England Mother: Alice de Warenne b: 1277 in Warren, Sussex, England
Marriage 1 Isabel le Despenser b: ABT 1312 Married: 9 FEB 1320/21 in King's Chapel, Havering-atte-Bower Marriage fact: 4 DEC 1344 Marriage Ending Status: Annulment Children Mary (Isabel) FitzAlan Sir Edmund de Arundel FitzAlan b: ABT 1327
Marriage 2 Eleanor Plantagenet of Lancaster b: BET 1311 AND 1318 in Grismond Castle, Monmouth, England Married: 5 FEB 1344/45 in Ditton Church, Stoke Poges, Buckingham Marriage fact: 5 FEB 1344/45 in Married in the presence of King Edward III. Marriage Ending Status: Unknown Note: REF: Plantagenet Ancestry, Faris: She was 1st cousin to his 1st wife Isabel le Despenser, & a Papal dispensation had to be granted for them to be married, 4 Mar 1344/45.[Custer February 1, 2002 Family Tree.FTW]
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REF: Plantagenet Ancestry, Faris: She was 1st cousin to his 1st wife Isabel le Despenser, & a Papal dispensation had to be granted for them to be married, 4 Mar 1344/45. Children Elizabeth FitzAlan Richard Fitzalan III Earl of Arundel b: 1346 Sir John Fitzalan de Arundel Lord Arundel b: BEF 1349 in of Betchworth, Surrey Joan FitzAlan de Arundel b: BEF 1351 Alice FitzAlan of Arundel b: 1352 in Arundel Castle, Sussex Thomas de Arundel Archbishop of Canterbury b: 1353 Eleanor Fitzalan b: ABT 1355
ID: I1517 Name: Richard X ("Copped Hat") FitzAlan (10th Earl of Arundel) (9th Earl of Surrey) Sex: M Birth: 1309 in Arundel,Sussex,England Death: 24 JAN 1375/1376 in Arundel,Sussex,England Burial: Unknown Lewes Priory,Sussex,England Note: Richard was the 10th/3rd Earl of Arundel and Warenne, and 9th Earl of Surrey. He was restored to his father's honors in 1330/31, and in December of that year, obtained restitution of the castle and honor of Arundel from the widow of John, earl of Kent. He was made justiciar of North Wales for life in 1334, governor of Carnarvon Castle in 1339, and sheriff of Shropshire for life in 1345. He took a distinguished part in the French wars; was admiral of the West, 1340-1341 and 1345-1347; commanded the second division at the battle of Crecy; and was at the fall of Calais in 1347. On June 20, 1347, he succeeded to the vast estates of the family of Warenne, by the death of his mother's brother, John, earl of Surrey and Sussex.
Richard Fitz-Alan, b. 1306, who being restored by parliament, 4th Edward III [1331], had the castle of Arundel (which had been given to Edmund, Earl of Kent, the king's uncle) rendered to him, and thus became 9th earl. In the 7th Edward III [1334], this nobleman was constituted governor of Chirke Castle, co. Denbigh, and the ensuing year had a grant of the inheritance of that castle, with all the territories thereunto belonging, being part of the possessions of Roger Mortimer, the attainted Earl of March; he was soon afterwards made governor of Porchester Castle, and the same year had a command in the wars of Scotland, where he continued engaged for some years. After this he was constituted admiral of the western seas, and governor of Caernarvon Castle. In the 14th Edward III [1341], his lordship embarked in the French wars, and participated in the glories of the subsequent campaigns. He was at the siege of Vannes, the relief of Thouars, and the immortal battle of Cressy.
Besides his great military services, the earl was frequently employed in diplomatic missions of the first importance, and was esteemed one of the most eminent generals and statesmen of the era in which he lived. His lordship, who, with his other honours, had the Garter, contracted in minority and under constraint, marriage with Isabel, dau. of Hugh le Despencer, and had issue by her, an only dau., Philippa, m. to Sir Richard Sergeaux, Knt., of Cornwall. In 1345, he was divorced from this lady, and m. Lady Eleanor Plantagenet, dau. of Henry, Earl of Lancaster, and widow of John, Baron Beaumont, by whom he had issue, Richard, his successor; John, marshal of England in 1377, summoned to parliament 1st to 3rd Richard II he d. 1379, having m. Eleanor, grand-dau. and co-heir of John, Lord Maltravers, in whose right he bore that title; Thomas, called Arundel, successively bishop of Ely, archbishop of York, and archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Chancellor of England; Joane, m. to Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford; Alice, m. to Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent; Mary, m. to John, Lord Strange, of Blackmere; and Eleanor, m. to Robert, son of William de Ufford, Earl of Suffolk. His lordship d. in 1376, and was s. by his eldest son, Richard Fitz-Alan, 10th Earl of Arundel. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 200, Fitz-Alan, Earls of Arundel, Barons Maltravers] Change Date: 26 OCT 2002 at 11:55:06
Father: Edmund FitzAlan (9th 2nd Earl of Arundel) b: 1 MAY 1285 in Marlborough Castle,Marborough,Wiltshire,England Mother: Alice de Warenne b: 1285 in Warenne,Sussex,England
Marriage 1 Isabel le Despencer b: 1312 in Gloucestershire,England Married: 9 FEB 1320/1321 in Kings Chapel,Havering-Atte-Bower,Essex,England Divorced: 4 DEC 1344 Children Edmund d'Arundel FitzAlan b: 1327 in Arundel Castle,Sussex,England Mary FitzAlan b: 1332 in Arundel Castle,Sussex,England Phillipa FitzAlan b: 1333 in Arundel Castle,Sussex,England Eleanor FitzAlan b: 1335 in Arundel Castle,Sussex,England Alice FitzAlan b: 1338 in Arundel,Sussex,England Aline FitzAlan b: 1340 in Arundel,Sussex,England
Marriage 2 Eleanor Plantagenet of Lancaster b: 1311 in Grosmont Castle,Monmouthshire,England Married: 5 FEB 1344/1345 in Ditton Church,Stoke Poges,Buckinghamshire,England Children Alice FitzAlan b: 1352 in Arundel,Essex,England Richard IX FitzAlan (11th Earl of Arundel) (10th Earl of Surrey) b: 25 MAR 1346 in Arundel Castle,Sussex,England John FitzAlan (1st Baron d'Arundel) b: 1348 in Arundel,Sussex,England Joan FitzAlan b: 1350 in Arundel Castle,Sussex,England Thomas FitzAlan b: 1353 in Arundel Castle,Sussex,England
More About Sir Richard II Earl of Arundel FitzAlan: Burial: Unknown, Lewes Priory,Sussex,Eng.
Children of Sir Richard II Earl of Arundel FitzAlan and Eleanor of Lancaster Plantagenet are:
Sirl, Earl Sir Richard II Earl of Arundel FitzAlan (b. 1309, d. January 24, 1375/76)
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