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01. Richard FitzAlan,
[1]
8th Earl of
Arundel was born on February 3, 1267. He married
Alasia De Saluzzo. Richard fought for Edward I in
Wales, France and Scotland. He died on March 9, 1302.
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02. Edmund FitzAlan,
[1]
9th Earl of
Arundel and son of Richard and Alasia was born on May 1, 1285. He married
Alice De Warenne. Edmund was Chief
Justiciar of Wales. He fiercely opposed Piers Gaveston, confidant of Edward
II, and was one of the ordainers appointed in 1310. He would not march with
Edward II to Bannockburn; however, he sided with Edward II from 1321 and was
executed at Hereford by partisans of Queen Isabella on November 17, 1326.
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03. Richard FitzAlan,
[1]
10th Earl of
Arundel and son of Edmund and Alice was born abt 1306. King
Edward III restored to him the lands and honors that his father had
forfeited. In 1334 Richard was made Justiciar of North Wales for life.
In 1339 governor of Carnarvon Castle; in 1345 Sheriff of Shropshire for
life. He distinguished himself in the French wars, being Admiral of the West
1340-1 and 1345-7 and commanding the second division at the Battle of Crecy
in 1346. He was at the fall of Calais in 1347. In 1361, upon the death of
his aunt Joan de Warenne, he succeeded to the vast Warenne estates and to
the Earldom of Surrey. He married
Eleanor
Plantagenet, daughter of Henry Plantagenet and Maud De Chaworth.
Richard died on January 24, 1376. |
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04. Richard FitzAlan,
[1]
11th Earl of
Arundel and son of Richard and Eleanor was born in 1346. He married
Elizabeth De Bohun, daughter of William
De Bohun and Elizabeth Badlesmere in 1359. He was the bearer of the
crown at the coronation of King Richard II. He was a member of the Council
and was made Admiral of the West and South in 1377, then, in 1386, of all
England. Also K.G. in 1386. He distinguished himself in the French wars,
gaining a brilliant naval victory over the allied French, Spanish, and
Flemish fleets off Margate in 1387. He was made governor of Brest in 1388.
In 1388, also, he joined with the Duke of Gloucester in taking an active
part against the King, who was, at that time, entirely in the Duke's power.
In 1394 he obtained pardon for all political offenses, but was treacherously
seized on 12 July 1397, tried at Westminster, and beheaded in Cheapside 12
September 1397. |
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05a. Elizabeth FitzAlan,
[1]
daughter of
Richard
and Elizabeth was born in 1378. She married
Sir Robert Goushill. Elizabeth died on
July 8, 1425. I descend from their
daughter Joan Goushill who married
Sir Thomas Stanley.
05b. Joan FitzAlan,
[1]
daughter of Richard and Elizabeth was born in
1375 at Arundel Castle, Sussex, England. She married William De
Beauchamp, son of Thomas De Beauchamp and
Katherine Mortimer. Joan
died on November 14, 1435. I descend from their daughter Joan De
Beauchamp who married James Butler. |