Richard II "Copped Hat" FitzAlan , Earl Arundel 
Richard II "Copped Hat" was born about 1313 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England. Richard II "Copped Hat"'s father was Edmund FitzAlan , 9th Earl of Arundel and his mother was Alice de Warenne. His paternal grandparents were Richard I FitzAlan , 8th Earl of Arundel, MP and Alasia de Saluzzo; his maternal grandparents were William de Warenne , Sir Knight and Joan de Vere. He had three sisters named Mary (Isabel), Aline and Elizabeth. He was the oldest of the four children. He died in Arundel, Sussex, England. He was buried in Lewes Priory, Sussex, England.General Notes
Richard Fitz Alan, 10th/3rd Earl of Arundel, as which restored 1331 (confirmation 1351 and 1354), getting Arundel Castle back also Dec 1330-31 from the widow of Edmund Earl of Kent; after the death of his maternal uncle the 8th Earl of Surrey's widow 31 Aug 1361, Richard assumed the additional title of 9th Earl of Surrey; known as "Copped Hat"; born c1313; Justiciar of North Wales for life 1334, Governor of Carnarvon Castle 1339, Sheriff of Salop for life 1345; Admiral of the West 1340-41 and 1345-47; commanded 2nd division at Crecy 1346 and assisted at taking of Calais 1347; married 1st 9 Feb 1320/1 (annulled 4 Dec 1344) Isabel, daughter of 1st Lord (Baron) le Despenser of the 29 July 1314 creation, and had issue (bastardised by the papal annulment of 1344); married 2nd 5 Feb 1344/5 his mistress Eleanor, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Lancaster (ggs of Henry III) of the 1267 investiture (by his wife Maud de Chaworth) and widow of the 2nd Lord (Baron) Beaumont, and died 24 Jan 1375/6. [Burke's Peerage]
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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]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1172 in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England d.MAR 1239/40 in Clun, Shropshire, England
- b.May 1223 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England d.<10 Nov 1267
- b.1190 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.> 1230
- b.14 Sep 1246 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.18 MAR 1271/72 in Clun, Shropshire, England
- b.1200 in Arklow, Wicklow, Leinster, Ireland d.19 Jul 1230 in Poitou, France
- b.1225 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England d.27 Nov 1283
- b.~ 1204 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England d.10 FEB 1246/47 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England
- b.3 FEB 1266/67 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.9 MAR 1301/02
- b.1190 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.06 Aug 1246 in Wigmore Abbey, Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 1231 in Cwmaron Castle, Radnorshire, Wales d.<30 Oct 1282 in Kingsland, Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 1207 in Caemarvonshire, Wales d.1251 in Windsor, Berkshire, England
- b.1248 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.> 1300
- b.~ 1197 in Brecknock, Breconshire, Wales d.02 May 1230 in Hanged by Llewelyn, Prince of Wales after intrigues w/ his wife
- b.~ 1222 in Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales d.BEF 23 MAR 1300/01
- b.1194 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.< 1246 in England
- b.01 May 1285 in Castle Marlborough, Sussex, England d.17 Nov 1326 in Beheaded at Hereford, Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 1180 in Saluzzo, Itally d.>22 Jul 1212 in (dvp)
- b.~ 1204 in Saluzza, Italy d.20 Oct 1244
- b.~ 1181 in Torres, Sardinia, Italy d.> 1215
- b.~ 1240 in Saluzzo, Italy d.03 Dec 1296
- b.1197 in Savoy, France d.13 Jul 1253
- b.~ 1215 in Savoy, France d.1259 in Saluzza, Itally
- b.1192 in Bourgogne, France d.1242
- b.~ 1271 in Saluzzo, Italy d.25 Sep 1292
- b.~ 1180 in Ceva, Italy d.1219
- b.~ 1210 in Ceva, Italy d.1268
- b.~ 1180 in Saluzzo, Itally
- b.~ 1240 in Ceva, Italy d.22 Aug 1291
- b.~ 1215 in Este, Italy
- b.~ 1313 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England d.24 JAN 1375/76 in Arundel, Sussex, England
- b.1130 in Normandy, France d.07 May 1202 in Lewes, Sussex, England
- b.1166 in Lewes, Sussex, England d.27 May 1240 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.1137 in Lewes, Sussex, England d.13 Jul 1199 in Lewes, Sussex, England
- b.>Aug 1231 in Warren, Sussex, England d.>Sep 1304 in Kennington, Surrey, England
- b.1146 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.14 May 1219 in Caversham Manor, England
- b.~ 1192 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.27 Mar 1248 in Tintern Abbey, Chapel Hill, Monmouthsire, England
- b.~ 1172 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.1220 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
- b.~ 1256 in Warren, Sussex, England d.15 Dec 1286 in Killed in a Tournament at Croyden (dvp)
- b.~ 1163 in Lusignan, Vienne, Poitou, France d.Nov 1219 in Damietta, Egypt
- b.~ 1186 in Lusignan, Vienne, Poitou, France d.~06 Jun 1246 in Surrey, England
- b.~ 1170 in Angouleme, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France d.>29 Aug 1233
- b.~ 1224 in Lusignan, Vienne, Poitou, France d.9 FEB 1255/56
- b.~ 1160 in Angouleme, Aquitaine, France d.16 Jun 1202 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France
- b.1188 in Angouleme, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France d.31 May 1246 in Fontevrault Abbey, Maine-et-Loire, Pays-de-la-Loire, France
- b.~ 1170 in Courtenay, Gatinais, Isle-de-France, France d.14 Sep 1205 in France
- b.~ 1285 in Warren, Sussex, England d.<23 May 1338
- b.~ 1164 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.<25 Oct 1221 in Hedingham Castle, Essex, England
- b.~ 1210 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.<23 Dec 1263 in Hedingham Castle, Essex, England
- b.~ 1184 in Hatfield, Essex, England d.3 FEB 1244/45
- b.~ 1240 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.<07 Sep 1296 in Hedingham Castle, Essex, England
- b.1155 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.03 Nov 1219 in Damietta, Egypt, on way to Holy Land
- b.~ 1195 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.AFT 3 FEB 1262/63
- b.1154 in Leicestershire, England d.ABT 12 JAN 1234/35 in England
- b.1261 in Hedingham Castle, Essex, England d.<23 Nov 1293 in Lewes Priory, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1144 in Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 1170 in Woolston, Essex, England d.1249 in Great Hormead, Royston, Hertfordshire, England
- b.~ 1231 in Great Hormead, Royston, Hertfordshire, England d.~07 Sep 1312
- b.1182 in North Molton, Devonshire, England d.<14 May 1238 in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1205 in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1187 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England d.28 JAN 1231/32
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