William FitzAlan 
William was born on November 23rd, 1417.1 William's father was John FitzAlan and his mother was Eleanor Berkeley. His paternal grandparents were 2nd Baron of Arundel John FitzAlan and Elizabeth le Despenser. He was an only child. He died at the age of 70 in 1487.1 General Notes
William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel (23 November 1417 – 1487).
He was a son of John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor Berkeley. His mother was a daughter of John Berkeley and Elizabeth Betteshorne, granddaughter of Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley and his second wife Catherine Clivedon.
His elder brother John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel died on June 12, 1435. The title passed to his nephew Humphrey FitzAlan, 15th Earl of Arundel who was still a six-year-old with no descendants. William thus became his heir presumptive. He succeeded him on 24 April 1438.
The new Earl married Joan Neville. Joan was a daughter of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury and Alice Montagu, Countess of Salisbury. Alice was a daughter of Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury and Eleanor Holland. Eleanor was a daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent and Alice FitzAlan. Alice was a daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor of Lancaster.
William and Joan had five children.
William fought in the Second Battle of St Albans (22 February 1461) as a supporter of the House of York. The Yorkists were commanded by his brother-in-law Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick. They succeeded in capturing Henry VI of England.
Edward IV of England named him a Knight of the Garter in 1471, probably in honor of his support during the Wars of the Roses.
(Wikipedia)
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.01 May 1285 in Castle Marlborough, Sussex Co., England d.17 Nov 1326 in Herefordshire, England
- b.1313 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England d.24 Jan 1375 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England
- b.1277 in Warren, Sussex, England d.23 May 1338
- b.1348 in Echingham, Sussex, England d.16 Dec 1379 in Irish Sea
- b.1281 in Grosmont Castle, Monmouth, Wales d.22 Sep 1345 in Newark Abbey, Leicester, England
- b.1311 in Grismond Castle, Monmouth, England d.11 Jan 1371 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England
- b.02 Feb 1282 in Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.03 Dec 1322 in England
- b.30 Nov 1364 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.14 Aug 1390 in Buckland, Surrey, England
- b.1345 in Lychett, Mautravers, Dorsetshire, England d.10 Jan 1405
- b.01 Aug 1385 in Ditton Manor, Stoke Pogis, Buckinghamshire, England
- b.1285 in Barton, England d.24 Nov 1326 in Hereford, England
- b.1310 d.30 Sep 1342 in Morlaix
- b.Oct 1292 in Caerphilly Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales d.30 Jun 1337
- b.24 Mar 1335 in Essesdine, Rutland d.11 Nov 1375 in Llanblethian, Glamorgan, Wales
- b.30 Jan 1271 in Yoxall, Staffordshire, England d.20 Mar 1324 in Groby, Leicestershire, England
- b.1310 in England d.08 Aug 1367
- b.1271 in Chacombe, Northamptonshire, England d.09 Feb 1316
- b.1367
- b.1256 d.08 Oct 1306
- b.1287 in Burghersh, Kent, England d.03 Aug 1355
- b.1270 d.1306
- b.1338 in Ewyas Lacy, Herefordshire, England d.26 Jul 1409
- b.08 Sep 1278 in Alton Castle, Staffordshire, England d.27 Jul 1316 in Alton
- b.1291 d.01 May 1360
- b.1285 d.18 Sep 1312 in Alton
- b.23 Nov 1417 d.1487
- b.1382 in Beverston, Gloucestershire, England d.Aug 1455
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Details of William's family with Joan Neville
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