Sir Richard Fitzalan II Earl of Arundel 
Sir Richard Fitzalan II was born about 1313 in of Arundel, Sussex, England. Sir Richard Fitzalan II's father was Sir Edmund Fitzalan Earl of Arundel and his mother was Alice de Warenne. His paternal grandparents were Sir Richard Fitzalan de Earl of Arundel and Alisona (Alice) de Saluzzo; his maternal grandparents were William de Warenne V Earl of Surrey and Joan de Vere. He had three brothers and five sisters, named Edmund, John, Edward, Katherine, Alice, Jane, Aline (Alaive) and Elizabeth. He was the second youngest of the nine children. He died in Arundel, West Sussex, England.General Notes
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.1164 in England d.1240
- b.May 1223 in Shropshire, England d.Nov 1267
- b.1203 d.1240
- b.14 Sep 1246 in Arundel, Essex, England d.18 MAR 1271/72
- b.BET. 1199 - 1200 in of West Dereham, Norfolk d.19 Jul 1230 in Poitou, France
- b.~ 1225 in of Lincoln, Lincolnshire d.27 Nov 1283
- b.~ 1200 d.10 FEB 1245/46
- b.3 FEB 1266/67 in Arundel, Sussex d.9 MAR 1301/02
- b.1190 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.06 Aug 1246 in England
- b.1231 in Cwmaron Castle, Radnorshire, Wales d.27 Oct 1282 in Kingsland, Herefordshire, England
- b.BET. 1194 - 1198 in Gwynedd, Wales d.BET. 1251 - 1260 in Windsor, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 1248 in Wigmore, Herefordshire d.> 1300
- b.BET. 1196 - 1204 in Brecknock, Surrey, England d.02 May 1230 in Wales
- b.BET. 1226 - 1230 in Breconshire, Wales d.20 MAR 1300/01
- b.~ 1206 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.< 1246 in England
- b.01 May 1285 in Marlborough, Sussex, England d.17 Nov 1326 in Hereford, Herefordshire
- b.1180 in Italy d.1212
- b.1210 in Saluzzo-Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy d.29 Oct 1244
- b.1180 in Torres, Sardinia
- b.1234 in Saluzzo-Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy d.23 Dec 1296
- b.1197 in Savoie, France d.24 Jun 1253
- b.~ 1223 in Savoie, France d.1259
- b.1192 d.1242
- b.1271 in Italy d.25 Sep 1292
- b.~ 1180 d.1219
- d.1268
- b.~ 1185
- b.1240 in of Saluzzo, Piedmont, Italy d.22 Aug 1291
- b.~ 1313 in of Arundel, Sussex, England d.24 JAN 1375/76 in Arundel, West Sussex, England
- b.1130 in Normandy, France d.05 Jul 1202 in England
- b.1166 in Surrey, England d.27 May 1240 in London, England
- b.1137 in Surrey, England d.12 Jul 1203 in Lewes, Sussex, England
- b.Aug 1231 in of Warren, Sussex, England d.27 Sep 1305 in Kennington, Surrey, England
- b.1146 in of Caversham, England d.14 May 1219 in Caversham, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 1192 in of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.27 Mar 1248
- b.BET. 1171 - 1173 in of Pembroke, Wales d.1220 in Pembroke, Wales
- b.12 JAN 1255/56 d.27 Sep 1304
- b.BET. 1157 - 1163 in Lusignan, France d.1219 in Damietta, Syria
- b.1183 in of Lusignan, Vienne, France d.~06 Jun 1246 in Surrey, England
- b.1159 d.BET. 1233 - 1239
- b.~ 1224 in Lusignan, Vienne, France d.9 FEB 1255/56 in Warren, Sussex, England
- b.1160 in AngoulIme, Charente, France d.16 Jun 1202 in Limoges, France
- b.1188 in AngoulIme, Charente, France d.31 May 1246 in Fontevrault L'Abbe, Maine-et-Loire, France
- b.1160 in Courtenay, Loiret, France d.1218 in France
- b.1277 in Warren, Sussex, England d.23 May 1338
- b.1170 in Hatfield, Essex, England d.<25 Oct 1221 in Colne, Essex, England
- b.~ 1210 in Hatfield, Essex, England d.<23 Dec 1263
- b.1175 in of Hatfield, Essex d.3 FEB 1244/45
- b.1230 in Hedinham, Essex, England d.02 Sep 1296
- b.1155 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.03 Nov 1219 in Acre, Palestine or Damietta, Palestine
- b.BET. 1178 - 1184 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.AFT. 3 FEB 1262/63
- b.1154 in Hampshire, England d.12 JAN 1234/35
- b.1264 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.23 Nov 1293 in Lewes, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1174
- b.1200 in Saunford, England d.1249
- b.1231 in England d.07 Sep 1317 in England
- b.~ 1175 in of Molton, Devonshire d.~14 May 1238
- b.1179 in England d.AFT. 28 JAN 1231/32
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Sir Richard Fitzalan II and Eleanor were married in a religious ceremony in Ditton Church, Stoke Poges, Buckingham. They had three sons and four daughters, named Richard Fitzalan III, Sir John Fitzalan de Arundel, Thomas de Arundel, Joan, Alice, Eleanor and Elizabeth.
Family Notes
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.
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Children
Death Notes
Beheaded.Death Notes
Poisoned and/or drowned.
Richard Fitzalan III Earl of Arundel
Richard Fitzalan III was born in 1346. He died at the age of 51 on September 21st, 1397 in Cheapside, Berkshire, England.
Sir John Fitzalan de Arundel Lord Arundel
Sir John Fitzalan de Arundel was born before 1349 in of Betchworth, Surrey. He died on December 15th, 1379 in Irish Sea.
Thomas de Arundel Archbishop of Canterbury
Thomas de Arundel was born in 1353. He died at the age of 61 in 1414.
Sir Richard Fitzalan II and Isabel were married in a religious ceremony in King's Chapel, Havering-atte-Bower. They had a son and a daughter, named Sir Edmund de Arundel and Mary (Isabel).
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