Richard FitzAlan de Arundel 
Richard was born on March 25th, 1346 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England.1 Richard's father was Richard (Copped Hat) de Arundel FitzAlan and his mother was Eleanor Plantagenet. His paternal grandparents were Sir Edmund Fitzalan 9th Earl of Arundel and Alice de Warenne; his maternal grandparents were 3rd Earl of Lancaster Henry Plantagenet and Lady Maud de Chaworth. He had two brothers and two sisters, named John, Thomas, Joan and Alice. He had two half-brothers and three half-sisters, named Edmund, Henry, Philippa, Isabel and Matilda. He died at the age of 51 on September 21st, 1397 in London, England.1 General Notes
Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel and 10th Earl of Surrey (1346 – September 21, 1397) was an English nobleman and military commander.
He was the son of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor of Lancaster and was born in 1346. He succeeded his father on January 24, 1376. His brother was Thomas Arundel who was Bishop of Ely from 1374 to 1388, then Archbishop of York from 1388 to 1397, then Archbishop of Canterbury.
At the coronation of Richard II, Richard FitzAlan carried the crown.
In 1377 he was Admiral of the West and South. In this capacity, he attacked Harfleur at Whitsun 1378, but was forced to return to his ships by the defenders. Later, he and John of Gaunt attempted to seize Saint-Malo but were unsuccessful.
FitzAlan was closely aligned with Thomas, Duke of Gloucester who was an uncle of Richard II. Thomas was opposed to Richard II's desire for peace with France in the Hundred Years War and a power struggle between Gloucester and Richard II ensued. In late 1386, Gloucester forced Richard II to name both himself and Richard FitzAlan to Richard's Council. This council was to all intents and purposes a regency council for Richard II, however Richard limited the duration of the council's powers to be one year.
In 1386 Richard II named him Admiral of all England, as well as being knighted a Knight of the Garter. As Admiral of All England, he defeated a Franco-Spanish-Flemish fleet off of Margate in March 1387, along with the Thomas de Mowbray, earl of Nottingham. In August, the king dismissed Gloucester and FitzAlan from the council and replaced them with his own favorites - including Archbishop Alexander Neville of York, the Duke of Ireland Robert de Vere, Michael de la Pole the earl of Suffolk, Sir Robert Tresillian who was the chief justice, and the former mayor of London Nicholas Brembre. The king summoned Gloucester and FitzAlan to meet with the king, but instead of coming, they raised troops and defeated the new council at Radcot Bridge, taking the favorites prisoner. The Merciless Parliament the next year condemned the favorites. Richard was one of the Lords Appellant who accused and condemned Richard II's favorites. He was named Governor of Brest in 1388.
Peace was concluded with France in 1389, however Richard FitzAlan followed Gloucester's lead and stated that he would never agree with the peace that had been concluded.
Arundel married twice. His first wife was Elizabeth de Bohun, daughter of William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton. They married around September 28, 1359.
Arundel then married Philippa Mortimer, daughter of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March. Her mother was Philippa Plantagenet, a daughter of Lionel of Antwerp and thus a granddaughter of Edward III. They had no children.
On July 12, 1397 he was arrested for his opposition to Richard II, as well as plotting with Gloucester to imprison the king. He stood trial at Westminster and was attainted.[8] He was beheaded on September 21, 1397 and was buried in the church of the Augustin Friars, Bread Street, London. In October of 1400, the attainter was reversed, and Richard's son Thomas succeeded to his father's estates and honors.
(Wikipedia)
Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel and Earl of Surrey, son of Richard FitzAlan and Eleanor Plantagenet, and was born 1346. He was bearer of the crown at the coronation of Richard II, July 16, 1377, and was a member of the Council, was made Admiral of the West and South Fleet in 1377, and subsequently, 1386, of all England, and Knight of the Garter in the same year. He distinguished himself in the French Wars, gaining a brilliant naval victory over allied French, Spanish and Flemish fleets, off Margate, March 24, 1387, and was made Governor of Brest 1388. Together with the Duke of Gloucester he took an active part against the King, Richard II, who in 1388 was entirely in that Duke's power. In 1394 he obtained pardon for all political offenses, but was treacherously seized July 12, 1397, tried at Westmoreland, and beheaded in Cheapside Sept. 21, 1397. (Footnote says: "No more shrinking or changing colour than if he were going to a banquet.") He married (contract dated Sept. 28, 1359) Elizabeth de Bohun, who died April 3, 1385, and was buried at Lewes.
(Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 535-536)
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.May 1223 in Shropshire, England d.Nov 1267
- b.14 Sep 1246 in Arundel, Essex, England d.18 Mar 1272 in Clun, Shropshire, England
- b.1225 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire d.27 Nov 1283
- b.03 Feb 1267 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.09 Mar 1302
- b.1231 in Cwmaron Castle, Wales d.27 Oct 1282 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
- b.1248 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.10 Aug 1274 in Arundel, Sussex, England
- b.1226 in Abergavenny, Gwent, Wales d.Mar 1301
- b.01 May 1285 in Castle Marlborough, Sussex Co., England d.17 Nov 1326 in Herefordshire, England
- b.1210 d.29 Oct 1244 in Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
- b.1234 in Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy d.03 Dec 1296
- b.1223 in Savoy, France d.1257
- b.1271 in Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy d.25 Sep 1292 in Todingham Priory, England
- d.22 Aug 1291
- b.1210 d.1300
- b.1313 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England d.24 Jan 1375 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England
- b.1166 in Surrey, England d.27 May 1240
- b.1231 in Warren, Sussex, England d.27 Sep 1305 in Surrey, England
- b.1192 in Pembroke, Wales, England d.27 Mar 1248
- b.12 Jan 1255 d.27 Sep 1304
- b.1183 in Lusignan, France d.06 Jun 1246 in Surrey, England
- b.1224 in Lusignan, Vienne, France d.09 Feb 1255 in Warren, Sussex, England
- b.1188 in Angouleme, France d.31 May 1245 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France
- b.1277 in Warren, Sussex, England d.23 May 1338
- b.1210 d.23 Dec 1263
- b.1230 in Hedingham, Essex, England d.02 Sep 1296
- b.1180 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.1263
- b.1264 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.23 Nov 1293 in Lewes, Sussex, England
- b.1200 in Saunford, England d.1249 in Sanford, Hertfordshire, England
- b.1231 in England d.07 Sep 1317 in England
- b.1211 in North Melton, Devonshire, England d.1273
- b.25 Mar 1346 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England d.21 Sep 1397 in London, England
- b.24 Dec 1166 in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.01 Oct 1207 in Winchester Castle, England d.16 Nov 1272 in Westminster, London, England
- b.1188 in Angouleme, France d.31 May 1245 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France
- b.16 Jan 1244 in London, England d.05 Jun 1296 in Bayonne, Pyrennes-Atlantiques, France
- b.1198 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France d.19 Aug 1245 in France
- b.1222 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France d.24 Jun 1291 in Ambresbury, Wiltshire, England
- b.1201 in Chambery, Savoie, France d.Dec 1266 in France
- b.1281 in Grosmont Castle, Monmouth, Wales d.22 Sep 1345 in Newark Abbey, Leicester, England
- b.05 Sep 1187 in Paris, France d.08 Nov 1226 in Auvergne, France
- b.25 Sep 1216 in Paris, France d.08 Feb 1248 in Monsoure, Egypt
- b.04 Mar 1187 in Burgos, Castile, Spain d.27 Nov 1252 in Paris, France
- b.1248 in Paris, Seine, France d.02 May 1302 in Paris, Seine, France
- b.1207 in Brabant, France d.01 Feb 1248 in Leuven, Flemish-Brabant, Flanders, Belgium
- b.1224 in Brabant, France d.Sep 1288 in Artois, France
- b.1208 in Constantinople, Byzantine Empire d.1235 in Leuven, Belgium
- b.1311 in Grismond Castle, Monmouth, England d.11 Jan 1371 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England
- b.1183 in Kempsford, Gloucestershire, England d.1226
- b.1218 in Stoke Bruern, Northampshire, England d.1258
- b.1190 in Kempsford, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1250 in Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.07 Jul 1283 in England
- b.1183 in Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- b.1223 in Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.1274
- b.1183 in England
- b.02 Feb 1282 in Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.03 Dec 1322 in England
- b.1210 in Elmley Castle, Worchestershire, England d.07 Jan 1268
- b.1237 in Elmley Castle, Herefordshire, England d.05 Jun 1298 in Elmley Castle, Herefordshire, England
- b.1214 d.1268
- b.1252 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England d.30 May 1306 in Elmley Castle, Herefordshire, England
- b.1215 in Shere, England d.23 Nov 1258
- b.1250 in Bernard Castle, Warwickshire, England d.18 Apr 1301 in Grey Friars, Worcestershire, England
- b.1222 in Thetford, Norfolk, England d.1239
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Details of Richard's family with Elizabeth de Bohun
1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=arciek&id=I21766&style=TABLE
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I4651, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I14461
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I4651, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I14461
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