Earl Richard Fitz Alan 
Richard was born in 1313 in Arundel, Sussex, England. Richard's father was Edmund Fitzalan IX Earl of Arundel and his mother was Countess Alice deWarenne. His paternal grandparents were Earl Richard FitzAlan Earl of Arundel and Alice deSaluzzo; his maternal grandparents were William deWarenne and Joan deVere. He was an only child. He died in Arundel, Sussex, England. He was buried in Lewes.General Notes
Earl Richard divorced Isabel in 1345 and remarried Lady Eleanor Plantagenet daughter of Henry Plantagenet Earl of Lancaster.
According to John Young, the marriage of Richard "Copped Hat" FitzAlan
and Isabel le Despencer was contracted at the age of 7 or 8 years of age.
The Church annulled the marriage so that FitzAlan could marry his second
wife, and Edmund and his two sisters were made ilegitimate, and could not
inherit:
"Edmund, who they tried to make illegitimate by the Church annulment, so
his father could remarry his 2nd wife. Well fine, they did the
annulment based upon the contracted marriage at 7-8 yrs of age- The 3
children-Edmund and his 2 sisters were still properly born children (when
they were married) of Earl Richard "Copped Hat" FitzAlan and Lady
Despencer. This is one of the reasons that Edmund styled himself De
Arundel- by heir right he should have become the next Earl. He was
knighted though and was not cast fully aside. Burke in error shows him a
brother of his father- Cokayne is correct and details it in his
footnotes."
Burke has death date 24 Jan 1375 for Richard
Earl of Surrey 9th.
Weir shows all the children as Eleanor's but the Complete Peerage says
otherwise.--Tompsett
Richard was in 1330/1, in the 4th year of Edward III, fully restored in blood and honours, and in December of that year obtained restitution ofthe Castle and Honour of Arundel. He was Justiciar of North Wales forlife 1334, Governor of Carnarvon Castle 1339, Sheriff of Salop for life1345. He took distinguished part in the wars with France. On June 30,1347, he succeeded to the vast estates of the family of Warren by thedeath of his mother's brother, John, Earl of Warren and Surrey. Heassumed the title Earl of Surrey and in 1366 settled the Warren estatesupon his issue. He married first Isabel de Spenser and obtained a papalmandate for annulment for this marriage, and then married EleanorPlantagenet, great granddaughter of King Henry III.
Source: Browning's Magna Charta (1915), pp. 257, 265, 286, 333, 171.
J. B. Burke's Dor., etc., pp. 118, 72, 29 and 30, 200-1,353.
Yeatman's House of Arundel, 323.
Nickname: Copped Hat
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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.~ 1164 in Oswestry d.1240 in Arundel
- b.1223 in Arundel d.<10 Nov 1267 in England
- b.~ 1163 in Arundel d.1243 in of Clun and Oswestry, co. Salop, England
- b.14 Sep 1246 in Arundel, Suss, England. d.seen 20 Mar 1271/1272 in ,Lincolnshire, England.
- b.1200 in Arklow, Wicklow, Ire. d.19 Jul 1230 in Poitou, France
- b.~ 1225 in ,Lincolnshire, England. d.27 Nov 1283 in Arundel, Suss, England.
- b.~ 1210 in Alton, Staffordshire England. d.10 Feb 1246/1247 in , , England.
- b.1266 in Arundel, Essex, England d.9 Mar 1301/1302 in Arundel
- b.~ 1190 in Wigmore, Herf, England. d.06 Aug 1246 in Wigmore, Herf, England.
- b.1221 in Cwmaron Castle, Radnorshire, Wales d.27 Oct 1282 in Kingsland, Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 1205 in Gwynedd, Caer, Wales d.06 Aug 1251 in Windsor, Berkshire, England.
- b.~ 1249 in Wigmore, Herf, England. d.1282
- b.1204 in Brecknock, Surrey, England d.02 May 1230 in , Wales
- b.~ 1231 in Of, Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales d.BEF 20 Mar 1300/1301 in Kingsland, Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 1194 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.< 1246 in England
- b.1285 in Arundel d.26 Nov 1326 in Herefordshire, England
- b.1183 in Saluzzo-Cuneo, Italy d.1212
- b.1210 in Saluzzo-Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy d.29 Oct 1244
- b.1180 in Torres, Sardinia d.1264
- b.1234 in Saluzzo-Cuneo, Italy d.23 Dec 1296
- b.1197 in Carbonierres, Savoy, France d.13 Jul 1253
- b.1214 in Savoy, France d.1266 in Aix-en-Provence, France
- b.1185 d.1245
- b.1270 in Saluzzo-Cuneo, Italy d.~ 1317 in Arundel
- b.1180 d.1219
- b.1210 d.1268
- b.1180 d.1260
- b.1240 in Saluzzo-Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy d.22 Aug 1291
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.1210 d.1300
- b.1313 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.24 Jan 1375/1376 in Arundel, Sussex, England
- b.1156 in Warren, Sussex, England d.1240
- b.1198 in Warren, Sussex, England d.UNKNOWN
- b.1189 d.1248
- b.1231 in Warren, Sussex, England d.27 Sep 1305 in Kennington, Surrey, England
- b.12 Jan 1254/1255 in Warren, Sussex, England d.15 Dec 1285 in Croydon, Surrey, England
- b.1157 d.1219
- b.~ 1180 in Lusignan,Vienne, France d.1249 in Surrey, England
- b.1159
- b.1223 in Lusignan, Vienne, France d.9 Feb 1254/1255
- b.~ 1160 in Angouleme d.16 Jun 1202
- b.1188 in ANgouleme, Charente d.31 May 1246 in Fontevrault l'ab, Maine et Loire, France
- b.BET. 1160 - 1165 in Paris, Courtenay,Galinois,France d.1245 in France
- b.1285 in Warren, Sussex, England d.23 May 1338
- b.1160 in Hatfield, Broad Oaks, Essex, England d.25 Oct 1221 in Essex, England
- b.1189 in Hedinham, Essex, England d.1263
- b.1160 d.1206
- b.1220 in Hedinham, Essex, England d.02 Sep 1296
- b.1155 in WinCheshire, Hampshire, England d.03 Nov 1219
- b.1185 d.UNKNOWN
- b.1154 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England d.1234
- b.1264 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.21 Nov 1293
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.1200
- b.1231 d.07 Sep 1317
- b.1166 in Ashby, Leicestershire, England d.UNKNOWN
- d.UNKNOWN
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Richard and Eleanor were married in a religious ceremony in Ditton, England.. They had a son named Richard.
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Children
Earl Richard Fitz Alan
Richard was born in 1346 in Arundel, Sussex, England. He died at the age of 51 on September 21st, 1397 in Beheaded, Cheapside, England.
Richard and Isabel were married in a religious ceremony in Ditton, England.. They had a daughter named Phillippa.
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