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9 unusual facts about Richard FitzAlan


Alice de Warenne

Richard and Eleanor had three sons and four daughters, including Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel and Joan de Bohun, Countess of Hereford.

An Arundel Tomb

The poem describes a medieval tomb that can be found in Chichester Cathedral; the tomb is of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel (d. 1376), and his second wife, Eleanor of Lancaster (d. 1372), with their dogs at their feet.

Betchworth Castle

It was granted in 1373 to Richard FitzAlan, 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel.

Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster

Eleanor of Lancaster, (about 1318-1371/72) married (1) John De Beaumont and (2) 5 Feb. 1344/5, Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel and had descendants

Lords Appellant

There were originally three Lords Appellant: Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III and thus the king's uncle; Richard FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel and of Surrey; and Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick.

Richard FitzAlan

Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel (1266/7 – 1301/2), English Norman medieval nobleman

Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel (1346–1397), English medieval nobleman and military commander

Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel (c. 1306–1376), English nobleman and medieval military leader

Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel

After a short term as Warden of the Scottish Marches, he returned to the continent, where he fought in a number of campaigns, and was appointed Joint Lieutenant of Aquitaine in 1340.


Arundel Priory

The priory was dissolved in 1380, when a college of the Holy Trinity with an adjoining hospice was established probably on the same site by Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel as a foundation to serve the needs of twenty aged poor men in the area and to provide education.

Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March

He had a younger brother, Edmund Mortimer, and two sisters, Elizabeth, who married Henry 'Hotspur' Percy, and Philippa (1375-1401), who married firstly John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (d.1389), killed in a tournament at Woodstock Palace, secondly Richard de Arundel, 11th Earl of Arundel (1346-1397), beheaded in 1397, and thirdly, Sir Thomas Poynings.


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