Sir Richard "Copped Hat" FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel

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• History: birth to death

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History:
He was also the 5th Earl of Arundel and the Earl of Warenne.

Richard married Isabel Despenser on 9 Feb 1320/21. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sir Edmund FitzAlan

Richard married Eleanor de Lancaster on 5 Feb 1344/45 in Ditton, Kent, England. Eleanor (daughter of Sir Henry Pantagenet, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester and Maud de Chaworth) died on 11 Jan 1372 in Arundel, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sir Richard FitzAlan, KG, Earl of Arundel and Surrey was born in 1346; died on 21 Sep 1397.
2. Joan FitzAlan was born in 1347 in Arundel, Sussex, England; died on 7 Apr 1419.
3. Alice FitzAlan was born about 1350 in England; died on 17 Mar 1415 in England.
4. Sir John FitzAlan, Lord Arundel died in 1379.

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• History: birth to death

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History:
He was the 8th Earl of Arundel.

On 22 May 1306, he was knighted.

In 1306, he was a Member of Parliament.

Died:
He was beheaded.

Edmund married Alice de Warrene in 1306 in Arundel, Sussex, England. Alice (daughter of Sir William de Warenne and Joan de Vere) died before 23 May 1328. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Title(s): 1289
• Offices Held: 1295

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Title(s):
He became the Earl of Arundel.

Offices Held:
He was a Member of Parliament.

Richard married Alisona de Saluzza about 1284. Alisona (daughter of Tomaso I, Marquis of Saluzzo and Leugia de Ceva) died on 25 Sep 1292. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death

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History:
He was the 7th Earl of Surrey.

In 1285, he was knighted.

Died:
He was killed having by being ambushed by his rivals while attending a tournament.

William married Joan de Vere in 1283 in Surrey, England. Joan (daughter of Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford and Alice de Sanford) died before 23 Nov 1293; was buried in Lewes Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
She was buried before the high alter.

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Name:
He was also the Lord of Clun.

John married Isabella Mortimer in 1260 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Tomaso married Leugia de Ceva in 1258. Leugia (daughter of Giorgio de Ceva and Menzia) died on 22 Aug 1291. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Military: 1254, Gascony, France; In 1254, he accompanied Edward, prince of Wales to Gascony.
• Title(s): 1254, Spain; He was knighted by Edward, Prince of Wales.
• Military: Sep 1255, Gascony, France; He accompanied Edward, prince of Wales to Gascony.
• Military: 1257; He went to Almain in 1257 with Richard, Earl of Cornwall, King elect of the Romans. In 1263, he joined with Simon de Montfort and Prince Edward and fought in the Battle of Lewes on 14 May. Upon losing the battle, he and the Kings's brothers fled to pevensey. In 1265, he fought in the Battle of Evesham under Prince Edward. The next year he commanded the royalist forces at Chesterfield. He received pardon for his actions in 1267, and the next year on 24 June he took up the cross. It appears however that he never went on Crusade. Two years later, in 1269, he violently quarreled with Sir Alan la Zouche in Westminster Hall, the result being that Sir Alan died of his wounds. Sir Alan's son barely escaped with his life. Earl John fled to Reigate being perused by Prince Edward. He begged for mercy, and on 4 August 1270, was pardoned, having agreed to pay a large sum to the King. Four days after the King's death, Sir John swore allegiance to Prince Edward. As Prince Edward was at that time returning home from Crusade, Earl John was appointed one of the Guardians of the Realm. In 1277 and 1294, he was summoned to serve against the Welsh, and was summoned to serve against the Scots in 1291, 1297, and 1300.
• Military: 27 Apr 1296; On 27 April 1296, Earl John defeated the Scots at the Battle of Dunbar. The next year in August his advance guard under Henry de Percy was attacked, though the attack was repelled. He continued on the Battle of Sterling, where he was defeated on 10 September 1269. He fled to Berwick, but he soon abandoned it. Later he commanded the rear guard at the Battle of Falkirk on 22 July 1298. He commanded the second division at the siege of Caerlaverock Castle in 1300.
• Offices Held: 3 Sep 1296; He became the Keeper of the Realm of Scotland.

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Name:
His other titles were Baron of Lewes and Constable of Bamborough Castle.

Buried:
He was buried before the high altar.

John married Alice de Lusignan in Aug 1247 in England. Alice (daughter of Hugh X "le Brun" de Lusignan, Count de la Marche and Angoulême and Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of England) died on 9 Feb 1255 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Weis (1982) gives her death as 1291.

Name:
Her name was also spelt "Alfais de Lusignan".

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• History: birth to death

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History:
He was the 5th Earl of Oxford.

In 1283, he was a Member of Parliament. He served again from 1295 to 1296.

Robert married Alice de Sanford in by 22 Feb 1252. Alice (daughter of Gilbert de Sanford and Loretta) died in 1285. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]