The family of Richard FitzAlan &
Isabel Despencer (1st Marriage) Eleanor of Lancaster (2nd Marriage)
20xGreat Grandparents

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First Marriage

  His Parents:   Her Parents:
   Edmund FitzALAN   Hugh Despencer
   Alice de WARENNE   Isabel de BEAUCHAMP
Richard FitzALAN Isabel DESPENCER
 Married 1321
Bd   Bd  
Bp   Bp  
Dd  24/01/1376 Dd  
Bur  Lewes Priory, Sussex Bur  
Occ   Occ   
  
 Their Children:
   Edmund FitzAlan Bd  
   Mary FitzALAN Bd  
    Bd  

Second Marriage

  His Parents:   Her Parents:
   Edmund FitzALAN    Henry Earl of LANCASTER
   Alice de WARENNE    Maud CHAWORTH
Richard FitzALAN Eleanor of LANCASTER
 Married 05/02/1345 Ditton Church, Stoke Poges, Bucks.
Bd   Bd  
Bp   Bp  
Dd  24/10/1376 Dd  
Bur  Lewes Priory, Sussex Bur  
Occ   Occ   
  
 Their Children:
   Edmund Bd  
   Richard FitzALAN Bd  1346
   Joan Bd  
   Alice Bd  
   John Bd  
   Thomas Bd  1353
   Mary Bd  
   Eleanor Bd  

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Richard's inheritance was restored in 1330 and he became Earl of Arundel.  He was known as "Copped Hat".  His first marriage to Isabel le Despencer was anulled in 1344 and he then married Eleanor of Lancaster.  She had previously been married to John de Beaumont who died May 1342.  There was a Papal dispensation for the marriage dated 4th March 1345.  He succeeded in 1347 to the estates of the Warenne family, on the death of his uncle John de Warenne 8th Earl of Surrey, although he only assumed the title Earl of Surrey after the death of the 8th Earl's widow Joan in 1361.

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