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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 |
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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