Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel

Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel and 10th Earl of Surrey (1346 - September 21, 1397, beheaded) was an English nobleman and military commander.

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1346 - September 21 - 1397

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He was the son of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor of Lancaster.

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Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel - Eleanor of Lancaster

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In 1377 he was Admiral of the West and South, and in 1386 Admiral of all England. In this capacity he defeated a combined Franco-Spanish-Flemish fleet off of Margate in 1387. The following year he was one of the Lords Appellant to Richard II.

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1377 - 1386 - Margate - 1387 - Lords Appellant - Richard II

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In 1397 he was arrested for his opposition to Richard II, and then attainted and beheaded.

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Arundel married twice. His first wife was Elizabeth de Bohun, daughter of William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton. They married around September 28, 1359 and had four children:

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• Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel
• Elizabeth FitzAlan
• Joan FitzAlan (1375 - November 14, 1453), who married William Beauchamp, 1st Lord Bergavanny;
• Margaret FitzAlan, who married Sir Rowland Lenthall;
• Alice FitzAlan, who married the 4th Baron Charleton.

Arundel then married Philippa Mortimer, daughter of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March. Her mother was Philippa Plantagenet, a daughter of Lionel of Antwerp and thus a granddaughter of Edward III. They had no children.

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Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March - Philippa Plantagenet - Lionel of Antwerp - Edward III

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