Richard FitzAlan

 
England, 1346-1397
24/10/15
 

11. jarl af Arundel og 10. jarl af Surrey. Engelsk adelsmand og militærkommandør. Søn af Richard FitzAlan, 10. karl af Arundel og Eleanor af Lancaster. I 1337 var han admiral i vest og syd, og i 1386 admiral af hele England. I denne kapacitet slog han en kombineret fransk-spansk-flamsk flåde ud for Margate i 1387.

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

The following year he was one of the Lords Appellant to Richard II.

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

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:

  • 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.