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Elizabeth de Bohun FitzAlan
Birth: 1350, England
Death: Apr. 3, 1385, England
Countess of Arundel, Countess of Surrey
Daughter of William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth Badlesmere, daughter of Bartholomew.
Wife of Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, son of Richard FitzAlan by Alice de Warenne. Mother of three sons and five daughters:
* Richard FitzAlan
* Sir Thomas FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel and Surrey
* William, clerk
* Eleanor m Robert de Ufford
* Alice m Alice Cherlton, had illegitimate daughter with Cardinal Henry Beaufort, son of John of Gaunt
* Elizabeth m Sir William de Montagu
* Joan m William de Beauchamp
* Margaret m Sir Rowland Lenthall
Elizabeth's parents died when she was young, both were gone by the time she was ten. She became the wife of Sir Richard FitzAlan, by papal dispensation, on 28 September 1359. Richard was one of the wealthiest and powerful lords of his time, Elizabeth enjoyed prestige and privilege as his wife, second only to the Queen, the Duchess of Lancaster, and the Countess of Buckingham. Their marriage bound two of the most powerful families in England together, along with Elizabeth's brother's marriage to Richard's sister.
Elizabeth died at the age of 35, and her husband would remarry to Phillipa de Mortimer, the widow of Sir John de Hastings, before being executed for high treason against King Richard.
Family links:
Spouse:
Richard FitzAlan (1346 - 1397)*
Children:
Elizabeth Fitzalan (1371 - 1425)*
Joan Fitzalan De Beauchamp (1375 - 1435)*
Thomas Fitzalan (1381 - 1415)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Lewes Priory
Lewes
East Sussex, England
Created by: Anne Shurtleff Stevens
Record added: Dec 09, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 101940113
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