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Paternal Family Tree: Fitzalan
Maternal Family Tree: Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188
1359 de Bohun Fitzalan Double Wedding
1379 Sinking of John Arundel's Fleet
1397 Arrest and Execution of Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 11th Earl Arundel
On 9th February 1321 [her father] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey (age 15) and [her step-mother] Isabel Despencer Countess Arundel (age 9) were married at Havering atte Bower, Essex [Map]. She by marriage Countess Arundel. He the son of [her grandfather] Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel (age 35) and [her grandmother] Alice Warenne Countess Arundel. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 6th November 1330 John Beaumont 2nd Baron Beaumont (age 12) and [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 12) were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 49) and [her grandmother] Maud Chaworth. He the son of Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan (age 51) and Alice Comyn Baroness Beaumont. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
14th December 1344 [her father] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey (age 38) and [her step-mother] Isabel Despencer Countess Arundel (age 32) marriage annulled by Pope Clement VI on the grounds that he had never freely consented to marry Isabel. He, at this time, is believed to be having an affair with her first cousin [her mother] Eleanor (age 26) who he married four months later.
On 5th April 1345 [her father] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey (age 39) and [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 26) were married at Ditton Church, Stoke Poges. She by marriage Countess Arundel. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 64) and [her grandmother] Maud Chaworth. He the son of [her grandfather] Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel and [her grandmother] Alice Warenne Countess Arundel. They were half third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
In 1347 Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton was born to [her father] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey (age 41) and [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 28) at Arundel Castle [Map]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
In June 1347 John Warenne 7th Earl of Surrey (age 60) died. His nephew [her father] Richard (age 41) succeeded 8th Earl Surrey. [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 28) by marriage Countess Surrey. Conisbrough Castle [Map] reverted to the Crown.
On 17th February 1359 [her brother] John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers (age 11) and [her sister-in-law] Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 14) were married. He the son of [her father] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey (age 53) and [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 40). They were fifth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John of England.
In September 1359, a case of Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings, siblings from the de Bohun family, children of William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton (age 49), his only children, and the Fitzalan family, children of , were married:
Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel (age 13) and Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 9) were married. She the daughter of William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton. He the son of Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey (age 53) and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 40). They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton (age 18) and Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton (age 12) were married. She the daughter of Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey. He the son of William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton. They were third cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 26th February 1360 [her brother-in-law] Roger Mortimer 2nd Earl March (age 31) died. He was buried at Wigmore Abbey [Map]. His son Edmund (age 8) succeeded 3rd Earl March, 5th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore.
On 16th September 1360 [her father-in-law] William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton (age 50) died. He was buried either in the Courtenay Chantry Chapel at Exeter Cathedral [Map] or at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. His son [her husband] Humphrey (age 19) succeeded 2nd Earl of Northampton. Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton (age 13) by marriage Countess of Northampton.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Before 1361 [her half-brother] Henry Beaumont 3rd Baron Beaumont (age 20) and [her sister-in-law] Margaret Vere Baroness Devereux and Beaumont were married. She by marriage Baroness Beaumont. She the daughter of John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford and Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford (age 52). He the son of John Beaumont 2nd Baron Beaumont and [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 42). They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 15th October 1361 Humphrey Bohun 6th Earl Hereford 5th Earl Essex (age 52) died. His nephew [her husband] Humphrey (age 20) succeeded 7th Earl Hereford, 6th Earl Essex. Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton (age 14) by marriage Countess Essex, Countess Hereford.
On 23rd April 1365 [her husband] Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton (age 24) was appointed 41st Knight of the Garter by King Edward III of England (age 52).
Around 1366 [her daughter] Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester was born to [her husband] Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton (age 24) and Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton (age 19). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. She married 1374 her second cousin once removed Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England, and had issue.
Around 1368 [her daughter] Mary Bohun was born to [her husband] Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton (age 26) and Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton (age 21). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. She married 5th February 1381 her second cousin King Henry IV of England, son of John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster, and had issue.
On or before 17th June 1369 [her half-brother] Henry Beaumont 3rd Baron Beaumont (age 29) died at Sempringham Priory [Map]. His son [her nephew] John (age 8) succeeded 4th Baron Beaumont.
Before 13th October 1370 [her brother-in-law] Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 20) and [her sister] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. She the daughter of [her father] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey (age 64) and [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 52). He the son of Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 42). They were third cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 11th January 1372 [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 53) died at Arundel [Map]. She was buried at Lewes Priory [Map].
On 16th January 1373 [her husband] Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton (age 31) died. He was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. Earl Hereford, Earl Essex, Earl of Northampton extinct. His estates were divided between his two daughters [her daughter] Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester (age 7), wife of [her future son-in-law] Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester (age 18) and [her daughter] Mary Bohun (age 5), wife of [her future son-in-law] Henry of Bolingbroke (age 5), the future Henry IV, although the title and estates should have been inherited Gilbert Bohun who was a grandson of Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex.
On 13th August 1373 [her brother] Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel (age 20) was appointed Bishop of Ely.
In 1374 [her son-in-law] Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester (age 18) and [her daughter] Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester (age 8) were married. She the daughter of [her former husband] Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton and Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton (age 27). He the son of King Edward III of England (age 61) and Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England. They were second cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 24th January 1376 [her father] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey (age 70) died. He was buried at Lewes Priory [Map]. His son [her brother] Richard (age 30) succeeded 9th Earl Surrey, 4th or 11th Earl Arundel. [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 26) by marriage Countess Arundel, Countess Surrey.
In 1377 [her brother] John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers (age 29) was appointed Earl Marshal.
On 4th August 1377 [her brother] John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers (age 29) was created 1st Baron Arundel by writ of summons. [her sister-in-law] Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 32) by marriage Baroness Arundel.
On 16th December 1379 [her brother] John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers (age 31) drowned. He was buried at Lewes Priory [Map]. His son [her nephew] John (age 15) succeeded 2nd Baron Arundel.
The Chronica Majora reports "... that during the panic of the storm, Sir John murdered those of his men who refused to make for shore for fear of being shipwrecked upon the rocks. Subsequently, after safely arriving on an island off the Irish coast, Sir John and his boat captain were swept back into the sea and drowned".
Thomas Banastre (age 45) drowned.
On 5th February 1381 [her son-in-law] Henry Bolingbroke (age 13) and [her daughter] Mary Bohun (age 13) were married at Arundel Castle [Map]. She the daughter of [her former husband] Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton and Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton (age 34). He the son of John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 40) and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster. They were second cousins. He a grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Around 1383 Joan Maltravers died. Her sister [her former sister-in-law] Eleanor (age 38) succeeded 2nd Baroness Maltravers. [her brother] John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers by marriage Baron Maltravers.
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In 1386 [her brother] Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel (age 33) was appointed Lord Chancellor.
In 1386 [her brother] Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel (age 40) was appointed Admiral England.
In 1387 [her brother] Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel (age 41) was appointed 74th Knight of the Garter by King Richard II of England (age 19).
In 1388 [her brother] Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel (age 42) was appointed Governor of Brest. He was buried at Church of Augustin Friars Bread Street.
On 3rd April 1388 [her brother] Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel (age 35) was appointed Archbishop of York at a time when Richard II was, in effect, suspended from rule.
After 30th December 1389 [her brother] Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel (age 43) and [her sister-in-law] Philippa Mortimer Countess Pembroke, Arundel and Surrey (age 14) were married. She by marriage Countess Arundel, Countess Surrey. The difference in their ages was 29 years. She the daughter of Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster. He the son of [her father] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey and [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey. They were first cousin twice removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1391 [her brother] Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel (age 38) was appointed Lord Chancellor.
Around 1394 William Ros 6th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 24) and [her niece] Margaret Fitzalan Baroness Ros of Helmsley (age 22) were married. She by marriage Baroness Ros Helmsley. She brought a 40 mark annuity to the marriage awarded to her by King Richard II of England (age 26) following the death of his wife Anne of Bohemia Queen Consort England (age 27) in whose household she had been. She the sister of the [her brother] Earl of Arundel (age 48). He the son of Thomas Ros 4th Baron Ros Helmsley and Beatrice Stafford Countess Desmond (age 53). They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 4th June 1394 [her granddaughter] Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark was born to [her son-in-law] King Henry IV of England (age 27) and [her daughter] Mary Bohun (age 26) at Peterborough Castle [Map]. Her mother died in childbirth. She was buried at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.60%. She married 26th October 1406 King Eric of Norway, Denmark and Sweden.
On 25th September 1396 [her brother] Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel (age 43) was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury.
On 21st September 1397 [her brother] Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel (age 51) was tried at Westminster [Map].
He was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map] immediately thereafter. Earl Surrey and Earl Arundel forfeit.
On 29th September 1397 King Richard II (age 30) rewarded his relations with Dukedoms, possibly for their part in downfall of [her former son-in-law] Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester (deceased), Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick (age 59) and [her brother] Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel (deceased)...
His older half-brother John Holland 1st Duke Exeter (age 45) was created 1st Duke Exeter. Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter (age 34) by marriage Duchess Exeter.
His nephew [her nephew] Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey (age 23) was created 1st Duke Surrey.
His first cousin once-removed Margaret was created 1st Duchess Norfolk - for life only. On the same day her grandson Thomas (age 29) was also created Duke of Norfolk - see below.
His second cousin once removed Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk was created 1st Duke Norfolk. [her niece] Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk (age 31) by marriage Duchess Norfolk.
His first cousin Edward 2nd Duke of York 1st Duke Albemarle (age 24) was created 1st Duke Albemarle. Beatrice Burgundy Countess Rutland and Cork (age 24) by marriage Duchess Albemarle.
His illegitimate first cousin John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset (age 24) was created 1st Marquess Somerset, 1st Marquess Dorset. [her granddaughter-in-law] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence (age 12) by marriage Marchioness Somerset, Marchioness Dorset.
Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 33) was created 1st Earl of Westmoreland. Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 18) by marriage Countess of Westmoreland.
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On 8th November 1397 Archbishop Roger Walden was elected Archbishop of Canterbury as a result of the influence of [her brother] Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel (age 44).
On 3rd October 1399 [her daughter] Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester (age 33) died. She was buried at the Chapel of St Edmund, Westminster Abbey [Map]. She has a monumental brass, representing the deceased in her conventual dress, as a nun of Barking Abbey [Map].
Before 13th October 1399 [her brother] Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel (age 46) was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury.
On 13th October 1399 [her former son-in-law] King Henry IV of England (age 32) was crowned IV King of England at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Earl Derby, Earl Lancaster, Duke Lancaster and Earl of Leicester merged with the Crown. [her brother] Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel (age 46) officiated. Bishop Robert Braybrooke carried the sacraments and said mass.
The future [her grandson] King Henry V of England (age 13) carried the Sword Curtana. Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick (age 61) and/or John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset (age 26) carried a sword wrapped in red and bound with golden straps symbolising two-fold mercy. Henry Percy 1st Earl of Northumberland (age 57) carried the Lancaster Sword.
Thomas Percy 1st Earl of Worcester (age 56) carried the Steward's baton. Thomas Erpingham (age 44) carried a Sword.
[her grandson-in-law] Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford (age 21) was appointed Knight of the Bath. [her grandson] John Lancaster 1st Duke Bedford (age 10), John Arundell (age 33) and Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick (age 17) were knighted.
Archbishop Richard Scrope (age 49) attended.
On 16th January 1400 John Holland 1st Duke Exeter (age 48) was executed at Pleshey Castle [Map]. Duke Exeter, Earl Huntingdon forfeit. Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton (age 53) arranged for the children of her dead brother [her brother] Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel, who had been executed on the orders of John Holland 1st Duke Exeter three years before, to witness the execution.
Chronicle of the Betrayal of Richard II. [After 15th January 1400]. The Countess (age 53)1 sent a letter to King Henry to acquaint him that she had seized the Earl of Huntingdon (age 48), and to beg him to send his cousin of Arundel to take vengeance upon him for the death of his [her brother] father, for she was determined to hâve him drawn and hung. Then the King sent the Earl of Arundel thither, and said, "Cousin, go to your aunt, and fetch the prisoners dead or alive." When the Earl of Arundel arrived at the town where the Earl of Huntingdon was taken, he found there his aunt, and eight thousand or more of the villeins of the country, before whom his aunt had led forth the Earl of Huntingdon to put him to death; and there was not one of the villeins present who did not take compassion on him.
Note 1. Joan, widow of Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford, Lord Constable of England, mother of Mary de Bohun, the first wife of Henry IV, who died in 1394. This extraordinary woman, sister to the Earl of Arundel executed by Richard (age 33), and to the [her brother] Archbishop of Canterbury (age 47) whom he had banished, and mother to [her daughter] Aleanora Duchess of Gloucester, was completely identified by ail the ties of relationship with Henry and his party. Imbued with the feelings of chivalry, she, like our Queen Philippa, the Countess of Salisbury, and some others, was equal, in case of emergency, to daring exploits at the heads of armies. (See Froissart, i. 77, 81, 134,137, 139.) Humanity, in its nobler meauing, was, however, without the circle of the sympathies of chivalry. She appears to have acted a mother's part to Henry's children after they had lost their natural protector. Henry V. bequeathed to Thomas Bishop of Durham 'the missal and portophoriuin which we had of the gift of our dear grandmother the Countess of Hereford.' He also bequeathed her 'a gold cyphus.' But she did not survive him. She died on the 7th of April 1416. [Note. Most sources give her death in 1419.]
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Accounts and Extracts. 16th January 1400. The earl of Huntingdon (age 48), the king's [half] brother, fled into the county of Essex; but passing through a small village belonging to the countess of Hereford (age 53), sister to the late [her brother] earl of Arundel, he was known and arrested. The countess sent news of it to king Henry, desiring him to send her the young [her nephew] earl of Arundel (age 18), her nephew, that he might enjoy the vengeance she was going to take on the man to whose counsels she principally attributed the death of her brother; which, it appears, she should rather 'have imputed to the treachery of the earl of Nottingham. The young Arundel hastened thither, and loaded Huntingdon with reproaches. The countess had assembled her vassals, to the number of eight thousand, and delivered to them the earl of Huntingdon in chains, ordering them to cut him in pieces. The unfortunate man entreated for mercy, alledging, that he had never done them any injury; and all took great pity on him except the countess (of Hereford) and the earl of Arundel. The countess flew into a passion, exclaiming, "Curse on you all, villains! you have not the courage to put a man to death."
An esquire offering himself for this purpose, advanced with his hatchet in his hand; but he was so touched with the tender complaints of Huntingdon, that be trembled for fear, and returned to the countess with tears, ssaying, "Madam, I would not put the duke to death for all the gold in the world." — "Then," said she, "do what thou hast promised, or thy own head shall be cut off." When he heard this, he was so afraid, that he knew not what to do, and faid, "Sir, I entreat your pardon; forgive me your death." He then lifted his hatchet, and struck him so hard on the shoulder, that he made him fall with his face to the ground: The noble duke (Huntingdon had been created duke of Exeter by Richard) leaped on his feet, saying, "Alas, man! why do you treat me thus? "For God's fake, kill me more easily." He then gave him eight blows on the shoulder, for he could neither hit his neck or his head; the ninth stroke was in the neck: and the worthy duke, brother to the noble king Richard, spoke yet, saying, "Alas, dear friend! have pity on me, and free me from my pain." The executioner then cut his throat with a knife, to separate his head from his body; and in this manner was the noble duke put to death.'
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In 1407 [her brother] Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel (age 54) was appointed Lord Chancellor.
On 9th April 1413 [her grandson] King Henry V of England (age 26) was crowned V King of England by [her brother] Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel (age 60) at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Duke Lancaster merged with the Crown.
Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick (age 31) was appointed Lord High Steward. Henry Fitzhugh 3rd Baron Fitzhugh (age 55) was appointed Constable of England.
On 19th February 1414 [her brother] Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel (age 61) died.
On 17th March 1416 [her sister] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent (age 66) died.
On 7th April 1419 Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton (age 72) died. She was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map].
Kings Wessex: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 2 Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 5 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzalan
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzalan 6th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel D'Aubigny 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fitzalan 7th Earl of Arundel 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Butler
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Verdun Countess Arundel
Great x 4 Grandmother: Rohesia Verdun
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Mortimer
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gwladus verch Llewelyn "Dark Eyed" Aberffraw Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud de Braose
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eva Marshal
GrandFather: Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Manfred III Marquess Saluzzo
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas I Marquess Saluzzo 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Amedeo Savoy IV Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Marchioness of Saluzzo 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Burgundy Countess Savoy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Father: Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Warenne 5th Earl of Surrey
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Warenne Countess Boulogne 4th Countess of Surrey
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Warenne
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh IX of Lusignan IV Count of La Marche
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh X of Lusignan V Count La Marche
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey
Great x 4 Grandfather: Aymer Angoulême I Count Angoulême
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Courtenay Countess Angoulême
GrandMother: Alice Warenne Countess Arundel
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert de Vere 3rd Earl of Oxford
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh de Vere 4th Earl of Oxford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel de Bolebec Countess of Oxford
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford
Great x 4 Grandfather: Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hawise Quincy Countess Oxford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Vere
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Sanford Countess of Oxford
Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King John of England Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Henry III of England Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Aymer Angoulême I Count Angoulême
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Courtenay Countess Angoulême
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence
Great x 3 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy
GrandFather: Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip II of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Louis VIII of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Capet Count of Artois Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile
Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Metz Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Swabia
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant
Mother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Patrick Chaworth
Great x 1 Grandfather: Patrick Chaworth
GrandMother: Maud Chaworth
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Beauchamp
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Beauchamp
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Mortimer
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 9th Earl Warwick
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Maudit
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Maudit
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Beaumont
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Beauchamp
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Fitzpeter 1st Earl Essex
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzgeoffrey
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aveline Clare Countess Essex
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Fitzjohn Countess Warwick
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Bigod 3rd Earl Norfolk
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Bigod
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey