Sir Richard II Copped Hat FITZ ALAN

Male Abt 1313 - 1376  (63 years)


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  • Name Richard II Copped Hat FITZ ALAN  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    • Isabel Le Despener, was born about 1312. She was married in the King's Chapel at Havering-atte-Bower on 9 Feb 1320/1, she being about eight years of age, to Richard Fitz Alan (Copped Hat), 3rd Earl of Arundel and 4th Earl of Surrey, son and heir of Edmund Fitz Alan, 8th Earl of Arundel, Baron of Oswestry, co. Salop, Baron of Clun, co. Salop, by Alice, daughter of William de Warenne. He was born about 1313, and was about seven years of age at time of marriage. In 1330-1 he was fully restored in blood and honours and obtained restitution of the Castle and honour of Arundel, becoming Earl of Arundel. Their marriage was annulled by Papal mandate on 4 Dec 1344 on the ground of his minority and of his never having willingly consented to the match. He took a distinguished part the wars with France, was Admiral of the West 1340-41 and 1345-47, commanded the second division at the Battle of Crecy, and was at the fall of Calais in 1347. [1]
    Prefix Sir 
    Birth Abt 1313  Arundel, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 5
    Gender Male 
    Fact 9th Earl of Arundel and Warenne Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Name Richard Fitz-Alan II  [6
    Death 24 Jan 1375/6  Arundel, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 5
    Burial Lewes, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • In 1345 Richard repudiated his wife, Isabella, on the ground that he had never consented to the marriage; he received "papal recognition of the nullity of the union."
    Person ID I22337  Main Tree
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2018 

    Father Sir Edmund FITZ ALAN,   b. 01 May 1285, Marlborough, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 1326, (beheaded) Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Alice DE WARENNE,   b. Abt 1277, Warren, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 23 May 1338 (Age < 61 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 1305  [5
    Family ID F04450  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Isabel LE DESPENSER,   b. Abt 1312 
    Marriage 09 Feb 1320/1  King's Chapel at Havering-atte-Bower Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 5
    Annulled 1345  [2
    Children 
    +1. Sir Edmund FITZ ALAN,   b. Abt 1327   d. Aft 1377 (Age 51 years)  [Birth]
     2. Isabel FITZ ALAN   d. 29 Aug 1396  [Birth]
    Family ID F04447  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2018 

    Family 2 Alianor Of LANCASTER,   b. Abt 1318, Grismond Castle, Monmouthshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1372, Arundel, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Marriage 05 Feb 1344/5  Ditton Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Children 
     1. Eleanor FITZ ALAN,   b. Abt 1354  [Birth]
    +2. Alice FITZ ALAN,   b. Arundel, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1415/6  [Birth]
     3. Joan FITZ ALAN,   b. 1347, Arundel, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Apr 1419, Saffran Walden, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [Birth]
     4. Richard FITZ ALAN,   b. 1346, Arundel, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 1397, Executed at Cheapside Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)  [Birth]
    +5. Sir John DE ARUNDEL,   b. of Betchworth, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1379, Perished at sea Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     6. Thomas FITZ ALAN,   b. Abt 1353, Arundel, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1414 (Age 61 years)  [Birth]
     7. Mary FITZ ALAN,   b. Abt 1356, Arundel, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 24 Jan 1376 (Age < 20 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F03067  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1313 - Arundel, Sussex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 05 Feb 1344/5 - Ditton Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 24 Jan 1375/6 - Arundel, Sussex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Lewes, Sussex, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
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    6. [S03450] The Georgia Bealls and Their Kinfolk, pg 132.