Alice de Warenne, Countess of Arundel

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Alice de Warenne
Countess of Arundel
Born15 June 1287
Warren,
William de Warenne
MotherJoan de Vere

Alice de Warenne, Countess of Arundel (15 June 1287 – 23 May 1338) was an English noblewoman and

Edmund FitzAlan, 2nd Earl of Arundel
.

Family

Alice, the only daughter of

William de Warenne (1256-1286) and Joan de Vere, daughter of Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford, was born on 15 June 1287 in Warren, Sussex, six months after her father was accidentally killed in a tournament on 15 December 1286. On the death of her paternal grandfather, John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey in 1304, her only sibling John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey succeeded to the earldom. He became estranged from his childless wife and they never reconciled, leaving Alice as the heir presumptive
to the Surrey estates and title.

Marriage to the Earl of Arundel

In 1305, Alice married

Lords Ordainers
. He also took part in the Scottish wars.

The Earl of Arundel and his brother-in-law John de Warenne were the only nobles who remained loyal to King

Hugh le Despenser, and agreed to the marriage of his son to Despenser's granddaughter. Arundel had previously been granted many of the traitor Mortimer's forfeited estates, and was appointed Justice of Wales in 1322 and Warden of the Welsh Marches in 1325. He was also made Constable of Montgomery Castle
which became his principal base.

The Earl of Arundel was captured in Shropshire by the Queen's party.[3] On 17 November 1326 in Hereford, Arundel was beheaded by order of the Queen, leaving Alice de Warenne a widow. Her husband's estates and titles were forfeited to the Crown following Arundel's execution, but later restored to her eldest son, Richard. [citation needed]

Alice died before 23 May 1338,[1] aged 50. Her brother died in 1347 without legitimate issue, thus the title of Surrey eventually passed to Alice's son, Richard.

Arundel Castle, the principal residence of the Earls of Arundel

Issue

  • Joan de Bohun, Countess of Hereford
    .
  • Edward FitzAlan (1308–1398)
  • Alice FitzAlan (born 1310), married John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford.
  • Joan FitzAlan (born 1312), married Warin Gerard, Baron L'Isle.
  • Aline FitzAlan (1314–1386), married Roger le Strange, 5th Baron Strange of Knockyn, by whom she had issue.
  • John FitzAlan, (c. 1348-1379), 1st Baron Arundel, 1st Baron Maltravers, who was a Marshall of England, and drowned in 1379. The current Duke of Norfolk descends from Lady Mary, Duchess of Norfolk, a daughter and co-heiress of Henry FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel; being a descendant of John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel.
  • Catherine FitzAlan (died 1376), married firstly Andrew Peverell, and secondly Henry Hussey of Cockfield. Had issue by her second husband.
  • Elizabeth FitzAlan (1320–1389), married William Latimer, 4th Baron Latimer, by whom she had one daughter, Elizabeth.
  • Eleanor FitzAlan

Ancestry

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lundy 2013, p. 357 § 3561 cites Cokayne 2000, p. 242
  2. ^ a b Lundy 2013b, p. 356 § 3560 cites Cokayne 2000, p. 241
  3. ^ Lundy 2013b, p. 356 § 3560 cites Cokayne 2000, p. 242

References

  • Cokayne, G.E. (2000). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant. Vol. I (reprint in 6 volumes new ed.). Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing. pp. 241, 242.
  • Lundy, Darryl (13 September 2013). "Alice de Warenne". thepeerage.com. p. 357 § 3561.
  • Lundy, Darryl (13 September 2013b). "Edmund Fitzalan, 9th Earl of Arunde". thepeerage.com. p. 356 § 3560.
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