Richard "Copped Hat" FITZ ALAN II, II

1306 - 1375  (69 years)

• Name	Richard "Copped Hat" FITZ ALAN II
  Suffix	II
  Birth	1306	Of Arundel, Sussex, ENG
  Gender	Male
  Nickname	Copped Hat
  Death	24 Jan 1375	Arundel, Sussex, ENG
  Person ID	I12809	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Edmund FITZ ALAN,   b. 1 May 1273, Castle Marborough, Sussex, ENG d. 17 Nov 1326, , Herefordshire, ENG (Age 53 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Alice DE WARREN,   b. Abt 1277, Of Warren, Sussex, ENG d. Bef 23 May 1338 (Age < 61 years)
  Relationship	natural
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F3701	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Isabel LE DESPENCER,   b. 1312   d. 1356 (Age 44 years)
  _MARRIED	N
  Children	1. Philippa D.Of RICHARD FITZ ALAN II, II,   b. 1344  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Edmund FITZ ALAN,   b. 1327, Of Arundel, Sussex, ENG d. Aft 1377 (Age > 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3857	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Lady Eleanor DE LANCASTER PLANTAGENET,   b. 1311   d. 11 Jan 1372 (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	5 Feb 1345	Ditton
  Children	1. Alice FITZ ALAN,   b. 1352   d. 1415 (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Sir John FITZALAN, *,   b. Abt 1348   d. 1379, Dorking, Surrey, England (Age 31 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Thomas FITZ ALAN II, II  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3858	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Richard, Earl of Arundel and Warrene was called "Copped Hat". He was made Justicar of North Wales for life in 1334, Governor of Carnarvon Castle in 1339 and Sheriff of Shropshire for life in 1345. He had a leading honorable role in the wah France holding the position of Admiral of the West in 1340/41 and 1345/47. He commanded the second division in the battle of Crecy and was at the fall of Calais in 1347. He had two wives. His first marriage was annulled by papal decree after 24 years of marriage. This occurred in 1344 on the grounds of his minority and his having never consented to the match. He married Lady Eleanor in the same year. He died at age 70 as was buried at Lewes. (C-437, p.582-3)