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Thomas FITZALAN, 17th Earl Of Arundel, Kb, Kg

Thomas FITZALAN, 17th Earl Of Arundel, Kb, Kg[1]

Male 1450 - 1524  (74 years)

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  • Name Thomas FITZALAN  [2, 3, 4
    Suffix 17th Earl Of Arundel, Kb, Kg 
    Born 1450  Arundel Caslte, West Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Gender Male 
    Name 22nd\17Th\10Th Earl Of ARUNDEL 
    _UID D649916DF3AF4766894893D232B57F424A56 
    Died 25 Oct 1524  Downly Park, Singleton, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Buried Arundel Chapel, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I14327  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2012 

    Father William FITZALAN, 16th Earl Of Arundel, Kg, Sir,   b. 23 Nov 1417, Arundel Caslte, West Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft Sep 1487, Arundel Caslte, West Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Joan NEVILLE,   b. Abt 1423, Castle Raby, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 9 Sep 1462, Arundel Caslte, West Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 39 years) 
    Married Aft 17 Aug 1438  [2, 5, 6, 7
    Family ID F3505  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret WYDEVILLE,   b. Abt 1450, Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 6 Mar 1490-1491, Arundel Caslte, West Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 41 years) 
    Married Oct 1464  [2
    Children 
     1. Margaret FITZALAN,   b. Abt 1470, Arundel, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1493  (Age ~ 24 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F7394  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Thomas Fitz Alan, 17th/10th Earl of Arundel, KG (Feb 1473/4), KB (1461); born 1450; called up to House of Lords by 15 Nov 1482 vp as Lord (Baron) Arundell (sic) de Mautrevers; Lt Order of Garter 1489 and 1517, Warden of New Forest 1489; married Oct 1464 Lady Margaret Woodville, 2nd daughter of 1st Earl Rivers and sister of Elizabeth, Edward IV's wife, and died 25 Oct 1524. [Burke's Peerage]

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      EARLDOM of ARUNDEL (XXII, 17 or 10) 1487

      THOMAS [FITZ ALAN otherwise ARUNDELL, otherwise MAUTRAVERS], Earl of Arundel &c., son and heir, born 1450. He, as Lord Fitz-Alan, created K.B. at the coronation of Edward IV, 27 June 1461, and K.G. 26 February 1473/4. He was summoned (no Parliament sat July 1471) 15 November 1482, when the writ was directed to him [v.p.] as "Thome Arundell' de Mautravers militi" in which title [Lord Arundell de Mautravers] he sat, till in 1488 he succeeded to the Earldom. As'Lord Mautravers' he was one of the peers at the coronation of Richard III. In September 1486 he was one of the Godfathers to Prince Arthur. Bearer of the Rod and Dove at the Coronation of Elizabeth, Queen Consort, 25 November 1487. Lieutenant of the Order of the Garter, 19 July 1489, and again 1517. In 1489 he was made Warden of the New Forest.

      He married, in October 1464, Margaret, 2nd daughter of Richard [Widville], Earl Rivers, by Jacqueline, daughter of Pierre de Luxembourg, Count of St. Pol and brienne. She was sister of Elizabeth, Queen Consort of Edward IV. She died before 6 march 1490/1, and was buried at Arundel. He died 25 October 1524, at Downly Park, in Singleton, Sussex, and was buried at Arundel. [Complete Peerage I:249-50, XIV:39, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

  • Sources 
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    2. [S289] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles M o s l e y Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 26 May 2003., 2098 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S63] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, VII:489 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S63] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, I:249-50 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S140] Wives: Six wives of King Henry VIII (Alison Weir), Weir, Alison, ((New York:NY, Grove Weidenfeld, 1991); ISBN 0-8021-1497-0;), 942.05'2'092-dc20., p. 613 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S112] Ancestral File™ v4.19 (FamilySearch®), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((Created by FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service, 50 East North Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150, April 1, 1999)).

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