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

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• Name: 22nd\17Th\10Th Earl Of ARUNDEL
• _UID: D649916DF3AF4766894893D232B57F424A56

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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)]

Thomas married Margaret WYDEVILLE in Oct 1464. Margaret was born about 1450 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England; died before 6 Mar 1490-1491 in Arundel Caslte, West Sussex, England; was buried in Arundel Chapel, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 83DA3E6175AC441FA4163F2ED9798533B10C

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Margaret; married John de la Pole, 1st and last Earl of Lincoln of the March 1466/7 creation (dsp 1487), and died in or after 1493. [Burke's Peerage]

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He [John de la Pole] married Margaret, daughter of Thomas (FITZALAN), EARL OF ARUNDEL, by Margaret, daughter of Richard (WYDVILL), EARL RIVERS, and sister of Elizabeth, wife of EDWARD IV. He died as aforesaid, v.p. and s.p., 16 June 1487, when his Earldom became extinct, and he was tainted. His widow Margaret was living in 1493 or later. [Complete Peerage VII:688-90, XIV:437, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Family/Spouse: John De LA POLE, 1st\Last Earl Of Lincoln. John (son of John De LA POLE, 2nd Duke Of Suffolk and Elizabeth "Of York" PLANTAGENET) was born about 1462 in Wingfield, Suffolk, England; died on 16 Jun 1487 in Battle Of Stoke, Nottinghamshire, England (Dsp &Vp). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: F6943684E2F441858C3C74B7214694A47270

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The ancestry of Margaret is not certain. Many have her the daughter of a Michael de la Pole, "a younger son of the Earl of Suffolk". Although the Earl of Suffolk was still around as a lesser title for the Dukes, nobody, except for the 2nd Duke's son Edmund (c1471-1513) (he was too young to be such a Michael's father) had gone by the title of Earl of Suffolk for 3 generations by the time of Margaret de la Pole. The last Earl of Suffolk who had children was a Michael de la Pole, d. 1415. Therefore if Michael de la Pole, as Margaret's father, was a younger son of a titled peer, he would have been the younger son of one of the Dukes.

I found this ancestry in World Connect, db=:2181483, Jeanie Davis. It is as probable as any, and more than most. The only "iffy" part of it is Margaret being the daughter of John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, whom Burke's Peerage states died without issue (dsp).

Margaret married before 1503. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]