William Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel, 8th Baron Maltravers
KG (147623 January 1544) was an
English peer, styled as Lord Maltravers from 1487 to 1524.
FitzAlan was the son of
Thomas Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel, and Margaret Woodville (died before 6 March 1490), daughter of
Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers
Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (1405 – 12 August 1469), also Wydeville, was the father of Elizabeth Woodville and father-in-law of Edward IV.
Early life
Born at Maidstone in Kent, Richard Woodville was the son of Richard Wydeville ...
, and a younger sister of
Elizabeth Woodville
Elizabeth Woodville (also spelt Wydville, Wydeville, or Widvile; c. 1437Karen Lindsey, ''Divorced, Beheaded, Survived'', p. xviii, Perseus Books, 1995. – 8 June 1492), known as Dame Elizabeth Grey during her first marriage, was Queen of Engla ...
, wife of
Edward IV
Edward IV (28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, then again from 11 April 1471 until his death in 1483. He was a central figure in the Wars of the Roses, a series of civil wars in England ...
.
He married firstly, after 1501, Elizabeth Willoughby, daughter of
Robert Willoughby, 1st Baron Willoughby de Broke, and secondly, on 15 February 1510, he married Lady Anne Percy, a daughter of
Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland. He succeeded to the title of 11th Earl of Arundel on the death of his father Thomas in 1524 and became
Lord Chamberlain
The Lord Chamberlain of the Household is the most senior officer of the Royal Households of the United Kingdom, Royal Household of the United Kingdom, supervising the departments which support and provide advice to the Monarchy of the United Ki ...
in 1526.
FitzAlan bore the
Sceptre with the Dove at the coronation of
Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn (; 1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was List of English royal consorts, Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the Wives of Henry VIII, second wife of King Henry VIII. The circumstances of her marriage and execution, by beheading ...
in 1533 and later took part in her trial in 1536. During the
dissolution of the monasteries he was given large areas of land in
Sussex
Sussex (Help:IPA/English, /ˈsʌsɪks/; from the Old English ''Sūþseaxe''; lit. 'South Saxons'; 'Sussex') is an area within South East England that was historically a kingdom of Sussex, kingdom and, later, a Historic counties of England, ...
, including
Michelham Priory. He died in 1544 and was buried at
Arundel Castle
Arundel Castle is a restored and remodelled medieval castle in Arundel, West Sussex, England. It was established by Roger de Montgomery in the 11th century. The castle was damaged in the English Civil War and then restored in the 18th and earl ...
.
His only son was
Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel
Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel (23 April 151224 February 1580) was an English nobleman, who over his long life assumed a prominent place at the court of all the later Tudor sovereigns.
Court career under Henry VIII
He was the only s ...
.
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1476 births
1544 deaths
15th-century English nobility
16th-century English nobility
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Knights of the Bath
Knights of the Garter
16th-century English knights