FITZ-ALEN, Dutchess Elizabeth

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• Name	FITZ-ALEN, Elizabeth
  Prefix	Dutchess
  Birth	1366	Arundel Castle, Sussex, England
  Gender	Female
  _TAG	Temple
  Death	8 Jul 1425	Hoveringham, Nottingham, England   [1]
  Burial	17 Jul 1425	Hoveringham, Nottingham, England
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  Father	FITZ-ALEN, Earl Richard ,   b. 25 Mar 1346, Arundel Castle, Sussex, England Arundel Castle, Sussex, Englandd. 21 Sep 1397, Edmonton, Middlesex, England (Age 51 years)
  Mother	BOHUN, Countess Elizabeth de ,   b. 1347, Holme Lacey, Hertsfordshire, England Holme Lacey, Hertsfordshire, Englandd. 3 Apr 1385, Arundel, Sussex, England (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	28 Sep 1359	Derbyshire, England   [2]
  Notes	MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married 28 Sep 1365 ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp ARIZO.
  Family ID	F5579	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	MONTAGU, Baron William de ,   b. 1366, England England
  Marriage	Bef 1384
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  Family 2	MOWBRAY, Duke Thomas de ,   b. 22 Mar 1366, Epworth, Lincolnshire, England Epworth, Lincolnshire, Englandd. 22 Sep 1399, Venice, Veneto, Italy (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	1385	Arundel Castle, Sussex, England
  Family ID	F18712	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
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  Family 3	GOSHILL, Sir Robert ,   b. 1350, Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, England Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, Englandd. 21 Jul 1403, Battle of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	19 Aug 1401	Derbyshire, Derbyshire, England
  Children	+ 1. GAWSELL, Lady Elizabeth ,   b. 1407, Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, England Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, Englandd. 1431, Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 24 years)
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  Family 4	AFFLETE, Gerard Sir
  Marriage	Bef 1411
  Family ID	F18713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
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• Notes

  ELIZABETH FITZ-ALAN: Elizabeth was the eldest daughter of Richard Fitz-Alan the 11th Earl of Arundel and his wife Elizabeth de Bohun. Both the Fitz-Alan and Bohun family lines were among the highest in the peerage of medieval England. Elizabeth Fitz-Alan had a double line of direct descent from the Plantagenet Kings of England. Through her mother's Bohun line she was a direct descendant of King Edward I and Eleanor of Castile, and through her Fitz-Alan ancestry a direct descendant of King Henry III and Eleanor of Provence. She was also related by cousinship to both King Henry IV and to his first wife Mary Bohun. Elizabeth was born before 1372, (in 1415 she was given as aged 40 or more), and a best estimate would be closer to 1367. By December of 1378 she would be married to her first husband William de Montagu, son of the Earl of Salisbury. This marriage for Elizabeth would certainly have been in her childhood. William de Montagu was killed in a tilting match at Windsor in 1382. Elizabeth Fitz-Alan would marry as her 2nd husband Thomas Mowbray, the Earl of Nottingham and later the Duke of Norfolk, in July of 1384. This marriage would last for 15 years until Thomas Mowbray's death in Venice on September 22, 1399. Elizabeth would have 2 sons and 2 daughters during her marriage with Thomas Mowbray. The sons were Thomas Mowbray 1385-1405 and John Mowbray 1390-1432, (both of these sons would assume the title Earl of Nottingham), the 2 daughters were Margaret who married Sir Robert Howard, and Isabel who married Henry Ferrers. In 1397 Thomas Mowbray was among those who accused and condemed Elizabeth's father Richard Fitz-Alan, the Earl of Arundel. Richard Fitz-Alan was found guilty of treason and be-headed at Cheapside on September 21, 1397. One apocryphal rumor even had Thomas Mowbray as the actual executioner of his father-in-law Richard Fitz-Alan. The now twice widowed Duchess of Norfolk would next marry Sir Robert Goushill as previously discussed in length. After the death of Sir Robert Goushill at Shrewsbury in 1403, she would marry Sir Gerald Usflete of Yorkshire as her fourth husband before April 18, 1411. Sir Gerald Usflete was the steward of the Duchy of Lancaster in Lincolnshire. Elizabeth Fitz-Alan would become a co-heiress of her brother Thomas, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, in 1415. (Thomas had died sans progeny on October 13, 1415, and his sisters had become his heirs). Sir Gerald Usflete died by Feb. 1420/21, having written his will on September 13, 1420. No children were born to Elizabeth Fitz-Alan and Gerald Usflete. Elizabeth Fitz-Alan would live on after the death of her fourth husband Gerald Usflete until her own death on July 8, 1425. It is believed that she returned to Hoveringham in her final years. Born in the reign of King Edward III, she would live through the reigns of Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, and into the reign of Henry VI. Through blood and marriage, Elizabeth Fitz-Alan would be closely touched by nearly all of the events in this period of turbulence, violence, and political turmoil in English history. ------------------------------ The Alabaster Tomb at Hoveringham - The recumbent effigies are those of Sir Robert Goushill and his wife Elizabeth FitzAlan, granddaughter of Edward I and sister of Thomas, 15th Duke of Arundel. Elizabeth married Robert Goushill of Hoveringham in 1401 after the death of her second husband Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, in the previous year. In 1403, Robert was wounded fighting for Henry IV at the Battle of Shrewsbury. For his conduct on the field, Robert was knighted, before being treacherously stabbed to death by his servant. The Knight wears a camail and hawberk of mail with plate armour upon arms and legs. The collar, which shows his Lancastrian allegiance, and the elaborate sword-belt, are both well-preserved. His head, surmounted by a bascinet with its wreath, rests upon his haulm with its devices of a Saracen head. The Duchess is clothed as a Peeress, with a Coronet denoting her rank. (Original church is of Norman perios, c. 1120). Elizabeth, daughter of Richard FitzAlan and sister and co-heir of Thomas Fitz-Alan, Earls of Arundel; born 1372. Married--1st, to William, son and heir of William Montacute, Earl of Salisbury; 2dly, to Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk; 3dly, to Sir Gerard Ufflete; and lastly to Sir Robert Goushill. Died 8th July, 1425. Ref: 929.273 C561/c SLC FHL The Clarksons of New York Vol. I. Dutchess of Goushill; Sister to Joan married to Thomas Baron Standley, Duke of Norfolk. -------------------------- Ref: Plantagenet Ancestry ELIZABETH ARUNDEL, born about 1371 (aged 44 in 1415). She married (1st) before Dee. 1378 WILLIAM DE MONTAGU, Knt., son and heir apparent of William de Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, by his 2nd wife, Elizabeth, daughter and Co-heiress of John Mohun, K.G., 2nd Lord Mohun. They had no issue. He died 6 August 1382, being killed in a tilting-match at Windsor, Berkshire. Elizabeth married (2nd) in July 1384 (as his 2nd wife) THOMAS MOWBRAY, Knt., K.G., 1st Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Nottingham, Earl Marshal, 6th Lord Mowbray, Lord Segrave. They had five children. He died of pestilence at Venice, Italy, 22 Sept. 1399, and was buried in the Abbey of St. George in Venice. She married (3rd) without the King's license before 19 August 1401 (when her dower lands were ordered back into the king's hands) ROBERT GOUSHILL (or GOUSEHILL), Knt., of Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, and Barlb

  
  

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  [S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. Elizabeth de Bohun Fitz Alan; Female; Birth: 1369 Of, Arundel, Sussex, England; Death: 08 JUL 1425; Spouse: Unavailable; Film Number: 184203 Page Number: 191 Reference number: 4111 Record submitted by a member of the LDS Church Search performed using PAF Insight on 27 Nov 2004 [S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. Richard Of Arundel FITZALAN; Male; Death: JUL 1397; Father: Richard FITZ ALAN; Mother: Eleanor PLANTAGENET; Spouse: Elizabeth BOHUN; Marriage: 28 SEP 1359 Contract; No source information is available. Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. Search performed using PAF Insight on 27 Nov 2004