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Elizabeth De Bohun

Female 1350 - 1385  (35 years)

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  • Name Elizabeth De Bohun
    Birth 1350  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female
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    Death 03 Apr 1385  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Lewes, East Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Lewes Priory
    Person ID I443  Butler Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

    Family Sir Richard Fitzalan,   b. 1346, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 1397, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
    Marriage 28 Sep 1359 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Fitzalan,   b. 1371, Arundel, West Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Jul 1425, Wighill, North Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Lady Joan Fitzalan,   b. 1375, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1435, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F184  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

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  • Notes 


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      Elizabeth de Bohun FitzAlan

      Birth: 1350, England
      Death: Apr. 3, 1385, England

      Countess of Arundel, Countess of Surrey

      Daughter of William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth Badlesmere, daughter of Bartholomew.

      Wife of Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, son of Richard FitzAlan by Alice de Warenne. Mother of three sons and five daughters:
      * Richard FitzAlan
      * Sir Thomas FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel and Surrey
      * William, clerk
      * Eleanor m Robert de Ufford
      * Alice m Alice Cherlton, had illegitimate daughter with Cardinal Henry Beaufort, son of John of Gaunt
      * Elizabeth m Sir William de Montagu
      * Joan m William de Beauchamp
      * Margaret m Sir Rowland Lenthall

      Elizabeth's parents died when she was young, both were gone by the time she was ten. She became the wife of Sir Richard FitzAlan, by papal dispensation, on 28 September 1359. Richard was one of the wealthiest and powerful lords of his time, Elizabeth enjoyed prestige and privilege as his wife, second only to the Queen, the Duchess of Lancaster, and the Countess of Buckingham. Their marriage bound two of the most powerful families in England together, along with Elizabeth's brother's marriage to Richard's sister.

      Elizabeth died at the age of 35, and her husband would remarry to Phillipa de Mortimer, the widow of Sir John de Hastings, before being executed for high treason against King Richard.

      Family links:
      Spouse:
      Richard FitzAlan (1346 - 1397)*

      Children:
      Elizabeth Fitzalan (1371 - 1425)*
      Joan Fitzalan De Beauchamp (1375 - 1435)*
      Thomas Fitzalan (1381 - 1415)*

      *Calculated relationship

      Burial:
      Lewes Priory
      Lewes
      East Sussex, England

      Created by: Anne Shurtleff Stevens
      Record added: Dec 09, 2012
      Find A Grave Memorial# 101940113
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