William Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel, 8th Baron Maltravers KG (1476 – 23 January 1544) was an English peer, styled as Lord Maltravers from 1487 to 1524.
Sir William Fitzalan | |
|---|---|
| Earl of Arundel | |
| Tenure | 1524–1544 |
| Predecessor | Thomas Fitzalan |
| Successor | Henry Fitzalan |
| Born | 1476 |
| Died | 23 January 1544 (aged 67–68) |
| Residence | Arundel, West Sussex, England |
| Offices | Lord Chamberlain |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Willoughby Anne Percy |
| Issue | Henry Fitzalan |
| Parents | Thomas Fitzalan Margaret Woodville |
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, and a younger sister of Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV.[1]
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 in 1526.
FitzAlan bore the Sceptre with the Dove at the coronation of Anne Boleyn 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, including Michelham Priory. He died in 1544 and was buried at Arundel Castle.
His only son was Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel.
Footnotes
edit- ^ Cokayne 1910, p. 250.
References
edit- Cokayne, George Edward (1910). The Complete Peerage, edited by H.A. Doubleday. Vol. I. London: St. Catherine Press. pp. 249–50.