Elizabeth Fitzalan, Duchess of Norfolk

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Elizabeth de Mowbray, Duchess of Norfolk (née Lady Elizabeth Fitzalan; July 8, 1366 – July 8, 1425)[1] was an English noblewoman and the wife of Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk.

Elizabeth de Mowbray
Duchess of Norfolk
BornLady Elizabeth Fitzalan
1366
Died8 July 1425
Wighill, Yorkshire
Spouse(s)Sir William Montacut
Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk
Sir Robert Goushill
Sir Gerard Usflete
Edward Le Despencer
IssueThomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk
Margaret de Mowbray
John Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk
Isabel de Mowbray
Elizabeth de Mowbray
Elizabeth Goushill
Joan Goushill
FatherRichard Fitzalan, 4th Earl of Arundel
MotherElizabeth de Bohun

Through her eldest daughter, Lady Margaret Mowbray, Elizabeth was an ancestress of Queens consort Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, and the Howard Dukes of Norfolk. Her other notable descendants include Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk; Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby; Sir Thomas Wyatt, the younger; and Lady Jane Grey (by both parents).

Marriages and children

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Lady Elizabeth was born in Derbyshire, England, a daughter of Richard Fitzalan, 4th Earl of Arundel and his first wife Elizabeth de Bohun, daughter of William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth de Badlesmere.

Elizabeth had five husbands and at least seven children:

She died 8 July 1425 in Wighill, Yorkshire, and was buried with her third husband in St Michael's Church, Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire.

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ Memorials of the Order of the Garter, from Its Foundation to the Present ... By George Frederick p. 298 Retrieved 1 November 2007
  2. ^ a b c d e Weis, Frederick Lewis (2004). Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition. Baltimore, MD 21211-1953: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-8063-1752-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. ^ UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current
  4. ^ Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Vol. III (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. p. 2010.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current
  6. ^ "Family relationship of King Edward I and James Madison via King Edward I".
  7. ^ Rawcliffe, C., biography of USFLETE, Sir Gerard, of North Ferriby and Ousefleet, Yorks, published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993 [1]
  8. ^ "The Ancestry of Elizabeth FitzAlan (and her sister Joan FitzAlan) to the 9th generation".