Elizabeth Fitzalan, Duchess of Norfolk

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

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

Lady Elizabeth was born in Derbyshire, England, a daughter of Richard Fitzalan, 11th 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 six children:

• Sir William Montacute, the eldest son of William de Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (before December 1378).
• Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk (1384)
  • Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk (b. 17 September 1385)
  • Margaret de Mowbray (b. 1388), married Sir Robert Howard (1385 - 1436), and from this marriage descended Queens consort Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, and the Howard Dukes of Norfolk.
  • John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (b. 1392)
  • Isabel de Mowbray (b.1400), married James Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley
• Sir Robert Goushill or Gousell of Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire (before 18 August 1401)
  • Elizabeth Goushill or Gousell (1404-1491), wife of Sir Robert Wingfield of Letheringham, Suffolk (1403-between 6 October 1452 and 21 November 1454), they were great-grandparents to Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk.
  • Joan or Jean Goushill or Gousell (b. 1409), wife of Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley, King of Mann, and parents of Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby. Through their daughter Katherine, they are ancestors of US President James Madison.[2]
• Sir Gerard Usflete, son of Sir Gerard Usflete (d.1406), MP.[3]
• Edward Le Despencer, son of Edward Le Despencer (d. 1342) and his wife Anne de Groby de Ferrers

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

Ancestry

Ancestors of Lady Elizabeth FitzAlan

16. Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel 8. Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel 17. Alice of Saluzzo 4. Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel 18. William de Warenne 9. Alice de Warenne 19. Joan de Vere 2. Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel 20. Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster 10. Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster 21. Blanche of Artois 5. Eleanor of Lancaster 22. Sir Patrick de Chaworth, Lord of Kidwelly 11. Maud Chaworth 23. Isabella de Beauchamp 1. Elizabeth FitzAlan 24. Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford 12. Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford 25. Maud de Fiennes 6. William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton 26. Edward I of England 13. Elizabeth of Rhuddlan 27. Eleanor of Castile 3. Elizabeth de Bohun 28. Gunselm de Badlesmere 14. Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere 29. Joan FitzBernard 7. Elizabeth de Badlesmere 30. Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond 15. Margaret de Clare 31. Juliana FitzGerald

External links

• Assignment of Dower #306, dated 1400.

References

1. Memorials of the Order of the Garter, from Its Foundation to the Present ... By George Frederick p. 298 accessed 1 November 2007
2. https://famouskin.com/famous-kin-chart.php?name=3697+edward+i&kin=9339+james+madison
3. 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