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English peer
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.
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
.
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
.
References
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- Cokayne, George Edward (1910).
The Complete Peerage, edited by H.A. Doubleday
. Vol. I. London: St. Catherine Press. pp. 249?50.