Elizabeth FitzAlan
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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, Margaret, she was an ancestress of Queens consort Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, and the Howard Dukes of Norfolk.
[edit] 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 four husbands and at least five children:
- William Montacute (before 1378)
- Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk (1384)
- Thomas Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk (b. 17 September 1385)
- John Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (b. 1392)
- Margaret de Mowbray, married Sir Robert Howard, and from this marriage descended Queens consort Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, and the Howard Dukes of Norfolk.
- Isabel de Mowbray, married James Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley
- Sir Robert Gousell (before August, 1401)
- Sir Gerard Afflete (before 1411)
She died in Heveringham, England.
[edit] Ancestry
Ancestors of Lady Elizabeth FitzAlan
[edit] References
- ^ Memorials of the Order of the Garter, from Its Foundation to the Present ... By George Frederick p. 298 accessed 1 November 2007
