Countess of Ken Alice Fitz Alan
GIVN Alice
SURN FitzAlan
NSFX [Countess of Ken
AFN 8J5H-T8
_PRIMARY Y
DATE 6 MAY 2000
TIME 23:42:46Title: Countas of Kent
Alias:<ALIA> Cropped /Hat/, Earl of Surrey
Nicknames as stated in different sources:
"Cropped Hat"
"Capped Head"
3rd Earl of Arundel and Warenne, 9th Earlof Surrey, Regent of England in
1335.
His youngest son, Thomas became Archbishop of Canterbury. Richard
obtained his father's Earldom and lands in 1331. He led one of the
divisions of the English Army at Crecy and took part inthe siege of
Calais. Fought in the naval battle with the Spaniards off Winchelsea in
August 1350.
He served as Admiral of the King's Whole Fllet west ofthe Thames in
England. He served as Constable in Porchester Castle, Englandand as
Governor in Caernarvon Castle, Wales. He also served as Governor of
Chirk Castle. Leader of English expeditions in Scotland and France.
He wasthe Earl of Surry (University of Hull, Tompsett). He was the
third Earl of Arundel and Warenne; Ninth Earl of Surrey. On December
4,1344 he obtained a Papal mandate for the annulment of his marriage to
Isabel on the ground of hisminority (about 8 at the time of the
marriage) and that he had never consented to the marriage. The Complete
Peerage (1:243, noted) discusses this and states"...Obviously what really
happened was this. The powerful Earl desired toget rid of the woman to
whom he had been married as a child, and who, since her father's
attainder and execution, had ceased to be of any importance, thathe
might marry the woman with whom he was then living in adultery; and the
Pope very obligingly annulled the marriage and bastardised the issue."
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Nicknames as stated in different sources:
"Cropped Hat"
"Capped Head"
3rd Earl of Arundel and Warenne, 9th Earl of Surrey, Regent of England in
1335.
His youngest son, Thomas became Archbishop of Canterbury. Richard
obtained his father's Earldom and lands in 1331. He led one of the
divisions of the English Army at Crecy and took part in the siege of
Calais. Fought in thenaval battle with the Spaniards off Winchelsea in
August 1350.
He served asAdmiral of the King's Whole Fllet west of the Thames in
England. He servedas Constable in Porchester Castle, England and as
Governor in Caernarvon Castle, Wales. He also served as Governor of
Chirk Castle. Leader of English expeditions in Scotland and France.
He was the Earl of Surry (University of Hull, Tompsett). He was the
third Earl of Arundel and Warenne; Ninth Earl of Surrey. On December
4,1344 he obtained a Papal mandate for the annulment of hismarriage to
Isabel on the ground of his minority (about 8 at the time of the
marriage) and that he had never consented to the marriage. The Complete
Peerage (1:243, noted) discusses this and states"...Obviously what really
happened was this. The powerful Earl desired to get rid of the woman to
whom he hadbeen married as a child, and who, since her father's
attainder and execution, had ceased to be of any importance, that he
might marry the woman with whomhe was then living in adultery; and the
Pope very obligingly annulled the marriage and bastardised the issue."
Note:
In 1253 he was invested by the Pope in the Kingdom of Sicily and Apulia,at
about this time he was also made Earl of Chester. These were of littlevalue
as the real King of Sicily was still living and the Earldom of Chester was
transfered to his elder brother Edward. He soon obtained, however, both
possessions and dignities, for upon the forfeiture of Simon de Montfortby the
King of the Earldom of Leicester and also the honour of the Stewardship of
England and the lands of Nicolas de Segrave. CP,vol.VII,pp.378-387,pp.547
Queen of Navarre Blanche De Artois
GIVN Blanche D'
SURN Artois
NSFX [Queen of Navarr
AFN 8XJ9-D5
_PRIMARY Y
DATE 6 MAY 2000
TIME 23:56:17