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Elizabeth FitzAlan

1366 – 1425

English duchess

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About Elizabeth FitzAlan

Lived 1366 – 1425 (aged 59).

Elizabeth de Mowbray, Duchess of Norfolk (née Lady Elizabeth Fitzalan; 8 July 1366 – 8 July 1425) 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 Katherine 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 (through both parents).

Marriages and children 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 four husbands and at least seven 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), married July 1384. Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk (b. 17 September 1385) Margaret de Mowbray (b. 1388), who married Sir Robert Howard (1385–1436) of Stoke by Nayland in Suffolk, by whom she was the mother of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk. John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (b. 1392) Isabel de Mowbray (b. 1396), married James Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley Elizabeth de Mowbray (b.1398), who married Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk. Sir Robert Goushill or Gousell of Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire (d. 21 July 1403), married before 19 August 1401. Sir Gerard Usflete, son of Sir Gerard Usflete (d. 1406), MP, married before 3 July 1414.

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Who was Elizabeth FitzAlan?

English duchess

When was Elizabeth FitzAlan born?

Elizabeth FitzAlan was born on 8 July 1366.

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Elizabeth FitzAlan died on 8 July 1425.

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· Wikipedia: Elizabeth FitzAlan

· Wikidata: Q5362776

· DBpedia: Elizabeth Fitzalan, Duchess of Norfolk

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