Eleanor Lady PLANTAGENET1,5,1,6,4,3,7

also known as Princess Eleanor PLANTAGENET4

13111,2 - 11th Jan 13721,3

Life History

1311	Born in Gremond Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales.1,2
9th Feb 1321	Married Richard 9th Lord Of Arundel & Warenne and 7th Earl of Surrey FITZALAN in Havering Atte Bo, Essex, England.3
about 1332	Birth of daughter Mary Lady FITZALAN in Corfham, Shropshire, England.8
1342	Death of John 2nd Baron BEAUMONT.6
about 1348	Birth of daughter Northampton & Essex FitzAlan Joane Countess of HEREFORD in Arundel Castle, Arundel, West Sussex, England.9,10
1350	Birth of daughter Alice Lady Countess of Kent FITZALAN in Arundel Castle, Arundel, West Sussex, England.11
1350	Birth of son Richard FITZALAN in Arundel, Sussex, England
11th Jan 1372	Died in Arundel Castle, Arundel, West Sussex, England.1,3

Other facts

Married John 2nd Baron BEAUMONT

Notes

Eleanor Plantagenet FitzAlan died in the Fitzalan estate castle, Arundel Castle in Arun district, County of West Sussex, England. The name Arundel means Arun Valley. The castle is named after the valley on the River Arun, where the Norman castle was built. The earlship of Arundel was named after the valley and castle of the FitzAlan family lands. This same FitzAlan family is also connected to the Le Strange line in Norfolk County, at the estate of Hunstanton.

One source lists her as Eleanor Princess Plantagenet. This seems incorrect, though I am not a specialist in the titles of the nobility. Her father Henry Earl of Lancaster was son of a King, not King himself. An Earl's wife is styled Countess. I am thinking a daughter is addressed as Lady and also may be styled as Countess, even if she is not the heir to the tile of Earl/Countess, if she has no title of her own.

Millennium File
Eleanor Plantagenet
Spouse: Unknown
Birth 1311 Grismond Castle, Monmouth County, England
Death 11 Jan 1372 Arundel, Sussex County, England
Parents: Henry "Earl of Lancaster" Plantagenet, Maud De Chaworth
Children: Richard (Earl of Arundel) Fitz Alan

"Lady Eleanor Plantagenet, widow of John, second Baron Beaumont, d 1342, who m., secondly, (his second wife), Sir Richard FitzAlan, K.G., ninth Earl of Arundel, and seventh Earl of Surrey, d 1375 ..."
-- Some Colonial Dames of Royal Descent, http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=48072&pid=181171&iid=ColonialDames-006468-9&ssrc=pt_t3060675_p783308483_kpidz0q3d783308483z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgPLz0q3dpid

Lady Eleanor Arundel Plantagenet
Birth 1311 in Grismond Castle, Monmouthshire, England
Death 11 Jan 1372 in Arundel, Sussex, England
Marriage to Sir Richard 8th Earl Arundel Fitz Alan 9 Feb 1321 Havering Atte Bo, Essex, England
-- CoonTice Rice, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3060675/person/783308483?ssrc=&ftm=1

Note that the marriage date in this source would make Eleanor only 10 years old. perhaps this is the date of betrothal, in the arranged marriage agreement between the two families.

Sources

1. Millennium Files, Ancestry.com
2. World Family Tree Vol. 190
- Pedigree #320
3. World Family Tree Vol. 4
- Pedigree #123
4. World Family Tree Vol. 4
- Pedigree #172
5. Ancestry Trees
- CoonTice Rice, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3060675/person/783308483?ssrc=&ftm=1
6. Some Colonial Dames of Royal Descent
- Location: http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=48072&pid=181171&iid=ColonialDames-006468-9&ssrc=pt_t3060675_p783308483_kpidz0q3d783308483z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgPLz0q3dpid;
7. World Family Tree Vol. 4
- Pedigree #4129
8. Our Folk, Albert D Hart
- http://www.renderplus.com/hartgen/htm/le-strange.htm
9. World Family Tree Vol. 4
- Pedigree #3168
10. Wikipedia
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_de_Bohun,_Countess_of_Hereford
11. Ancestry Trees
- CoonTice Rice, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3060675/person/783157828