Eleanor Plantagenet (c. 1318–1372)

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Eleanor Plantagenet (c. 1318–1372)

Countess of Arundel. Name variations: Eleanor Beaumont; Eleanor Fitzalan. Born between 1311 and 1318 at Grosmont Castle, Gwent, Wales; died on November 11, 1372, at Arundel Castle, East Sussex, England; daughter of Henry Plantagenet, 3rd earl of Lancaster, and Maud Chaworth (1282–c. 1322); married John Beaumont, 2nd baron Beaumont; married Richard Fitzalan, 8th earl of Arundel, in 1345; children: (first marriage) Henry Beaumont, 3rd baron Beaumont; (second marriage) Richard Fitzalan, 9th earl of Arundel; Joan Fitzalan (d. 1419); John Fitzalan; Alice Fitzalan (1352–1416); Thomas Fitzalan, archbishop of Canterbury.

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