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{{Short description|English noblewoman}}
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{{Infobox noble
|name             = Alice de Warenne
|title            = Countess of Arundel
|spouse           = [[Edmund FitzAlan, 2nd Earl of Arundel]]
|issue            = [[Richard FitzAlan, 3rd Earl of Arundel]]<br>Edward FitzAlan<br>Alice FitzAlan<br>Joan FitzAlan<br>Aline FitzAlan<br>John FitzAlan<br>Catherine FitzAlan<br>Elizabeth FitzAlan<br>Eleanor FitzAlan
|father           = [[William de Warenne (1256-1286)|William de Warenne]]
|mother           = Joan de Vere
|birth_date       = 15 June 1287
|birth_place      = Warren, [[Sussex]], England
|death_date       = 23 May 1338 (aged 50)
|noble family     = de Warenne
|}}
'''Alice de Warenne, Countess of Arundel''' (15 June 1287 – 23 May 1338) was an English noblewoman and [[heir apparent]] to the [[Earldom of Surrey]]. In 1305, she married [[Edmund FitzAlan, 2nd Earl of Arundel]].
==Family==
Alice, the only daughter of [[William de Warenne (1256-1286)]] and Joan de Vere, daughter of [[Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford]], was born on 15 June 1287 in Warren, [[Sussex]], six months after her father was accidentally killed in a [[tournament]] on 15 December 1286. On the death of her paternal grandfather, [[John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey]] in 1304, her only sibling [[John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey]] succeeded to the earldom. He became estranged from his childless wife and they never reconciled, leaving Alice as the [[heir presumptive]] to the Surrey estates and title.
==Marriage to the Earl of Arundel==
In 1305, Alice married [[Edmund Fitzalan, 2nd Earl of Arundel]],<ref name="Lundy 2013">{{harvnb|Lundy|2013|p=357 § 3561}} cites {{harvnb|Cokayne|2000|p=242}}</ref> the son of [[Richard Fitzalan, 1st Earl of Arundel]] and [[Alice of Saluzzo]].<ref name="Lundy 2013b">{{harvnb|Lundy|2013b|p=356 § 3560}} cites {{harvnb|Cokayne|2000|p=241}}</ref> He had initially refused her, for reasons which were not recorded;{{citation needed|date=January 2015}} however, by 1305, he had changed his mind and they were wed.<ref name="Lundy 2013"/> They had nine recorded children,{{citation needed|date=January 2015}} and their chief residence was [[Arundel Castle]] in Sussex. Arundel inherited his title on 9 March 1302 upon his father's death.<ref name="Lundy 2013b"/> He was summoned to [[Parliament of England|Parliament]] as Lord Arundel in 1306, and was later one of the [[Lords Ordainers]]. He also took part in the Scottish wars.
The Earl of Arundel and his brother-in-law John de Warenne were the only nobles who remained loyal to King [[Edward II of England|Edward II]], after Queen Isabella and her lover [[Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March]] returned to England in 1326. He had allied himself to the King's favourite [[Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester|Hugh le Despenser]], and agreed to the marriage of his son to Despenser's granddaughter. Arundel had previously been granted many of the traitor Mortimer's forfeited estates, and was appointed Justice of Wales in 1322 and Warden of the [[Welsh Marches]] in 1325. He was also made Constable of [[Montgomery Castle]] which became his principal base.
The Earl of Arundel was captured in [[Shropshire]] by the Queen's party.<ref>{{harvnb|Lundy|2013b|p=356 § 3560}} cites {{harvnb|Cokayne|2000|p=242}}</ref> On 17 November 1326 in [[Hereford]], Arundel was beheaded by order of the Queen, leaving Alice de Warenne a widow. Her husband's estates and titles were forfeited to the Crown following Arundel's execution, but later restored to her eldest son, Richard. {{citation needed|date=March 2014}}
Alice died before 23 May 1338,<ref name="Lundy 2013"/> aged 50. Her brother died in 1347 without legitimate issue, thus the title of Surrey eventually passed to Alice's son, Richard.
[[File:Arundel Castle Hill Fort.JPG|thumb|right|[[Arundel Castle]], the principal residence of the Earls of Arundel]]
===Issue===
* [[Richard FitzAlan, 3rd Earl of Arundel]], known as '''Copped Hat''', (1306 Arundel Castle, Sussex – 24 January 1376), also succeeded to the title of [[Earl of Surrey]] on 12 April 1361. He married firstly [[Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Arundel|Isabel le Despenser]], whom he later repudiated, and was granted an annulment by Pope [[Clement VI]]. He had a son Edmund who was bastardised by the annulment. His second wife, whom he married on 5 February 1345, by Papal dispensation, was [[Eleanor of Lancaster]], the daughter of [[Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster]] and [[Maud Chaworth]]. She was the widow of John de Beaumont, 2nd Lord Beaumont. Richard and Eleanor had three sons and four daughters, including [[Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel]] and [[Joan de Bohun, Countess of Hereford]].
* Edward FitzAlan (1308–1398)
* Alice FitzAlan (born 1310), married [[John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford]].
* Joan FitzAlan (born 1312), married Warin Gerard, Baron L'Isle.
* Aline FitzAlan (1314–1386), married Roger le Strange, 5th Baron Strange of Knockyn, by whom she had issue.
* John FitzAlan, (c. 1348-1379), 1st Baron Arundel, 1st Baron Maltravers, who was a Marshall of England, and drowned in 1379. The current Duke of Norfolk descends from Lady Mary, Duchess of Norfolk, a daughter and co-heiress of Henry FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel; being a descendant of John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel.
* Catherine FitzAlan (died 1376), married firstly Andrew Peverell, and secondly Henry Hussey of Cockfield. Had issue by her second husband.
* Elizabeth FitzAlan (1320–1389), married [[William Latimer, 4th Baron Latimer]], by whom she had one daughter, Elizabeth.
* Eleanor FitzAlan
== Ancestry ==
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|1=1. '''Alice de Warenne'''
|2=2. [[William de Warenne (1256-1286)|William de Warenne]]
|3=3. Joan de Vere
|4=4. [[John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey]]
|5=5. [[Alice de Lusignan, Countess of Surrey|Alice de Lusignan]]
|6=6. [[Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford]]
|7=7. Alice de Sanford
|8=8. [[William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey]]
|9=9. [[Maud Marshal]]
|10=10. [[Hugh X of Lusignan|Hugues de Lusignan, Count of La Marche]]
|11=11. [[Isabella of Angoulême|Isabella Taillefer, Countess of Angoulême]]
|12=12. [[Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford]]
|13=13. Hawise de Quincy
|14=14. Gilbert de Sanford
|15=15. Loretta la Zouche
|16=16. [[Hamelin de Warenne, Earl of Surrey|Hamelin de Warenne]]
|17=17. [[Isabel de Warenne, Countess of Surrey|Isabel de Warenne, 4th Countess of Surrey]]
|18=18. [[William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke]]
|19=19. [[Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke]]
|20=20. [[Hugh IX of Lusignan|Hugues de Lusignan, Count of La Marche]]
|21=21. Agathe de Preuilly
|22=22. [[Aymer of Angoulême|Aymer Taillefer, Count of Angoulême]]
|23=23. [[Alice of Courtenay|Alix de Courtenay]]
|24=24. [[Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford]]
|25=25. [[Isabel de Bolebec]]
|26=26. [[Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester]]
|27=27. Margaret de Beaumont
|28=28. John de Sanford
|29=29. Alice Basset
|30=30. Roger la Zouche
|31=31. Margaret Biset
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==Notes==
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==References==
*{{cite book|first=G.E. |last=Cokayne |year=2000 |title=The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant |edition=reprint in 6 volumes new |location=Gloucester, U.K. |publisher=Alan Sutton Publishing  |volume=I |pages=241, 242}}
*{{cite web|last=Lundy |first=Darryl |date=13 September 2013 |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p357.htm#i3561 |title=Alice de Warenne |publisher=thepeerage.com |page=357 § 3561}}
*{{cite web|last=Lundy |first=Darryl |date=13 September 2013b |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p356.htm#i3560 |title=Edmund Fitzalan, 9th Earl of Arunde |publisher=thepeerage.com |page=356 § 3560}}
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