Biography of Margaret Fitzalan Countess Lincoln

Margaret Fitzalan Countess Lincoln was born to Thomas Fitzalan 17th Earl Arundel and Margaret Woodville Countess Arundel 1454-1490.

Before 1480 John de la Pole 1st Earl Lincoln (age 18) and Margaret Fitzalan Countess Lincoln were married. She by marriage Countess Lincoln. She the daughter of Thomas Fitzalan 17th Earl Arundel (age 29) and Margaret Woodville Countess Arundel 1454-1490 (age 25). He the son of John de la Pole 2nd Duke of Suffolk (age 37) and Elizabeth York Duchess Suffolk (age 35). They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Battle of Stoke Field

On 16 Jun 1487 a Lancastrian army defeated a Yorkist army at the Battle of Stoke Field; considered by many to be the last battle of the Wars of the Roses.

The Lancastrian army of Henry Tudor comprised:

John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford (age 44).

Jasper Tudor 1st Duke Bedford (age 55).

George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 19).

Henry Willoughby (age 36).

John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 45).

John Mordaunt (age 31).

Richard Neville 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape (age 19).

William Norreys (age 46).

Edward Norreys (age 23) wounded.

John Paston (age 43).

George Stanley 9th Baron Strange Knockin 5th Baron Mohun Dunster (age 27).

[her uncle] Edward Woodville Lord Scales (age 31).

Thomas Lovell, knighted.

Henry Marney 1st Baron Marney (age 40).

Edward Belknapp of Blackfriars in London

William Lyttelton (age 37) who was knighted after the battle.

The Yorksists:

[her husband] John de la Pole 1st Earl Lincoln (age 25) was killed. Earl Lincoln extinct.

Thomas Fitzgerald (age 29) and Martin Schwartz were killed.

Lambert Simnel (age 10) fought and was captured. He was pardoned by King Henry VII and put to work in the in the royal kitchen as a spit-turner. When he grew older, he became a falconer. Almost no information about his later life is known.

Francis Lovell 1st Viscount Lovell (age 31) fought and escaped. He was attainted. Baron Deincourt, Baron Lovel of Titchmarsh, Baron Holand forfeit.

Family Trees of Margaret Fitzalan Countess Lincoln

Paternal Family Tree: Fitzalan

Maternal Family Tree: Jeanne Sabran

Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Margaret Fitzalan Countess Lincoln

Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd 1100-1170

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys 1047-1132

Kings England: Great x 4 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Malcolm III King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of Philip "The Fair" IV King France

Ancestors of Margaret Fitzalan Countess Lincoln

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 10th Earl Arundel 8th Earl Surrey 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fitzalan Baron Maltravers 2nd Baron Arundel 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Maltravers 4 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gwenllian Unknown

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Fitzalan 13th Earl Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Despencer Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Despencer 1st Baron Despencer, Baron Burghesh 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Ferrers 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Despencer Baroness Zouche, Harringworth, Maltravers and Arundel 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Bartholomew "The Younger" Burghesh 2nd Baron Burghesh 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Burghesh 3rd Baron Burghesh 1342-1402 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Weyland Baroness Burghesh

GrandFather: William Fitzalan 16th Earl Arundel 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 7th and 2nd Baron Berkeley 2 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Rich Berkeley 8th and 3rd Baron Berkeley 3 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eva Zouche

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Clivedon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Clivedon Baroness Berkeley

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bettershorne

Father: Thomas Fitzalan 17th Earl Arundel 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 10th and 2nd Baron Percy 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Idonia Clifford Baroness Percy 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Neville 5th Earl Salisbury Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward III of England Son of King Edward II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Giles "Payne" Roet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Roet Duchess Lancaster

GrandMother: Joan Neville Countess Arundel 1423-1462 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Monthermer Baroness Montagu 3rd Baroness Monthermer Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Adam Francis Mayor of London

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Francis Countess of Salisbury

Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 1407-1462 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Holland 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 10th Earl Arundel 8th Earl Surrey 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 1350-1416 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Margaret Fitzalan Countess Lincoln 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Woodville

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Woodville

GrandFather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Bittelsgate

Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Beauchamp

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Beauchamp

Great x 4 Grandmother: Idonea Lisle

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Beauchamp

Mother: Margaret Woodville Countess Arundel 1454-1490 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Luxemburg Lord of Ligby 7 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Guy of Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol and Ligny 1340-1371 8 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alix Dampierre 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Luxemburg Count St Pol 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Jean Chatillon Count Saint Pol 1292-1344 Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilde Chatillon Countess Saint Pol 1335-1373 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne Fiennes 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Count of Enghien

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Brienne

GrandMother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francesco Baux 1st Duke Andria

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roberto Orsini Count 2 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Orsini Count 3 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sueva del Balzo

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sueva Orsini 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jeanne Sabran