Biography of Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham 1345-1405
Paternal Family Tree: Maltravers
Maternal Family Tree: Gwenllian Unknown
On 10 May 1342 John Beaumont 2nd Baron Beaumont (age 24) was killed in a tournament at Beaumont, Staffordshire. His son [her future brother-in-law] Henry Beaumont 3rd Baron Beaumont (age 2) succeeded 3rd Baron Beaumont.
Around 1345 Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham was born to John Maltravers and Gwenllian Unknown at Etchingham Lewes.
In 1347 [her future brother-in-law] Edmund Fitzalan (age 20) and Sybil Montagu were married. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of William Montagu 1st Earl Salisbury (age 46) and Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury (age 43). He the son of Richard Fitzalan 10th Earl Arundel 8th Earl Surrey (age 41) and Isabel Despencer Countess Arundel (age 35). He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
In or before 1350 [her father] John Maltravers and [her mother] Gwenllian Unknown were married. He a great x 4 grandson of King John "Lackland" of England.
On 13 Oct 1350 [her father] John Maltravers died.
On 13 Apr 1358 Henry Grey (age 27) and [her future sister-in-law] Joan Cobham (age 13) were married at Sternborough, Kent. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John "Lackland" of England.
On 17 Feb 1359 John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers (age 11) and Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 14) were married. He the son of Richard Fitzalan 10th Earl Arundel 8th Earl Surrey (age 53) and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 40). He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John "Lackland" of England.
Around 1360 [her daughter] Joan Fitzalan was born to [her husband] John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers (age 12) and Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 15). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
Before 1361 [her brother-in-law] Henry Beaumont 3rd Baron Beaumont (age 20) and Margaret Vere Baroness Devereux and Beaumont were married. She by marriage Baroness Beaumont. She the daughter of John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford and Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford (age 52). He the son of John Beaumont 2nd Baron Beaumont and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 42). He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 05 Oct 1361 Reginald Cobham 1st Baron Cobham (age 66) died of plague at Lingfield, Surrey. He was buried at Lingfield, Surrey. His son [her future husband] Reginald Cobham 2nd Baron Cobham (age 13) succeeded 2nd Baron Cobham.
On 03 Nov 1364 [her son] John Fitzalan Baron Maltravers 2nd Baron Arundel was born to [her husband] John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers (age 16) and Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 19). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry III of England.
On 16 Feb 1365 [her grandfather] John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers (age 75) died. He was buried at Lytchett Maltravers, Dorset. Baron Maltravers abeyant between Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 20) and [her sister] Joan Maltravers.
In 1366 [her son] Richard Fitzalan was born to [her husband] John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers (age 18) and Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 21). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry III of England.
In 1368 [her future husband] Reginald Cobham 2nd Baron Cobham (age 19) and Elizabeth Stafford Baroness Cobham, Ferrers and Strange (age 28) were married at Lingfield, Surrey. She by marriage Baroness Cobham. She the daughter of Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford (age 66) and Margaret Audley Countess Stafford. He a great x 5 grandson of King John "Lackland" of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
In 1369 [her son] William Fitzalan was born to [her husband] John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers (age 21) and Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 24). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry III of England.
On 17 Jun 1369 [her brother-in-law] Henry Beaumont 3rd Baron Beaumont (age 29) died at Sempringham Priory [Map]. On 17 Jun 1369 His son John Beaumont 4th Baron Beaumont (age 8) succeeded 4th Baron Beaumont.
In 1372 [her daughter] Margaret Fitzalan Baroness Ros Helmsley was born to [her husband] John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers (age 24) and Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 27). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 04 Aug 1377 [her husband] John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers (age 29) was created 1st Baron Arundel by writ of summons. Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 32) by marriage Baroness Arundel.
On 16 Dec 1379 [her husband] John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers (age 31) drowned. He was buried at Lewes Priory [Map]. The Chronica Majora reports "... that during the panic of the storm, Sir John murdered those of his men who refused to make for shore for fear of being shipwrecked upon the rocks. Subsequently, after safely arriving on an island off the Irish coast, Sir John and his boat captain were swept back into the sea and drowned". His son [her son] John Fitzalan Baron Maltravers 2nd Baron Arundel (age 15) succeeded 2nd Baron Arundel.
Around 1380 [her former brother-in-law] Edmund Fitzalan (age 53) died.
In 1380 Reginald Cobham 2nd Baron Cobham (age 31) and Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 35) were married. She by marriage Baroness Cobham. They were second cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King John "Lackland" of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John "Lackland" of England.
In 1381 [her son] Reginald Cobham 3rd Baron Cobham was born to [her husband] Reginald Cobham 2nd Baron Cobham (age 32) and Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 36) at Sterborough Castle, Kent. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.62%.
Around 1383 [her sister] Joan Maltravers died. Her sister Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 38) succeeded 2nd Baroness Maltravers. [her former husband] John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers by marriage Baron Maltravers.
Before 01 Aug 1385 [her son] John Fitzalan Baron Maltravers 2nd Baron Arundel (age 20) and [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Despencer Baroness Zouche, Harringworth, Maltravers and Arundel were married. She by marriage Baroness Maltravers, Baroness Arundel. They were half third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
On 14 Aug 1390 [her son] John Fitzalan Baron Maltravers 2nd Baron Arundel (age 25) died. He was buried at Missenden Abbey [Map]. His son John Fitzalan 13th Earl Arundel (age 5) succeeded 3rd Baron Arundel.
Around 1394 [her son-in-law] William Ros 6th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 24) and [her daughter] Margaret Fitzalan Baroness Ros Helmsley (age 22) were married. She by marriage Baroness Ros Helmsley. She brought a 40 mark annuity to the marriage awarded to her by King Richard II of England (age 26) following the death of his wife Anne of Bohemia Queen Consort England (age 27) in whose household she had been. She the sister of the [her former brother-in-law] Earl of Arundel (age 48). He the son of Thomas Ros 4th Baron Ros Helmsley and Beatrice Stafford Countess Desmond (age 53). He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
After 1396 [her sister-in-law] Joan Cobham (age 51) died.
In 1400 [her son] William Fitzalan (age 31) died.
On 06 Jul 1403 [her husband] Reginald Cobham 2nd Baron Cobham (age 55) died. His son [her son] Reginald Cobham 3rd Baron Cobham (age 22) succeeded 3rd Baron Cobham.
On 01 Sep 1404 [her daughter] Joan Fitzalan (age 44) died.
On 12 Jan 1405 Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 60) died at Sussex. She was buried at Lewes Priory [Map]. Her grandson John Fitzalan 13th Earl Arundel (age 19) succeeded 3rd Baron Maltravers.
Effigy of John Fitz-Alan, Lord Maltravers and Earl of Arundel. JOHN FITZ-ALAN was descended directly, in the third degree, from John the second son of Richard Earl of Arundel, noticed at p. 83, who [Note. John.] married Eleanor daughter of Lord Maltravers, he was the eldest son of John Fitz-Alan, Lord Maltravers, by his wife Eleanor (age 54), daughter of Sir John Berkeley, and was born in 1407. His father had previously succeeded to the estates of his kinsman, Thomas Earl of Arundel, grandson of Richard before mentioned, by the elder branch; but it does not appear that he ever bore the title of Earl of Arundel. In 1432 John Fitz-Alan preferred a petition to the Parliament that he might be admitted to his due place in all public councils, inasmuch as he was seised of the Castle and Honour of Arundel, to which the title of Earl had, by peculiar custom, time out of mind, been annexed.
William Echingham and [her daughter] Joan Fitzalan were married. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
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Great x 2 Grandfather: John Maltravers
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Maltravers
GrandFather: John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers
Father: John Maltravers 4 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley
Great x 3 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 5th Baron Berkeley
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Somery Baroness Berkeley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzroy Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Plantagenet Baroness Berkeley Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Rohese de Dover
Great x 1 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 7th and 2nd Baron Berkeley 2 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ferrers 4th Earl of Derby
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Gernon Countess Derby 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Ferrers Baroness Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger de Quincy 2nd Earl Winchester
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Quincy Countess Derby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Helen Galloway Countess Winchester 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandMother: Milicent Berkeley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alain Zouche
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Zouche
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelicia Belmeis
Great x 2 Grandfather: Eudo Zouche
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Bisset
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eva Zouche
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cantilupe
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cantilupe
Great x 2 Grandmother: Millicent Cantilupe
Great x 4 Grandfather: William de Braose
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eva de Braose
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eva Marshal
Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Mother: Gwenllian Unknown