Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel 1382-1455

Before 16th March 1367 [her father] John Berkeley [aged 15] and Eleanor Assheton [aged 21] were married.

Before 13th October 1374 [her father] John Berkeley [aged 22] and [her mother] Elizabeth Bettershorne [aged 21] were married.

Around 1382 Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel was born to John Berkeley [aged 29] and Elizabeth Bettershorne [aged 29].

On 14th August 1390 John Fitzalan Baron Maltravers 2nd Baron Arundel [aged 25] died. He was buried at Missenden Abbey [Map]. His son [her future husband] John [aged 5] succeeded 3rd Baron Arundel.

Before 1405 [her future husband] Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford [aged 26] and Eleanor or Catherine Peverell were married.

On 12th January 1405 Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham [aged 60] died at Sussex. She was buried at Lewes Priory [Map]. Her grandson [her future husband] John [aged 19] succeeded 3rd Baron Maltravers.

Before 1407 John Fitzalan 6th or 13th Earl of Arundel [aged 21] and Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel [aged 24] were married. They were second cousin twice removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John of England.

On 14th February 1408 [her son] John Fitzalan 7th or 14th Earl of Arundel was born to [her husband] John Fitzalan 6th or 13th Earl of Arundel [aged 22] and Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel [aged 26] at Lytchett Maltravers, Dorset. He married (1) before 1427 his third cousin once removed Constance Cornwall Countess of Arundel, daughter of John Cornwall 1st Baron Fanhope 1st Baron Milbroke and Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter (2) 1429 his fourth cousin once removed Maud Lovell Countess Arundel and had issue.

On 13th October 1415 Thomas Fitzalan 10th Earl of Surrey 5th or 12th Earl of Arundel [aged 34] died. His first cousin once removed [her husband] John [aged 30] succeeded 5th or 13th Earl Arundel. Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel [aged 33] by marriage Countess Arundel. Earl Surrey extinct.

On 23rd November 1417 [her son] William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel was born to [her husband] John Fitzalan 6th or 13th Earl of Arundel [aged 32] and Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel [aged 35]. He married before 1450 his third cousin Joan Neville Countess Arundel, daughter of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury, and had issue.

Around April 1421 Richard Poynings [aged 21] and Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel [aged 39] were married at Beverstone, Tetbury. They were fourth cousin twice removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John of England.

On 21st April 1421 [her husband] John Fitzalan 6th or 13th Earl of Arundel [aged 35] died. His son John [aged 13] succeeded 6th or 14th Earl Arundel, 4th Baron Maltravers, 4th Baron Arundel. Constance Cornwall Countess of Arundel by marriage Countess Arundel.

Around 1422 [her daughter] Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland was born to [her husband] Richard Poynings [aged 22] and Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel [aged 40]. She married before 1449 her fifth cousin Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland, son of Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland and Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland, and had issue.

Around 1425 Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford [aged 46] and Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel [aged 43] were married.

On 7th January 1426 [her husband] Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford [aged 47] was created 1st Baron Hungerford. Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel [aged 44] by marriage Baroness Hungerford.

Before 1427 John Fitzalan 7th or 14th Earl of Arundel [aged 18] and Constance Cornwall Countess of Arundel were married. There is some uncertainty as to whether they did marry; they were betrothed as children. She the daughter of John Cornwall 1st Baron Fanhope 1st Baron Milbroke [aged 62] and Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter. He the son of John Fitzalan 6th or 13th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel [aged 44]. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Before 8th June 1427 [her mother] Elizabeth Bettershorne [aged 74] died.

On 5th March 1428 [her father] John Berkeley [aged 76] died.

In 1429 John Fitzalan 7th or 14th Earl of Arundel [aged 20] and Maud Lovell Countess Arundel were married. She by marriage Countess Arundel. He the son of John Fitzalan 6th or 13th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel [aged 47]. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England.

On 10th June 1429 [her husband] Richard Poynings [aged 29] was killed at Orléans.

Before 1449 [her son-in-law] Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland [aged 27] and Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland [aged 26] were married. She the daughter of Richard Poynings and Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel [aged 66]. He the son of Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland [aged 55] and Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland [aged 51]. They were fifth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.

Before 4th August 1449 [her step-son] Walter Hungerford [aged 41] died.

On 9th August 1449 [her husband] Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford [aged 71] died at Salisbury. He was buried at the Hungerford Chapel at Salisbury Cathedral [Map]. His son [her step-son] Robert [aged 49] succeeded 2nd Baron Hungerford. Margaret Botreaux 4th Baroness Botreaux Baroness Hungerford by marriage Baroness Hungerford.

Before 1450 William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel [aged 32] and Joan Neville Countess Arundel [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Countess Arundel. She the daughter of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 49] and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury [aged 42]. He the son of John Fitzalan 6th or 13th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel [aged 67]. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 1st August 1455 Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel [aged 73] died.