Peerage Record – 10490

     Henri I ‘the Liberal’ de Blois-Champagne, Comte de Champagne et Brie was born in December 1127.² He was the son of Thibaud IV, Comte de Blois and Matilda Prinzessin von Kärnten.^1,3 He married Marie Capet, Princesse de France, daughter of Louis VII, Roi des Francs and Eleanor, Duchesse d’Aquitaine, in 1164.⁴ He died on 16 March 1181 at age 53 at Troyes, France.^2,5
     He gained the title of Comte de Brie in 1152. He succeeded as the Comte de Champagne in 1152.¹

     Stephen de Sancerre, Count of Sancerre was born in 1133.² He was the son of Thibaud IV, Comte de Blois and Matilda Prinzessin von Kärnten.¹ He died in 1191 at Acre, Palestine.²
     He gained the title of Count of Sancerre.¹

     William de Rheims, Cardinal Archbishop of Rheims was born in 1135.² He was the son of Thibaud IV, Comte de Blois and Matilda Prinzessin von Kärnten.¹ He died in 1202.²
     He held the office of Cardinal Archbishop of Rheims between 1176 and 1202.³

     Lady Gertrude Leveson-Gower was born on 15 February 1715.³ She was the daughter of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower and Lady Evelyn Pierrepont.⁴ She married Lt.-Gen. John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, son of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford and Elizabeth Howland, on 2 April 1737.⁴ She died on 1 July 1794 at age 79.⁴ She was buried on 7 July 1794 at Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England^G.⁴ Her will was proven (by probate) in July 1794.⁴
     After her marriage, Lady Gertrude Leveson-Gower was styled as Duchess of Bedford on 2 April 1737. From 2 April 1737, her married name became Russell.

     Ida d‘Alsace-Vlaanderen, Comtesse de Boulogne was born circa 1161.² She was the daughter of Matthias d‘Alsace, Comte de Flandre et Boulogne and Marie de Boulogne, Comtesse de Boulogne.¹ She married, firstly, Gerard van Gelre, son of Hendrik I Graaf van Gelre en Zutphen and Agnes von Arnstein, in 1181. She married, secondly, Bertolf IV Herzog von Zähringen, son of Conrad Herzog von Zähringen and Clemence de Namur, in 1183. She married, thirdly, Reginald de Tree, Count of Dammartin.² She died in 1216.²
     She gained the title of Comtesse de Boulogne.

     Matilda de Boulogne was born circa 1162.¹ She was the daughter of Matthias d‘Alsace, Comte de Flandre et Boulogne and Marie de Boulogne, Comtesse de Boulogne.¹ She married Henri I, Duc de Brabant, son of Godfried III de Louvain, Duc de Brabant and Margaret van Limburg, in 1179.² She died circa 1211.³
     She was also known as Maud.

     Matilda de Châtillon was born in 1293. She was the daughter of Guy V de Châtillon, Comte de Saint-Pol and Marie de Bretagne de Dreux.¹ She married Charles I de France, Comte de Valois, son of Philippe III, Roi de France and Isabel de Aragón, in June 1308 at Poitiers, France.¹ She died on 3 October 1358.
     She was also known as Maud de Châtillon.¹

     Joan de Cherleton was born circa 1400.² She was the daughter of Edward Cherleton, 5th Baron Cherleton and Alianore de Holand, Countess of March.¹ She married Sir John Grey, 1st Comte de Tancarville, son of Sir Thomas Grey and Joan de Mowbray.¹ She died on 17 September 1425.³

     Lady Alice FitzAlan was born circa 1350 at Arundel Castle, Arundel, Sussex, England^G.² She was the daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 3rd/10th Earl of Arundel and Lady Eleanor Plantagenet.^3,4 She married Thomas de Holand, 2nd/5th Earl of Kent, son of Thomas de Holand, 1st Earl of Kent and Joan of Kent, Countess of Kent, circa 10 April 1364.⁵ She died on 17 March 1416.
     After her marriage, Lady Alice FitzAlan was styled as Countess of Kent circa 10 April 1364.

     Richard FitzAlan, 3rd/10th Earl of Arundel was born circa 1313.² He was the son of Edmund Fitzalan, 2nd/9th Earl of Arundel and Alice de Warenne.³ He married, firstly, Isabel le Despenser, daughter of Hugh le Despenser, 1st Lord le Despenser and Lady Eleanor de Clare, on 9 February 1320/21.² He married, secondly, Lady Eleanor Plantagenet, daughter of Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Lancaster and Matilda de Chaworth, on 5 February 1345 at Ditton Church, Stoke Puges, Buckinghamshire, England^G.^4,5 He died on 24 January 1376 at Arundel Castle, Arundel, Sussex, England^G.⁶ He was buried at Lewes Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England^G.²
     Richard FitzAlan, 3rd/10th Earl of Arundel also went by the nick-name of ‘Copped Hat’.² He succeeded as the 3rd Earl of Arundel [E., 1289] in 1331.⁷ He succeeded as the 10th Earl of Arundel [E., c. 1138] in 1331.^1,8,7 He held the office of Justiciar of North Wales in 1334.² He held the office of Governor of Carnarvon Castle in 1339.² He held the office of Admiral of the West from 1340 to 1341.² His marriage to Isabel le Despenser was annulled on 4 December 1344 by Papal mandate, supposedly on the grounds that they were married during their minority, and without their consent. The reality is that the Earl probably wished to be rid of his wife, who had no value to him after her father’s attainder and exectution.² He held the office of Sheriff of Shropshire in 1345.² He held the office of Admiral of the West between 1345 and 1347.² He fought in the Battle of Crécy on 26 August 1346, where he commanded the 2nd division.² He fought in the fall of Calais in 1347.² On 30 June 1347 he succeeded to the vast estates of the family of Warenne.² He succeeded as the 9th Earl of Surrey [E., 1088] on 12 April 1361.⁹