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John Fitzalan, 13th Earl of Arundel (1385-1421) was an English nobleman.
He was the son of John Fitzalan, Baron Maltravers, and Elizabeth le Despenser, and became Baron Maltravers on his father's death in 1391. In 1415 his cousin Thomas Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel died, leaving John as his closest male heir. Arundel had been entailed to heirs male, and so the next year John was summoned to parliament as Earl of Arundel.
However the inheritance was challenged by Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, who was married to the late earl's eldest sister. The dispute was not settled during their lifetimes, and John was subsequently summoned to Parliament as Baron Maltravers, not Earl of Arundel.
He married Eleanor Berkeley, and was succeeded by his son John Fitzalan, 14th Earl of Arundel, who eventually made good the claim to the earldom.
Thomas Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel (October 13, 1381 – October 13, 1415) was an English nobleman, one of the principals of the deposition of Richard II, and a major figure during the reign of Henry IV.
Arundel was one of the initial commanders of Henry V's 1415 French campaign, but at the siege of Harfleur he, along with many others, fell ill and had to return to England.
The castle and lordship of Arundel was inherited by his cousin JohnFitzalan, 13thEarl of Arundel.
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