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Sir William Fitzalan
Sir William Fitzalan
Earl of Arundel
Tenure	1524–1544
Predecessor	Thomas Fitzalan
Successor	Henry Fitzalan
Born	1476
Died	23 January 1544 (aged 67–68)
Residence	Arundel, West Sussex, England
Offices	Lord Chamberlain
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Willoughby; Anne Percy
Issue	Henry Fitzalan
Parents	Thomas Fitzalan; Margaret Woodville

William Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel, 8th Baron Maltravers KG (1476 – 23 January 1544) was an English peer, styled as Lord Maltravers from 1487 to 1524.

FitzAlan was the son of Thomas Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel, and Margaret Woodville (died before 6 March 1490), daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, and a younger sister of Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV.^[1]

He married firstly, after 1501, Elizabeth Willoughby, daughter of Robert Willoughby, 1st Baron Willoughby de Broke, and secondly, on 15 February 1510, he married Lady Anne Percy, a daughter of Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland. He succeeded to the title of 11th Earl of Arundel on the death of his father Thomas in 1524 and became Lord Chamberlain in 1526.

FitzAlan bore the Sceptre with the Dove at the coronation of Anne Boleyn in 1533 and later took part in her trial in 1536. During the dissolution of the monasteries he was given large areas of land in Sussex, including Michelham Priory. He died in 1544 and was buried at Arundel Castle.

His only son was Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel.

Footnotes

^ Cokayne 1910, p. 250.

References

Cokayne, George Edward (1910). The Complete Peerage, edited by H.A. Doubleday. Vol. I. London: St. Catherine Press. pp. 249–50.

Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Worcester	Lord Chamberlain 1526–1530	Succeeded by The Lord Sandys of the Vyne
Peerage of England
Preceded by Thomas Fitzalan	Earl of Arundel 1524–1544	Succeeded by Henry Fitzalan
Preceded by Thomas Fitzalan	Baron Maltravers (descended by acceleration) 1524–1533	Succeeded by Henry Fitzalan