| Eleanor of Lancaster | |
|---|---|
| Lady Beaumont Countess of Arundel | |
 An 18th-century depiction of Eleanor and her second husband, Richard Fitzalan, 3rd Earl of Arundel | |
| Born | 11 September 1318 |
| Died | 11 January 1372 (aged 53) Arundel |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | |
| Issue | Henry Beaumont, 3rd Baron Beaumont Matilda de Courtenay Richard Fitzalan, 4th Earl of Arundel John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury Joan Fitzalan, Countess of Hereford Alice Fitzalan, Countess of Kent Mary Fitzalan, Lady Strange of Blackmere Eleanor Fitzalan |
| House | Lancaster |
| Father | Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster |
| Mother | Maud Chaworth |
Eleanor of Lancaster, Countess of Arundel (sometimes called Eleanor Plantagenet;[1] 11 September 1318[2] – 11 January 1372) was the fifth daughter of Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster and Maud Chaworth.[3]
- ^ The surname "Plantagenet" has been retrospectively applied to the descendants of Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou and Empress Matilda without historical justification: it is simply a convenient, if deceptive, method of referring to people who had, in fact, no surname. The first descendant of Geoffrey to use the surname was Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York (father of both Edward IV of England and Richard III of England) who apparently assumed it about 1448.
- ^ Burke's Guide to the Royal Family. Burke's Peerage Ltd., London. 1973. p. 196. ISBN 0220662223.[dead link]
- ^ Leese, Thelma Anna (1996). Blood Royal: Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England, 1066-1399 : the Normans and Plantagenets. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-0525-9.