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Fitz Alan, Joan (1375 - 1435)

Other Last Name

Beauchamp

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1375
Death Date: 1435-11-14

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1396-2-20
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Female

Male

Primary Title

  • Lady Abergavenny

Titles

  • Lady Abergavenny
    Assumed: 1395/6-02-20 (Date Abergavenny castle entailed on Abergavenny and wife)
    Vacated: 1435-11-14

Details of Offices

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire
    Primary residence after husband's death
  • Abergavenny Castle, Monmouthshire
    Acquired: 1395/6
    Divested: 1435-11
    Husband's residence; Held in dower from the death of her husband to her own death

Lands

  • Monmouthshire: Abergavenny Honour
    Acquired: 1411-05-08
    Divested: 1435-11-14
    Held in dower from the death of her husband to her own death

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Lady de Bergavenny's Minstrel/s
Performance - Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire Lady de Bergavenny's Minstrels
Performance - Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire Lady de Bergavenny's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lady de Bergavenny's Minstrels Fitz Alan, Joan (1375 - 1435) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lady de Bergavenny's Minstrels Fitz Alan, Joan (1375 - 1435) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lady de Bergavenny's Minstrel/s Fitz Alan, Joan (1375 - 1435) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.