Richard Fitzalan, 3rd Earl of Arundel

Richard Fitzalan, earl of Arundel (c. 1313–1376), was the son of Edmund Fitzalan and Alice de Warenne. His father backed the Despensers, and Richard was married as a boy to Hugh the Younger’s daughter Isabel; the father was executed in 1326, and Richard inherited neither title nor estates.

By 1330 politics had shifted, and he gradually recovered the earldom and his family's lands. He became a trusted commander of Edward III and justiciar of North Wales in 1334. As Admiral of the West he fought at Sluys in 1340 and was one of three principal commanders at Crécy in 1346, guarding the Black Prince in the rearguard.

In 1344 the pope annulled his underage, unwilling Despenser marriage; in 1345 he married Eleanor of Lancaster, the king attending. He died at Arundel Castle on 24 January 1376, leaving sixty thousand pounds in cash.