Sir Richard FITZ ALAN, I

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• Fact: 1289, Earl of Arundel
• Fact 1: 1295, Member of Parliament

Richard married Alasia DE SALUZZO before 1285. Alasia (daughter of Thomas I DE SALUZZO and Luisa DE CEVA) was born about 1271 in Saluzza, Italy; died on 25 Sep 1292. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sir Edmund FITZ ALAN was born on 01 May 1285 in Marlborough, England; died on 17 Nov 1326 in (beheaded) Herefordshire, England.
2. Margaret FITZ ALAN was born in 1302.
3. John FITZ ALAN was born about 1287.
4. Maud FITZ ALAN was born about 1289.

John married Isabella DE MORTIMER. Isabella (daughter of Roger DE MORTIMER and Maud DE BRAOSE) was born in Wigmore,Herefordshire, England; died after 1300. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: 1243, Lord of Clun and Oswestry

Notes:

Name:
John Fitz-Alan, feudal Lord of Clun and Oswaldestre, co. Salop, s. and h. of John Fitz-Alan of the same by his first wife, Isabel, da. of William and 2nd sister and, in her issue, coheir of Hugh (De Albini), Earls of Sussex, &c., abovenamed sux. his father (whom his mother had predeceased) in 1240. To him, by writ dat. 27 Nov. 1243, was awarded (in right of his deceased mother) the Castle and Honour of ARUNDEL, whereby (according to the admission of 1433 abovenamed) he became Earl of ARUNDEL, and, though still a minor, obtained possession of Arundel (as well as of his paternal estates co. Salop) on payment of 1000 pounds. By the title, however, of Earl of Arundel he never appears to have been known (either in his lifetime or afterwards), although he lived 28 years after the acquisition of that Castle and Honour. He took part in the Welsh war 1258, and though sometime he leagued with the Barons against the Crown, was, while fighting on the Royal side, taken prisoner at the battle of Lewes in 1264 together with the King.

John married Maud DE BOTILLER. Maud (daughter of Theobald LE BOTILLER and Rohese DE VERDUN) was born in England; died on 27 Nov 1283. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As: "Matilda" "Verdon"

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• Fact: 6th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore
• Birth: 1221, Cwmaron Castle, , Rdnrsh, Wales
• Death: 27 Oct 1282, Kingsland, Herefordshire, England

Roger married Maud DE BRAOSE in 1247. Maud (daughter of William DE BRAOSE and Eve MARSHALL) was born about 1230 in Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales; died before 20 Mar 1301. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]