Ancestral Trails 2016 » RICHARD FITZALAN

Personal data RICHARD FITZALAN 

• He was born on February 3, 1266/67 in Arundel Castle, Arundel, Sussex.
• Title: 7th Earl of Arundel
• (Event) on March 18, 1271/72 in Succeeded to the title of Lord of Clun &, Oswestry (Feudal Barony).
• (Event) between 1298 and 1300 in Fought in the Scottish wars.
• (Event) in the year 1300 in Fought in the siege of Carlaverock.
• (Event) between 1295 and 1297 in Fought in the war in Gascony.
• (Event) in the year 1288 in Fought in the Welsh Wars.
• (Event) on December 8, 1287 in Had seizin of his lands.
• (Event) on March 18, 1271/72 in Succeeded to the title of 8th Earl of Arundel.
• (Event) in the year 1289 in Created 1st Earl of Arundel.
• (Event) in the year 1289 in Invested as Knight.
• He died on March 9, 1301/02 in Arundel Castle, Arundel, Sussex, he was 35 years old.Source 1
• A child of JOHN IV FITZALAN and ISABELLA MORTIMER

Household of RICHARD FITZALAN

He is married to ALASIA di SALUZZO.

They got married November 1282 at Arundel, Sussex, he was 16 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Richard FITZALAN  1287-????
2. John FITZALAN  1289-????
3. Maud FITZALAN  ± 1292-????
4. Margaret FITZALAN  1292-1353 
5. Eleanor FITZALAN  1284-1328 
6. ALICE FITZALAN  1291-???? 
7. EDMUND FITZALAN  1285-1326 

Notes about RICHARD FITZALAN

Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel (7th Earl of Arundel per Ancestral Roots) (3 February 1266/7 - 9 March 1301/2) was an English Norman medieval nobleman.

He was the son of John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel (6th Earl of Arundel per Ancestral Roots) and Isabella Mortimer, daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore and Maud de Braose. His paternal grandparents were John Fitzalan, 6th Earl of Arundel and Maud le Botiller.

Richard was feudal Lord of Clun and Oswestry in the Welsh Marches. After attaining his majority in 1289 he became the 8th Earl of Arundel, by being summoned to Parliament by a writ directed to the Earl of Arundel.

He was knighted by King Edward I of England in 1289.

Fought in Wales, Gascony & Scotland
He fought in the Welsh wars, 1288 to 1294, when the Welsh castle of Castell y Bere (near modern-day Towyn) was besieged by Madog ap Llywelyn. He commanded the force sent to relieve the siege and he also took part in many other campaigns in Wales ; also in Gascony 1295-97; and furthermore in the Scottish wars, 1298-1300.

Marriage & Issue
He married sometime before 1285, Alice of Saluzzo (also known as Alesia di Saluzzo), daughter of Thomas I of Saluzzo in Italy. Their issue:

Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel.
John, a priest.
Alice FitzAlan, married Stephen de Segrave, 3rd Lord Segrave.
Margaret FitzAlan, married William le Botiller (or Butler).
Eleanor FitzAlan, married Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy.

Richard and his mother are buried together in the sanctuary of Haughmond Abbey, long closely associated with the FitzAlan family.
SOURCE: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_FitzAlan,_8th_Earl_of_Arundel

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