Genealogy Wylie » William FitzAlan , Lord of Oswestry [Wikibio] sss (± 1105-1160)

Personal data William FitzAlan , Lord of Oswestry [Wikibio] sss 

• He was born about 1105 in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England.
• He died in the year 1160 in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England.Sources 1, 3
• A child of Alan FitzFleald and Aveline de Hesdin
• This information was last updated on April 10, 2023.

Household of William FitzAlan , Lord of Oswestry [Wikibio] sss

(1) He is married to Christian of Gloucester.

They got married about 1135 at 1st wife.Source 3

Child(ren):

1. Christian FitzAlan  1145-???? 

(3) He is married to Isabel de Say.

They got married before 1146 at 1st husband 2nd wife.Sources 1, 3

Child(ren):

1. William FitzAlan  < 1154-1210 

(4) He is married to Christian of Gloucester.

They got married about 1135 at 1st wife.Source 3

Child(ren):

1. Christian FitzAlan  1145-???? 

Notes about William FitzAlan , Lord of Oswestry [Wikibio] sss

William FitzAlan; feudal Baron of Oswestry, Sheriff Salop and Castellanof Shrewsbury 1138; besieged there as an adherent of the Empress Maud byKing Stephen; restored to his lands by Henry II 1155 and set aboutrecovering the Barony of Oswestry, by now in Welsh hands; founder ofHaughmond Abbey; m. 1st Christian, possibly a niece of Robert FitzRoy,1st Earl of Goucester of the 1122 cr., illegitimate son of Henry I, andhad a daughter (Christian, m Hugh Pantulf); m 2nd Isabel....daughter andheir of Ingram de Say, feudal Lord of Clun, Salop and d. 1160. [Burke'sPeerage]

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The Lordship of Clun in Shropshire belonged, temp. Stephen, to Ellis deSay, whose daughter and heir, Isabel, brought it to her husband, WilliamFitzAlan, feudal Lord of Oswaldestre (ie. Oswestry) in that co., who d.abt 1210. Their son and heir, William FitzAlan, Lord of Clun andOswestry, dsp 1216, and was succeeded by his brother and heir, JohnFitzAlan, Lord of Cluny and Oswestry, who m. Isabel, sister (whose issuebecame coheirs) of Hugh d'Aubigny, Earl of Arundel. This John FitzAland. 1240, and was succeeded by his son and heir, John FitzAlan, feudalLord of Clun and Oswestry, to whom (jure maris) the Castle and Honour ofArundel were awarded, 27 Nov 1243, whereby, according to the admission of1433, he became Earl of Arundel. . . [Complete Peerage, III:335 ascorrected by XIV:194]

NOTE: The above account by CP is wrong in its handling of the FitzAlandescendancy:

Isabel de Say's husband was William FitzAlan (d. 1160). Their son WilliamFitzAlan died in 1210 and was succeeded by his son William, who died atEaster 1215, and whose brother and heir was John, as given above. [SomeCorrections & Additions to the Complete Peerage]

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William FitzAlan, in the contest between King Stephen and the EmpressMaud, being then governor of Shrewsbury and sheriff of the county ofSalop, held the castle of Shrewsbury for the latter until it was taken byassault. He was also with the empress at the siege of Winchester Castlein the 6th Stephen [1141], when she and her whole army were put toflight; and afterwards, continuing to adhere stoutly to the same cause,he was reconstituted sheriff of Salop so soon as King Henry attained thecrown. This William m. Isabel, dau. and heir of Helias de Say, Lady ofClun, niece of Robert, Earl of Gloucester, and dying some time before1160, was s. by his son, William FitzAlan. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant,Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London,1883, p. 200, Fitz-Alan, Earls of Arundel, Barons Maltravers]

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