Richard and Charlotte Allen Cosby Ancestry » William FitzAlan (1105-1160)

Personal data William FitzAlan 

• Alternative name: Lord of Oswestry William FitzAlan
• He was born in the year 1105 in Oswestry, Shropshire, England.
• Alternative: He was born in the year 1105 in Oswestrie,Shropshire,England.
• Alternative: He was born about 1105 in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England.
• He died in the year 1160 in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England, he was 55 years old.
• Alternative: He died in the year 1160 in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England, he was 55 years old.Sources 1, 4
• A child of Sir Alan Fitz Flaald,

Household of William FitzAlan

(1) He is married to Helen Reverel.

They got married in the year 1136 at Oswestry, Shropshire, England, he was 31 years old.

Child(ren):

1. William FitzAlan  1136-1210 

(2) He is married to Isabel deSaye.

They got married at Shropshire, England.

(3) He is married to Isabel de Say.

They got married before 1146 at 1st husband 2nd wife.Sources 1, 4

Child(ren):

1. Sir William FitzAlan,  < 1154-1210 

(4) He is married to Christian of Gloucester.

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

Child(ren):

1. Christian FitzAlan  1145-1227 

Notes about William FitzAlan

William FitzAlan; feudal Baron of Oswestry, Sheriff Salop and Castellan of Shrewsbury 1138; besieged there as an adherent of the Empress Maud by King Stephen; restored to his lands by Henry II 1155 and set about recovering the Barony of Oswestry, by now in Welsh hands; founder of Haughmond Abbey; m. 1st Christian, possibly a niece of Robert FitzRoy, 1st Earl of Goucester of the 1122 cr., illegitimate son of Henry I, and had a daughter (Christian, m Hugh Pantulf); m 2nd Isabel....daughter and heir of Ingram de Say, feudal Lord of Clun, Salop and d. 1160. [Burke's Peerage]--------------------estre (ie. Oswestry) in that co., who d. abt 1210. Their son and heir, William FitzAlan, Lord of Clun and Oswestry, dsp 1216, and was succeeded by his brother and heir, John FitzAlan, Lord of Cluny and Oswestry, who m. Isabel, sister (whose issue became coheirs) of Hugh d'Aubigny, Earl of Arundel. This John FitzAlan d. 1240, and was succeeded by his son and heir, John FitzAlan, feudal Lord of Clun and Oswestry, to whom (jure maris) the Castle and Honour of Arundel were awarded, 27 Nov 1243, whereby, according to the admission of 1433, he became Earl of Arundel. . . [Complete Peerage, III:335 as corrected by XIV:194]n died in 1210 and was succeeded by his son William, who died at Easter 1215, and whose brother and heir was John, as given above. [Some Corrections & Additions to the Complete Peerage]-----------------------------rewsbury for the latter until it was taken by assault. He was also with the empress at the siege of Winchester Castle in the 6th Stephen [1141], when she and her whole army were put to flight; and afterwards, continuing to adhere stoutly to the same cause, he was reconstituted sheriff of Salop so soon as King Henry attained the crown. This William m. Isabel, dau. and heir of Helias de Say, Lady of Clun, niece of Robert, Earl of Gloucester, and dying some time before 1160, 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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