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Personal data Edmund Fitz-Alan 

• Alternative names: Edmund FitzAlan , 9th Earl of Arundel 9th Earl of Arundel (also known as / alias), Edmund Fitzalan (also known as / alias), Edward fitz-Alan Stuart , Earl van Arundel
• He was born on May 1, 1285 in Marlborough Castle, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom.Source 6
• He died (beheaded) on November 17, 1326 in Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, he was 41 years old.Source 6
• The birth parents are Richard Fitz-Alan and Alicia de Saluzzo
• This information was last updated on July 14, 2023.

Household of Edmund Fitz-Alan

He is married to Alice de Warenne.

They got married in the year 1305 at Arundel, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, he was 19 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Richard FitzAlan  1313-1376 

Notes about Edmund Fitz-Alan

Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel (8th Earl of Arundel per Ancestral Roots) (May 1, 1285 – November 17, 1326) born in the Castle of Marlborough. He was the son of Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel (7th Earl of Arundel per Ancestral Roots) and Alasia di Saluzzo (also known as Alice), daughter of Thomas I of Saluzzo in Italy. He succeeded to his father's estates and titles in 1302.

Edmund was an English nobleman prominent in the contention between Edward II and his barons and second de facto Earl of the FitzAlan line. He was summoned to Parliament, 9 November 1306, as Earl of Arundel, and took part in the Scottish wars of that year.

Arundel bore the royal robes at Edward II's coronation, but he soon fell out with the king's favorite Piers Gaveston. In 1310 he was one of the Lords Ordainers, and he was one of the 5 earls who allied in 1312 to oust de Gaveston. Arundel resisted reconciling with the King after de Gaveston's death, and in 1314 he along with some other earls refused to help the king's Scottish campaign, which contributed in part to the English defeat at Bannockburn.

A few years later Arundel allied with king Edward's new favorites, Hugh le Despenser and his son of the same name, and had his son and heir Richard married to a daughter of the younger Hugh le Despenser. He reluctantly consented to the Despenser's banishment in 1321, and joined the king's efforts to restore them in 1321. Over the following years Arundel was one of the king's principal supporters, and after the capture of Roger Mortimer in 1322 he received a large part of the forfeited Mortimer estates. He also held the two great offices governing Wales, becoming justice of Wales in 1322 and warden of the Welsh marches in 1325.

After Mortimer's escape from prison and invasion of England in 1326, amongst the barons only Arundel and his brother-in-law John de Warenne remained loyal to the king. Their defensive efforts were ineffective, and Arundel was captured and executed at the behest of Queen Isabella. His estates and titles were forfeited when he was executed, but they were eventually restored to his eldest son Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel.

[edit] Marriage and issue

Edmund married Alice de Warenne, sister and eventual heiress of John de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey, daughter of William de Warenne and Joan de Vere. They had the following:

* Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel

Graaf van Arundel

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