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Richard FitzAlan 1st Earl of Arundel
- Preferred Name: Richard FitzAlan 1st Earl of Arundel[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
- Gender: M
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Sir
- He was appointed Knight.: 1289 with note: GEDCOM data
- FSID: 9HVV-643
- Death: BEF 15 JAN 1302 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England at LATI: N0.85 LONG: E0.55 with note: The writ for his IPM was dated 15 Jan 30 Edw I which would be 15 Jan 1302.
- Military+Service: BET 1298 AND 1300 with note: GEDCOM data
- Birth: 3 FEB 1267 in Arundel Castle, Arundel, Sussex, England at LATI: N0.85 LONG: E0.55 with note: He was 5 on the feast of St. Blaise in the year his father died (1272).
- He succeeded as the Lord of Clun and Oswestry [feudal barony].: 18 MAR 1271/72 with note: GEDCOM data
- Burial: 1302 in Haughmond Abbey, Shrewsbury, England at LATI: N2.71 LONG: E2.78 with note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Fitzalan,_1st_Earl_of_Arundel
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Richard FitzAlan, 1st Earl of Arundel[a] (3 February 1267 - 15 January 1302) was an English nobleman and soldier.
He was the son of John fitzAlan III and Isabella Mortimer, daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore and Maud de Braose. His paternal grandparents were John fitzAlan II [4] and Maud de Verdun.
Richard was feudal Lord of Clun and Oswestry in the Welsh Marches. In 1289 he was created 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 and children
He married sometime before 1285, Alice di Saluzzo (also known as Alesia di Saluzzo), daughter of Thomas I of Saluzzo in Italy.
Their issue:
- Edmund Fitzalan, 2nd Earl of Arundel.
- John, a priest.
- Alice Fitzalan, married Stephen de Segrave, 3rd Lord Segrave.
- Margaret Fitzalan, married William le Boteler (or Butler).
- Eleanor FitzAlan, married Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy.[b]
Burial
Richard and his mother are buried together in the sanctuary of Haughmond Abbey, long closely associated with the FitzAlan family.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Fitzalan,_1st_Earl_of_Arundel
Richard FItz Alan Bio (According to Wiki)
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.
Lineage
He was the son of John FitzAlan,
BIO
BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#EdmundArundeldied1326 as of 7/13/2016
RICHARD FitzAlan, son of JOHN FitzAlan Lord of Clun and Oswestry & his wife Isabel
=== Life Sketch ===
Richard FitzAlan, 1st Earl of Arundel[a] (3 February 1267 – 15 January 1302) was an English nobleman and soldier.
He was the son of John fitzAlan III and Isabella Mortimer, daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore and Maud de Braose. His paternal grandparents were John fitzAlan II [4] and Maud de Verdun.
Richard was feudal Lord of Clun and Oswestry in the Welsh Marches. In 1289 he was created 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 and children
He married sometime before 1285, Alice di Saluzzo (also known as Alesia di Saluzzo), daughter of Thomas I of Saluzzo in Italy.
Their issue:
- Edmund Fitzalan, 2nd Earl of Arundel.
- John, a priest.
- Alice Fitzalan, married Stephen de Segrave, 3rd Lord Segrave.
- Margaret Fitzalan, married William le Boteler (or Butler).
- Eleanor FitzAlan, married Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy.[b]
Burial
Richard and his mother are buried together in the sanctuary of Haughmond Abbey, long closely associated with the FitzAlan family.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Fitzalan,_1st_Earl_of_Arundel
Richard FItz Alan Bio (According to Wiki)
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.
Lineage
He was the son of John FitzAlan,
BIO
BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#EdmundArundeldied1326 as of 7/13/2016
RICHARD FitzAlan, son of JOHN FitzAlan Lord of Clun and Oswestry & his wife Isabel
Preferred Parents:
Father: John Fitz Alan, b. 14 SEP 1246 d. 18 MAR 1271/72
Mother: Isabel de Mortimer, b. 14 SEP 1248 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d. 10 AUG 1292 in Arundel, Sussex, England
Family 1: Alasia Di Saluzzo, b. 18 MAY 1269 in Saluzzo, Piedmont, Italy d. 25 SEP 1292 in Arundel, Sussex, England
- m. NOV 1282 in Sussex, England
- Elizabeth Fitzalan, b. 1292 in Cherhill, Wiltshire, England d. 1340 in Northamptonshire, England
- Eleanor FitzAlan, b. 10 AUG 1284 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England d. BEF 29 AUG 1328 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England
- Margaret FitzAlan, b. 1292 in Of, Arundel, Sussex, England d. 1354 in Wem, Shropshire, England
- Sir Edmund Fitz Alan, b. 1 MAY 1285 in Marlborough Castle, Wiltshire, England d. 17 NOV 1326 in Herefordshire, England
Sources:
- Title: England, Earls Created 1138-1143
Author: England, Earls Created 1138-1143 v3.3 Updated 27 January 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Chapter 1. ARUNDEL A. EARLS of ARUNDEL [1138/39]-1243 (ALBINI) B. EARLS of ARUNDEL 1289-1580 (FITZALAN)
Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#_Toc434831788;
Note: Factual and HISTORICAL data on Sir Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel.
Page: Factual and HISTORICAL data.
- Title: Richard FitzAlan, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Y-B455 : 11 June 2020), 8th/1st Earl of Arundel, 1302; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Y-B455;
- Title: Fitzalan, Richard (1267-1302) in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 19
Author: Entire page...
Publication: Name: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Fitzalan,_Richard_(1267-1302)_(DNB00);
Note: From the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 19. Fitzalan, Richard (1267-1302), by Thomas Frederick Tout: English historian, Professor of History at the University of Manchester - (Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900 - The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference with articles on more than 29,000 notable figures from British history. It was originally published in 63 volumes between 1885 and 1900, by Smith, Elder & Co.)
Page: Fam.Search
- Title: The Earls of Arundel Project By: Tobias Jungen
Author: Entire page...
Publication: Name: https://www.geni.com/projects/Earls-of-Arundel/124;
Note: The title Earl of Arundel explained in detail.
Page: Factual and HISTORICAL data on the Earlship / Earldom of Arundel. Includes the ENTIRE list of Earls with PROPER TITLES.
- Title: The Children of Richard Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel
Author: Edward II blogspot, internet, The Children of Richard FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel
Publication: Name: http://edwardthesecond.blogspot.com/2010/02/children-of-richard-fitzalan-earl-of.html;
Note: Describes, in some detail, the lives of some of the Arundel's. Many data resources are sited, but without links. So, from this site, more sources for futher research can be collected. The Author: Kathryn Warner hails from England and holds BA and an MA with Distinction in Medieval History and Literature.
Page: Fam. Search
- Title: Richard FitzAlan in The Complete Peerage
Author: The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, Vol. 1, 2nd Ed.
Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/completepeerageo01coka/page/240/mode/2up;
Note: Cokayne says he died 9 March 1301/2; however, the writ for his Inquisition post mortem was made on 15 January 30 Edw I. The year 30 Edw I was from 20 November 1301 to 29 November 1302. The Sussex Inquisition was 19 March, 30 Edw. I [1302]. Therefore he died BEFORE 15 January 1302.
Page: Most common spelling of name, titles of English Peerage cited, birth and death dates
- Title: IPM of John son of Alan
Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/cu31924011387796/page/278/mode/2up?q=File+42;
Note: Died the Friday before the Annunciation (March 25).
Page: States his date of birth as 3 February 1267.
- Title: IPM of Richard Earl of Arundel
Author: Great Britain. Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Vol. 4, 29-35 Edward I: 1300-1307. (London, 1913).
Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/cu31924011387820/page/50/mode/2up;
Note: Mentions his grandfather and his marriage to Maud de Verdon.
- Title: The Medieval Lands Project, "RICHARD FitzAlan"
Author: fmg.ac
Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#RichardFitzAlandied1302B;
Note: RICHARD FitzAlan, son of JOHN FitzAlan Lord of Clun and Oswestry & his wife Isabel de Mortimer (3 Feb 1267-9 Mar 1302, bur Haughmond Abbey, Shropshire). Inquisitions "Wednesday after Epiphany 12 Edw I", after the death of "Maud (late) the wife of Richard de Amundevyl alias Lady Maud de verdun”, name “Richard son of John (son) of the said Alan [no Alan previously mentioned] age unknown is her next heir...Richard son of Alan aged 18 at the feast of St. Michael last is her next heir”[101]. He succeeded his father in 1272 as Lord of Clun and Oswestry, and as owner of the title and honour of the castle of Arundel, and had seisin of his lands 8 Dec 1287. He was created Earl of Arundel [Sussex] in 1289, although this is the last time that the old title Earl of Sussex is heard of[102]. “Ric comes de Arundell et dom de Albo” confirmed donations of property by “bonæ memoriæ Wil. filii Alani antecessoris nostri” to Shrewsbury Abbey by charter dated “die Martiis in festo Annunciationis beatæ Mariæ anno regni regis Edwardi vicesimo”[103].
m (before 1285) ALASIA di Saluzzo, daughter of TOMASO I Marchese di Saluzzo & his wife Luisa di Ceva (-25 Sep 1292).
Earl Richard & his wife had three children: (Edmund, John and Alice).
- Title: Earl of Arundel - Wikipedia
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Arundel;
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