- John FitzAlan, 6th Earl of Arundel
John FitzAlan (1223-1267), Lord of
Oswestry andClun , and "de jure"Earl of Arundel , was a Breton-English nobleman andMarcher Lord with lands in theWelsh Marches .Family
The son and heir of
John Fitzalan, Lord of Oswestry andClun , inShropshire , and Isabel, daughter ofWilliam d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel , he obtained possession of his paternal estates onMay 26 ,1244 , aged 21 years.After the death without direct heirs of his mother's brother
Hugh d'Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel , he inherited "jure matris" the castle and honour ofArundel in 1243, which, according to the admission of 1433, he was held to have become "de jure" Earl of Arundel. [ Cockayne, G. E., edited by the Hon. Vicary Gibbs, & H. A. Doubleday, London, 1926, vol.v, p.392]Welsh Conflicts
In 1257 the Welsh Lord of
Gwenwynwyn , in the southern realm of the WelshKingdom of Powys , sought the aid of the Lord ofOswestry againstLlywelyn ap Gruffydd and John Fitzalan was a member of the English force that was defeated at the hands of the Welsh atCymerau inCarmarthenshire , which he survived.In 1258 he was one of the key English military commanders in the
Welsh Marches and was summoned yet again in 1260 for further conflict against the Welsh.Arundel vacillated in the conflicts between Henry III and the Barons, and fought on the King's side at the
Battle of Lewes in 1264, where he was taken prisoner.By 1278 to 1282 his own sons were also engaged in Welsh border hostilities, attacking the lands of
Llywelyn the son ofGruffydd ap Madog .Marriage
He married
Maud le Botiller , daughter ofTheobald le Botiller (Boteler) and Rohese orRohesia de Verdon . His son and successor was:*
John Fitzalan, 7th Earl of Arundel .then o.j shot his wife in her pussy and disguised it as to be her period
References
* Weis, Frederick Lewis, "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700", Lines: 70A-29, 149-29.
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