Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel

Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel

Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel (7th Earl of Arundel per Ancestral Roots) (February 3, 1266/7 – March 9, 1301/2) was an English Norman medieval nobleman.

Lineage

He was son of John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel (6th Earl of Arundel per Ancestral Roots) and Isabella de Mortimer, daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore.

Titles

Richard was feudal Lord of Clun and Oswestry in the Welsh Marches. After attaining his majority in 1289 he became in fact Earl of Arundel, by being summoned to Parliament by a writ directed to the Earl of Arundel.

Knighted by King Edward I

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 & Issue

He married before 1285 to Alasia di Saluzzo (also known as Alice), daughter of Thomas I of Saluzzo in Italy.

Their children were:
#Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel.
# John, a priest
#Alice FitzAlan, married Stephen de Segrave, 3rd Lord Segrave
#Margaret FitzAlan, married William le Botiller (or Butler)

Conjecture:
#Eleanor FitzAlan, married Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy

References

*"Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Lines: 16B-29, 28-31, 77-31, 77-32

External links

* [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#RichardFitzAlandied1302B FMG on Richard FitzAlan]


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