Richard FITZALAN

1267 - Bef 1302  (34 years)

• Name	Richard FITZALAN
  Birth	3 Feb 1267	Arundel, Sussex, England
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	9HVV-643
  He succeeded as the Lord of Clun and Oswestry [feudal barony].	18 Mar 1272  [1]
  He was appointed Knight.	1289  [1]
  Military Service	Between 1298 and 1300  [1]
  Name	Richard FITZALAN  [1]
  _UID	CC3947B6E3874D07B3A9D17968BFDBBD25B3
  Burial	1302	Haughmond Abbey, Shrewsbury, England   [1]
  Death	Bef 15 Jan 1302	Arundel Castle, Sussex, England   [1]
  Person ID	I23471	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	John FITZALAN,   b. 14 Sep 1246, Arundel, Sussex, England d. 18 Mar 1272 (Age 25 years)
  Mother	Isabella DE MORTIMER,   b. Abt 1248, Of Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d. Bef 10 Aug 1274 (Age ~ 26 years)
  Marriage	1260
  	NOTE MARRIED
  Family ID	F2991	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alisona DE SALUZZA,   b. 18 May 1269, Saluzzo, Piedmont, Italy d. 25 Sep 1292, Arundel, Sussex, England (Age 23 years)
  Marriage	1284	Marlborough, Sussex, England
  Children	1. Edmund FITZALAN,   b. 1 May 1273, Castle, Marlborough, Sussex, England d. 17 Nov 1326, Hertfordshire, England (Age 53 years)   2. Eleanor FITZALAN,   b. Abt 1284, Arundel, Sussex, England d. Bef 29 Aug 1328, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England (Age ~ 44 years)   3. Sibyl FITZALAN,   b. 1285, Arundel, Sussex, England, d. 1330, Arundel, Sussex, England, (Age 45 years)   4. John FITZALAN,   b. Abt 1287, Arundel, Sussex, England d. Yes, date unknown   5. Maud FITZALAN,   b. Abt 1289, Arundel, Sussex, England d. Yes, date unknown   6. Margaret FITZALAN,   b. 1302, Arundel, Sussex, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F10838	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2022

  
  

• Notes

  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

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 13 Dec 2022), entry for Richard FITZALAN, person ID 9HVV-643. (Reliability: 3).