John FitzAlan, 6th Earl of Arundel
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John FitzAlan (1223-1267), Lord Oswestry, Clun, and Earl of Arundel, was a Norman English nobleman and Marcher Lord with lands and titles in the Welsh Marches.
He is sometimes counted as 6th Earl of Arundel (5th Earl of Arundel), although he was never called Earl during his lifetime.
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[edit] Marriage
He married Maud le Botiller, daughter of Theobald le Botiller (Boteler) and Rohese or Rohesia de Verdon.
[edit] Lineage
He was the son of John Fitzalan, Lord of Oswestry, from whom he inherited a great estate in the Welsh Marches in Shropshire, and Isabel d'Aubigny, daughter of William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel.
[edit] Inheritance
After the death without direct heirs of his mother's brother Hugh d'Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel, he inherited a quarter of the Earl's estate, including the honour of Arundel in 1243 which brought an Earldom into the family. On the 26th May 1244 he obtained possession of his paternal estates in Shropshire aged 21 years.
[edit] Welsh Conflicts
In 1257 the Welsh Lord of Gwenwynwyn, in the southern realm of the Welsh Kingdom of Powys, sought the aid of the Lord of Oswestry against Llywelyn ap Gruffydd and John Fitzalan was a member of the English force that was defeated at the hands of the Welsh at Cymerau in Carmarthenshire, 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.
[edit] Vacillation
Arundel vacillated in the conflicts between Henry III and the Barons. He fought on the King's side at the Battle of Lewes, in 1264, where he was taken prisoner.
[edit] Legacy
By 1278 to 1282 his own sons were also engaged in Welsh border hostilities, attacking the lands of Llywelyn the son of Gruffydd ap Madog.
[edit] Succession
John and Maud had a son tht succeeded him, John Fitzalan, 7th Earl of Arundel.
[edit] References
- Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Lines: 70A-29, 149-29
| Preceded by Hugh d'Aubigny | Earl of Arundel 1264 - 1267 | Succeeded by John Fitzalan |
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