Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel

Arms of d'Aubigny, Earls of Arundel, as blazoned in Charles's Roll of Arms (13th century), for Hugh d'Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel (d.1243): Gules, a lion rampant or.^[1] These arms were adopted by the family of FitzAlan, successors in the Earldom of Arundel; They were recorded as the arms of Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel (1266-1302) in the Falkirk Roll, Glover's Roll and in the Caerlaverock Poem (1300) and are shown on his seal on the Barons' Letter, 1301. They are today shown in the 4th quarter of the arms of the Duke of Norfolk, of the family of Fitz-Alan Howard,^[2] who holds the subsidiary title Earl of Arundel

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, 7th Earl of Arundel (6th Earl of Arundel per Ancestral Roots) and Isabella Mortimer, daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore and Maud de Braose. His paternal grandparents were John Fitzalan, 6th Earl of Arundel and Maud le Botiller.

Richard was feudal Lord of Clun and Oswestry in the Welsh Marches. After attaining his majority in 1289 he became the 8th Earl of Arundel, by being summoned to Parliament by a writ directed to the 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 & Issue

He married sometime before 1285, Alice of Saluzzo (also known as Alesia di Saluzzo), daughter of Thomas I of Saluzzo in Italy. Their issue:

1. Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel.
2. John, a priest.
3. Alice FitzAlan, married Stephen de Segrave, 3rd Lord Segrave.
4. Margaret FitzAlan, married William le Botiller (or Butler).
5. Eleanor FitzAlan, married Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy.^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Burial

Richard and his mother are buried together in the sanctuary of Haughmond Abbey, long closely associated with the FitzAlan family.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel

16. William Fitz Alan, 1st Lord of Oswestry and Clun               8. John Fitzalan, Lord of Oswestry                       4. John FitzAlan, 6th Earl of Arundel                             18. William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel               9. Isabel d'Aubigny                       19. Mabel of Chester               2. John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel                                   20. Theobald Walter, 1st Baron Butler               10. Theobald le Botiller, 2nd Chief Butler of Ireland                       21. Maud le Vavasour               5. Maud de Verdun                             22. Nicholas de Verdun, of Alton               11. Rohese de Verdun                       23. Joan de Lacy               1. Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel                                         24. Roger de Mortimer               12. Ralph de Mortimer                       25. Isabel de Ferrers, of Wigmore Castle               6. Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer                             26. Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Gwynedd and of Powys Wenwynwyn               13. Gwladus ferch Llewelyn                       27. Joan, Princess of Wales and Lady of Snowdon               3. Isabella Mortimer                                   28. Reginald de Braose               14. William de Braose                       29. Grecia Briwere               7. Maud de Braose                             30. William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke               15. Eva Marshal                       31. Isabel de Clare

Notes

1. Standard accounts of the Percy family identify Eleanor as the daughter of the "Earl of Arundel". Arrangements for Eleanor's marriage to Lord Percy are found in the recognizance made in 1300 by Eleanor's father, Richard, Earl of Arundel, for a debt of 2,000 marks which he owed Sir Henry Percy. Eleanor was styled as a "kinswoman" of Edward II on two separate occasions; once in 1318 and again in 1322 presumably by her descent from Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy who was the brother of Edward II's great-grandmother, Beatrice of Savoy. Eleanor's brothers, Edmund and John were also styled as "kinsmen" of the king. Eleanor's identity is further indicated by the presence of the old and new arms of FitzAlan (or Arundel) at her tomb.

References

1. www.briantimms.net, Charles's Roll
2. Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.833

•  Fitzalan, Richard (1267-1302) (DNB00). Wikisource. 
• Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700.

External links

• Medieval Lands Project on Richard FitzAlan