John (1200-1240)

1. John Fitzalan, Lord of Oswestry was born in 1200. He died in 1240. He married Isabel d'Aubigny.

 

Lord of Clun and Oswestry, in Shropshire.

 

Isabel d'Aubigny was the daughter of William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel (c. 1167-c. 1221). She and John Fitzalan, Lord of Oswestry had the following children:

 

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John FitzAlan, Lord Oswestry, Clun, and Arundel (1223-1267)

Second Generation

2. John FitzAlan, Lord Oswestry, Clun, and Arundel, son of John Fitzalan, Lord of Oswestry and Isabel d'Aubigny, was born in 1223. He died in 1267. He married Maude le Botiller.

 

He is sometimes counted as 6th Earl of Arundel, although he was never called earl during his lifetime.

He was the son of John Fitzalan, Lord of Oswestry, from whom he inherited a great estate in Shropshire, and Isabel d'Aubigny, daughter of William d'Aubigny, 4th Earl of Arundel. 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 Arundel.

Arundel vacillated in the conflicts between Henry III and the barons. He fought on the king's side at the Battle of Lewes, where he was taken prisoner. On 26 May 1244, he obtained possession of his paternal estates in Shropshire.

 

Maude le Botiller was the daughter of Theobald le Botiller (1200-1230) and Rhese de VERDON ( - ). She and John FitzAlan, Lord Oswestry, Clun, and Arundel had the following children:

 

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John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel (1246-1272)

Third Generation

3. John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel, son of John FitzAlan, Lord Oswestry, Clun, and Arundel and Maude le Botiller, was born on 14 September 1246. He married Isabella de Mortimer in 1260. He died on 18 March 1272.

 

Isabella de Mortimer was the daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron WIGMORE ( - ). She and John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel had the following children:

 

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Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel (1266-1301). Richard was born on [Julian] 3 February 1266. He died on [Julian] 9 March 1301.

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Eleanor FITZALAN ( -1328). Eleanor married Henry, 1st Lord Percy of Alnwick circa 1299 in Alnwick. She died in July 1328. She was buried in Beverley, Yorkshire.