Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel

1267 - 1302  (35 years)

• Name	Richard FitzAlan
  Suffix	8th Earl of Arundel
  Born	3 February 1266/7	Arundel West Sussex, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	9 March 1301/2	Arundel West Sussex, England
  Buried	Haughmond Abbey Shrewsbury Shropshire Unitary Authority Shropshire, England
  	Grave location, biography, and photo of abbey ruins: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=84173669
  Notes	Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_FitzAlan,_8th_Earl_of_Arundel He was the son of John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel 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 and was knighted by King Edward I of England in 1289. 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, 1298-300. Richard and his mother are buried together in the sanctuary of Haughmond Abbey, long closely associated with the FitzAlan family. He married sometime before 1285, Alice of Saluzzo (also known as Alesia di Saluzzo), daughter of Thomas I of Saluzzo in Italy. Their children were: 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.
  Person ID	I36264	Master File
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2016

  
  

  Family	Alesia (Alice) di Saluzzo, Countess of Arundel,   b. 18 May 1269, Saluzzo, Piedmont, Italy ,   d. 25 Sep 1292, Arundel West Sussex, England  (Age 23 years)
  Children	1. Edmund FITZALAN, Lord of Arundel,   b. 1 May 1285, Surrey, England ,   d. 17 Nov 1326, Hereford, Worcestershire, England  (Age 41 years)
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2016
  Family ID	F14968	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart