Fulk Fitz Warin, 1st Baron FitzWarine

Whittington Castle , the headquarters of the Fitzwarine family

Fulk Fitz Warin, 1st Baron FitzWarine (also Fulk Fitzwarine or Fulk (V) Fitzwarine ) (* 1251 or around 1252; † 1315 ) was an English nobleman and military.

Origin and heritage

Fulk Fitz Warin was the eldest son of his father of the same name, Fulk Fitz Warin (IV) and his wife Clarice (also Constance ). His father was a Marcher Lord who died on the side of the royal party in the Battle of Lewes in 1264 . The young Fulk inherited Whittington , Aberbury and other estates in Shropshire and Gloucestershire , but Simon de Montfort, the victor of the Battle of Lewes, initially took over his guardianship and lucrative custodianship . After the defeat and death of Montfort at the Battle of Evesham in 1265, Hamo le Strange was given guardianship. The Lestrange family was based at Knockin Castle , not far from Whittington , and the family was traditionally allied with the Fitz Warins. In 1273 Fulk was declared of legal age and was able to take over his inheritance.

Military service

In 1277 Fitz Warin quarreled with the Welsh prince Llywelyn ap Gruffydd over the ownership of lands near Bauseley in Montgomeryshire . Before February 25, 1277 he had married Margaret († 1336), a daughter of Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn and his wife Hawise . As Lord of Powis, Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn was an opponent of Lord Llywelyn and allied with the English. In the next few years Fitz Warin served frequently as a military, especially when King Edward I conquered the Welsh principalities. During the Welsh uprising from 1294 to 1295 , he was to relieve Castell y Bere in 1294 . He then served in the campaigns against Scotland . After the defeat at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297, the English commander, Earl Warenne Marmaduke Thwing , Fitz Warin and others tasked with the defense of Stirling Castle after Sir Richard Waldegrave , the castle’s commanding officer, fell in battle with most of the crew . The Scots besieged the castle after their victory, whereupon the defenders soon had to surrender due to insufficient supplies. The Scottish commander William Wallace spared the lives of Thwing and Fitz Warin. In 1306 Fitz Warin took part in another campaign in Scotland in the entourage of the heir to the throne Edward and was defeated to the Knight of the Bath . From June 23, 1295, Fitz Warin was invited to the English parliaments by Writ of Summons , which is why he is considered Baron FitzWarine .

progeny

From his marriage to Margaret he had at least one son, Fulk Fitz Warin, 2nd Baron FitzWarine , who became his heir.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Frederick Soup: Fulk (V) Fitzwarine (1252? –1315). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
2. ↑ Dictionary of Welsh Biography: FITZ WARIN lords of Whittington and Alderbury (Salop) and Alveston (Gloucs.). Retrieved August 26, 2019 . 
3. ^ Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 125.
4. ^ Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 130n.
5. ^ George Edward Cokayne: The complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. III , Bell, London 1890, p. 376.
6. ↑ George Edward Cokayne: The complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. III , Bell, London 1890, p. 375.

predecessor	Office	successor
New title created	Baron FitzWarine 1295-1315	Fulk Fitz Warin