John FitzAlan (nobleman, 1245)
John FitzAlan , Lord of Clun and Oswestry, de iure 7th Earl of Arundel (also John FitzAlan III , * 1245 , † 1272 or 1273; according to older information March 18, 1272) was an English nobleman .
Origin and heritage
John FitzAlan came from the FitzAlan family , which had been one of the most important noble families of the Welsh Marches since the mid-12th century . He was a son of John FitzAlan and his first wife Maud Botiller. His father was an important Marcher Lord , who had inherited the feudal baronies of Oswestry , Clun and Shrawardine in Shropshire from his father and who, through his mother, inherited Arundel Castle in Sussex in 1243 . Through the latter possession he and his father de iure were entitled to the title Earl of Arundel , but they never held this title during their lifetime.
Life
During the Second War of the Barons , FitzAlan initially supported the nobility opposition against King Henry III together with his father . In June 1263 he attacked together with his father and Roger de Clifford , Humphrey V. de Bohun and Hamo le Strange property of Peter D'Aigueblanche , the Bishop of Hereford and one of the king's leading diplomats, and finally took the bishop prisoner. At the end of 1263, however, the FitzAlans changed sides, so in April 1265 the government of the barons demanded that FitzAlan be held hostage by his father. After his father's death in November 1267, he inherited his property. However, he died as early as 1272 or 1273 and, like his father, was buried in Haughmond Abbey in Shropshire.
Family and offspring
John married Isabel de Mortimer, a daughter of Roger Mortimer , one of the king's major supporters in the War of the Barons. Fitzalan had several children with his wife, Isabel, including:
- Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel (1267-1302);
- Maud Fitzalan († after 1298) ⚭ Sir Philip Burnell ;
- Eleanor Fitzalan († 1328) ⚭ Henry Percy, 1st Baron Percy .
His heir became his eldest son Richard. His widow married Ralph d'Arderne for the second time.
literature
- George Edward Cokayne (Ed.): The Complete Peerage . Volume 1, George Bell & Sons, London 1887, p. 144. ( archive.org) .
Web links
- John FitzAlan on thepeerage.com , accessed August 4, 2016.
- Cracroft's Peerage: Arundel, Earl of (E, c.1139)
Individual evidence
- ^ TF Tout, rev. Nigel Saul: Fitzalan, Richard (I), first earl of Arundel (1267-1302). 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
- ^ The Complete Peerage. Volume 1, p. 144.
- ↑ Frederick Maurice Powicke (Ed.): Handbook of British Chronology. Offices of the Royal Historical Society, London 1939, p. 292.
- ↑ Frederick Soup: Fitzalan, John (II) (1223-1267). 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
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | FitzAlan, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fitzalan, John III; FitzAlan, John, 7th Earl of Arundel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English nobleman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1245 |
| DATE OF DEATH | between March 18, 1272 and 1273 |