Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel

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Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel , according to another count also 1st Earl of Arundel , (probably * February 3, 1267 , † March 9, 1302 ) was an English magnate and military.

Origin and youth

His parents were John Fitzalan from the noble family FitzAlan and Isabella Mortimer , a daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer . His father died when he was five years old. Richard inherited from him the dominions of Clun and Oswestry in the Welsh Marches as well as the dominion of Arundel with Arundel Castle in Sussex . His grandfather John FitzAlan inherited Arundel from his mother Isabel d'Aubigny, a daughter of William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel , and after the death of her brother Hugh d'Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel in 1243 de iure also inherited the title Earl of Arundel , but neither he nor Richard's father had held the title. While Richard was a minor, his grandmother Maud de Verdon and her second husband Richard d'Amundeville administered his inheritance, but they managed it poorly and were in debt. Richard himself grew up as the ward of his grandfather Roger Mortimer. Before 1285 he married Adelasia (Alice) († September 25, 1292), a daughter of Margrave Thomas I of Saluzzo and Luisa di Ceva. The marriage was probably brokered during a long stay in Italy.

Life

In 1287 he came of age and received his inheritance on December 8th. During the rebellion of Welsh Lord Rhys ap Maredudd in the same year, FitzAlan was asked to stay in Shropshire to protect his possessions until the rebellion was put down. In 1291 he was appointed to parliament for the first time and from this point on he was the first member of the FitzAlan family to hold the title of Earl of Arundel. The exact award of his title is not known, especially since John de Warenne had held the title of Earl of Sussex since 1282 . He lost a lawsuit against Gilbert de Leofard, Bishop of Chichester , over his hunting rights in Houghton Forest . He then joined the royal forces who were supposed to put down the Welsh uprising from 1294 to 1295 . He was in command of a force that was supposed to relieve the besieged Castell y Bere , but the attempt probably failed. 1295 he was among the leaders of a noble opposition that the demand of King Edward I of paid military service in the Gascogne refused. However, by 1297 he changed his mind and agreed to serve in south-west France. During the Scottish War of Independence , he was given command in Scotland in 1298 and 1299, and in 1300 he took part in the siege of Caerlaverock Castle . He last took part in the Lincoln Parliament in 1301 , during which he was one of the signatories of the Barons' letter to Pope Boniface VIII , in which the king's claim to rule over Scotland was established and in which the Pope was denied any interference in secular affairs. On June 24, 1301 he was called up for military service in Carlisle .

He was buried at Haughmond Abbey in Shropshire.

progeny

With his wife he had two sons and two daughters:

His heir became his eldest son, Edmund.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Third Edition, London, 1986, ISBN 0-521-56350-X , p. 449.
  2. ^ John Edward Morris: The Welsh wars of Edward I. Ardent Media, New York 1968, p. 252.
  3. ↑ Dieter Berg: The Anjou Plantagenets: The English kings in Europe in the Middle Ages (1100-1500). Kohlhammer, 2003, ISBN 3-17-014488-X , p. 186.

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SURNAME FitzAlan, Richard, 8th Earl of Arundel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fitzalan, Richard; FitzAlan, Richard, 1st Earl of Arundel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English magnate and military
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: February 3, 1267
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 1302