THE FITZALAN EARLS OF ARUNDEL

Deciphering the FitzAlan Earls: High Stewards & Lords of Oswestry

Tracing the Breton-Norman lineage that split into the FitzAlan Earls of Arundel and the Royal House of Stewart.

The Deciphered Lineage & Transcription

Top Progenitors (Breton Roots & Oswestry):

FitzAlan | Oswestry, Shropshire & Arundel, Sussex

Alan Fitz Flaad, Lord of Oswestry d. c. 1114 = Avelina de Hesdin (d. of Ernulf de Hesdin).

The Great Split:

• Elder Son: William FitzAlan I of Oswestry d. 1160 (ancestor of FitzAlan Earls of Arundel).

• Younger Son: Walter FitzAlan d. 1177 (appointed 1st High Steward of Scotland by King David I; ancestor of the Royal Stewarts, cross-ref 18196).

Middle Section (Earls of Arundel Line):

William FitzAlan II Lord of Clun & Oswestry d. 1210 = Isabel de Say (heiress of Clun).

John FitzAlan I Lord of Oswestry d. 1240 = Isabel d'Aubigny (co-heiress of Hugh d'Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel).

John FitzAlan II, 6th Earl of Arundel d. 1267 = Maud de Verdon.

Lower Section (High Medieval Barons):

Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel (1267–1302) = Alisona de Saluzzo (d. of Thomas I, Marquess of Saluzzo, Italy).

Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel (executed 1326) = Alice de Warenne (heiress of the Earls of Surrey & Warenne).

Citations: Complete Peerage I 239 ; Eyton's Antiquities of Shropshire ; Dugdale's Baronage.

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