John FitzAlan , 6th Earl of Arundel 
John was born in May 1223 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England. John's father was John FitzAlan , Baron of Clun & Oswestry and his mother was Isabel d' Aubigny. His paternal grandfather was William FitzAlan , Baron of Oswestry, Sir Knight; his maternal grandparents were William d' Aubigny , 3rd Earl of Arundel and Mabel of Chester. He was an only child. He died before November 10th, 1267.General Notes
John Fitz Alan, 6th? Earl of Arundel, (if by tenure), though never so referred to either by contemporaries or posterity; on the other hand he is called Lord (ie. feudal possessor) of Arundel Castle by late Nove 1243; fought on Henry III's side at Battle of Lewes 1264, where captured by Simon de Montfort's forces; married Maud, daughter of Theobald le Botiller, and died by 10 Nov 1267. [Burke's Peerage]
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John Fitz-Alan, in the 28th Henry III [1244], upon the division made of the property of Hugh Albini, Earl of Arundel, then made, had the castle of Arundel assigned to him for his principal seat, thus becoming 5th Earl of Arundel; and soon after that, in consideration of £1,000 fine, had livery of his own castles of Clun, Blancminster and Schrawurthen. In the 42nd Henry III [1258], his lordship was made captain-general of all the forces designed for guarding the Welsh marches, and in the baronial war, he appears first to have sided with the barons, and afterwards with the king. He d. 1267, having m. Maud, dau. of Roesia de Verdun (which lady m. 2ndly Richard de Amundevill), by whom he had a son and successor, John Fitz-Alan. [Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd, London, 1883, p. 200, Fitz-Alan, Earls of Arundel]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1151 in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England d.1210 in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England
- b.~ 1172 in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England d.MAR 1239/40 in Clun, Shropshire, England
- b.May 1223 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England d.<10 Nov 1267
- b.~ 1173 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.1 FEB 1220/21 in Cainell near Rome, Latium, Italy
- b.1190 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.> 1230
- b.1147 in Kevelioc, Monmouthshire, Wales d.30 Jun 1181 in Leeke, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1174 in Chester, Cheshire, England d.< 1232 in Chester, Cheshire, England
- b.1155 in Montfort-sur-Risle, Eure, Normandy, France d.12 Jul 1227 in Evreux, Eure, Normandy, France
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John and Maud de Verdun le were married in a religious ceremony in 1st husband. They had a son named John.
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Children
John FitzAlan , Lord of Clun, 7th Earl of Arundel
John was born on September 14th, 1246 in Arundel, Sussex, England. He died in Clun, Shropshire, England.
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