Walter FitzAlan 
Walter was born in 1106 in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England. Walter's father was Alan FitzFlaad and his mother was Avelina De Hesding. His paternal grandfather was Flaad FitzAlan and his paternal grandmother is UNKNOWN Gwentha; his maternal grandparents are UNKNOWN Aurnulf and Ameria De Montgomery. He had two brothers and a sister, named Simon, William and Sybil. He was the second youngest of the four children. He died at the age of 71 in 1177 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.General Notes
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The title of High Steward of Scotland was bestowed on Walter by Ki ng
David I of Scotland (1124 - 1153). King Malcolm IV (1153 - 1165)
confir med the honor bestowed by David I and made the office of Steward of
Scotland hereditary in Walter's family.
Walter founded the Abbey of Paisley for monks o f the Clunic Order in 1160
and defeated Somerled, Lord of the Isles in 1164
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1020 in Dol-de-Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine, France d.~ 1055
- b.~ 1046 in Dol-de-Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine, France d.1110
- b.~ 1022 in Wales
- b.1078 in Dol-de-Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine, France d.1114 in Norfolk, England
- b.1066
- b.1106 in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England d.1177 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1060 in Hesdin, Picardy, France
- b.1085 in Hesdin, Picardy, France d.1126
- b.~ 0965 in St Germain, Montgomery, Normandy, France d.< 1056
- b.~ 0985 in Normandy, France d.> 1040 in Paris, Seine, France
- b.~ 0965 in Normandy, France
- b.1022 in Normandy, France d.07 Jul 1094 in Shrewsbury Abbey, Shropshire, England
- b.~ 0990 in Normandy, France
- b.1070 in Montgomery, Normandy, France
- b.0966 in Belleme, Perche, France d.1028 in Domfront, Normandy, France
- b.1000 in Belleme, Perche, France d.1048
- b.0969
- b.~ 1025 in Alencson, Eure, France d.02 Dec 1079 in Chateau De Bures-Sur-Dive, France
- b.~ 0965 in France d.> 1014
- b.~ 1002
- b.~ 0965 in Montreveau, France
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‌Walter and Eschyna were married in a religious ceremony about 1125. They had two sons and a daughter, named Alan, Simon and Marjory.
Family Notes
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