FitzAlan is an English

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origin, descending from the Breton knight

Alan fitz Flaad Alan fitz Flaad (c. 1078 – after 1121) was a Breton knight, probably recruited as a mercenary by Henry I of England in his conflicts with his brothers. After Henry became King of England, Alan became an assiduous courtier and obtained large ...

(d. 1120), who accompanied king

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to England on his succession. He was grandson of the Seneschal of the

Bishop of Dol The Breton and French Catholic diocese of Dol existed from 848 to the French Revolution. It was suppressed by the Concordat of 1801. Its see was Dol Cathedral. Its scattered territory (deriving from the holdings of the Celtic monastery, and inclu ...

. The FitzAlan family shared a common patrilineal ancestry with the

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. The FitzAlans held the Earldom of Arundel from 1267 to 1580. Variants of this surname include Fitz-Alan, Fitzalan, Fitzallen, and Fitz Alan. The noble family of bearing this surname would eventually abandon their patronymic in favor of a

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, Arundel or Arundell, a reference to their title in the

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, but use of the FitzAlan surname is often retained in the historical literature.

Family members

Notable people with the surname FitzAlan include: *

Walter Fitz Alan Walter FitzAlan (1177) was a twelfth-century English baron who became a Scottish magnate and Steward of Scotland. He was a younger son of Alan fitz Flaad and Avelina de Hesdin. In about 1136, Walter entered into the service of David I, King of ...

(d. 1177) *

William FitzAlan, Lord of Oswestry William FitzAlan (1105–1160) was a nobleman of Breton ancestry. He was a major landowner, a Marcher lord with large holdings in Shropshire, where he was the Lord of Oswestry, as well as in Norfolk and Sussex. He took the side of Empress Mati ...

(1105–1160), an important Marcher lord and supporter of Empress Matilda, elder brother of Walter Fitz Alan. *

William Fitz Alan, 1st Lord of Oswestry and Clun William FitzAlan (died 1210) was a Norman nobleman who lived in Oswestry and Clun, near Shrewsbury, along the medieval Welsh Marches. William was the son of William FitzAlan and Christina. He was the first FitzAlan to hold both the castles o ...

(died 1210), son of William FitzAlan, Lord of Oswestry, and a Marcher lord under the early Plantagenet kings. *

William Fitz Alan, 2nd Lord of Oswestry and Clun William Fitz Alan was a Norman nobleman who lived in Oswestry and Clun near Shrewsbury, along the medieval Welsh Marches. William was the son of William Fitz Allan, controlling the castles of Clun and Oswestry and later became the High Sheri ...

(died 1215), son of William Fitz Alan, 1st Lord of Oswestry and Clun; he came into conflict with King John. * John Fitzalan, 3rd Lord of Oswestry and Clun (1200–1240), son of William Fitz Alan, 1st Lord of Oswestry and Clun; he married into the d'Aubigny family, thus acquiring the Arundel earldom for the FitzAlans. * John FitzAlan 6th Earl of Arundel (1223–1267) *

John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel John Fitzalan, 7th Earl of Arundel, 4th Baron Maltravers KG (14 February 140812 June 1435) was an English nobleman and military commander during the later phases of the Hundred Years' War. His father, John Fitzalan, 3rd Baron Maltravers, f ...

(1246–1272) *

Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel Richard FitzAlan, 1st Earl of Arundel (3 February 1267 – 9 March 1302) was an English nobleman and soldier. Lineage He was the son of John Fitzalan III and Isabella Mortimer, daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore and Maud de B ...

(1267–1302), who received a writ in 1289, at his majority, summoning him to Parliament; this is thought to perhaps be a creation of another Earldom of Arundel.G E Cokayne, et al., The Complete Peerage (London 1910-1958, 3rd of 14 vols.) * Richard FitzAlan, 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel (1267–1302) * Edmund FitzAlan, 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel (1285–1326) (forfeit 1326) * Richard FitzAlan, 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel (1313–1376) (restored 1331) * Richard FitzAlan, 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel (1346–1397) (forfeit 1397) * Thomas FitzAlan, 5th or 12th Earl of Arundel (1381–1415) (restored 1400) * John FitzAlan, 6th or 13th Earl of Arundel (1385–1421) * John FitzAlan, 7th or 14th Earl of Arundel (1408–1435) * Humphrey FitzAlan, 8th or 15th Earl of Arundel (1429–1438) * William FitzAlan, 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel (1417–1487) * Thomas FitzAlan, 10th or 17th Earl of Arundel (1450–1524) * William FitzAlan, 11th or 18th Earl of Arundel (1476–1544) * Henry FitzAlan, 12th or 19th Earl of Arundel (1512–1580) *

Eleanor FitzAlan Eleanor Fitzalan (c. 1284 – July/August 1328) was an alleged daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 1st Earl of Arundel and his wife Alice of Saluzzo. She became the wife of Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy. Their son was Henry de Percy, 2nd Baron Percy. ...

(ca. 1284 – ca. 1328) *

Bryan FitzAlan, Lord FitzAlan Bryan FitzAlan, Baron FitzAlan Knt. (died 1 June 1306) was Lord of the Manor of Bedale in Richmondshire, Askham Bryan in the Ainsty, Bainton, Heworth &c., in Yorkshire, Bicker and Graby in Lincolnshire, a J.P. &c. He was appointed a Guardian ...

(d. 1306) *

Lady Elizabeth FitzAlan Elizabeth de Mowbray, Duchess of Norfolk (née Lady Elizabeth Fitzalan; 1366 – 8 July 1425) was an English noblewoman and the wife of Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk. Through her eldest daughter, Lady Margaret Mowbray, Elizabeth was an a ...

(1366–1425) *

Thomas FitzAlan Sir Thomas FitzAlan (died 1430) of Betchworth Castle in Surrey was a medieval English knight. He was the 2nd son of John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel and Elizabeth le Despenser of Betchworth. Thomas was the younger brother of John Fitzalan, 3r ...

(died 1430), English knight

Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk Henry Granville Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk, (7 November 181525 November 1860) was a British peer and politician. He was hereditary Earl Marshal and the last undisputed Chief Butler of England. Family He was the son of Henry Charles ...

(1815–1860), the 13th Earl of Arundel of the Fourth Creation (1580), revived the use of the Fitzalan surname in the

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form "Fitzalan-Howard".

Edmund FitzAlan-Howard Edmund Bernard FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent (1 June 1855 – 18 May 1947), known as The Honourable Edmund Fitzalan-Howard between 1855 and 1856, Lord Edmund Fitzalan-Howard between 1856 and 1876, and Lord Edmund Talbot bet ...

(1855–1947), son of the 14th Duke of Norfolk was raised up to the Peerage as "Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent" in 1921 when he was appointed

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. Lady Marcia Fitzalan-Howard (b. 1953), daughter of the 17th Duke of Norfolk, uses the stage name

Marsha Fitzalan Lady Marcia Mary Josephine Fitzalan-Howard (born 10 March 1953), known as Marsha Fitzalan, is an English actress. Personal life Born in 1953, Marcia FitzAlan-Howard was the third daughter of Major Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk a ...

as an actress.

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