John FitzAlan III (14 September 124618 March 1272), was an

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nobleman. He was also Lord and Baron of Clun and Oswestry in the Welsh Marches.

Family

He was the son of John FitzAlan II, Earl of Arundel (1223–1267), and Maud de Verdun, daughter of

Theobald le Botiller Theobald le Botiller, also known as Theobald Butler, 2nd Baron Butler (January 1200 – 19 July 1230) was the son of Theobald Walter, 1st Baron Butler and Maud le Vavasour. He had livery of his lands on 18 July 1222. Marriage and Childre ...

(or Boteler) and Rohese (or Rohesia) de Verdun. His paternal grandparents were

John FitzAlan, Lord of Oswestry John Fitzalan, 3rd Lord of Clun and Oswestry (1200–1240) in the Welsh Marches in the county of Shropshire. Family John succeeded his brother, William Fitz Alan, 2nd Lord of Oswestry and Clun, who died in 1215 without issue. They were sons ...

and Isabel d'Aubigny.Complete Peerage, Vol. 1, p. 239
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Marriage

Lord FitzAlan married

Isabella Mortimer Isabella Mortimer, Lady of Clun and Oswestry (born after 1247; died before 1 April 1292''Calendar of Fine Rolls,'' 1272-1307, p. 309) was a noblewoman and a member of an important and powerful Welsh Marcher family. Although often overshadowed in ...

(died 1292), daughter of

Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore (1231 – 27 October 1282), of Wigmore Castle in Herefordshire, was a marcher lord who was a loyal ally of King Henry III of England and at times an enemy, at times an ally, of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, ...

and

Maud de Braose Maud de Braose, Lady of Bramber (c. 1155 – 1210) was an English noble, the spouse of William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber, a powerful Marcher baron and court favourite of King John of England. She would later incur the wrath and enmity of t ...

in 1260. They had one son: *

Richard FitzAlan, 1st 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 ...

. They had at least one daughter: * Matilda (Maud) FitzAlan married firstly, Philip Burnell (died 1294); married secondly, Robert de Brus, Lord of Annandale and Earl of Carrick; married thirdly, Simon de Cricketot.

References

1246 births 1272 deaths Burials at Haughmond Abbey *07

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