John Fitzalan, 3rd Lord of Clun and Oswestry (1200–1240) in the Welsh Marches in the county of

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Family

John succeeded his brother, William Fitz Alan, 2nd Lord of Oswestry and Clun, who died in 1215 without issue. They were sons of

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(d. c1210) and a daughter of

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, name unknown; The FitzAlans were descendants of Alan fitzFlaad, a

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Royal conflicts

He was one of the feudal barons who became a target for the anger of

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, whose forces attacked Oswestry town and burned it in 1216. John FitzAlan was close to

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until 1217. He was also a representative of the Crown in a dispute between

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and the

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leader, Llywelyn the Great in 1226. In the same year he mediated between a neighbour, William Pantulf (died 1233), Lord of Wem in

and

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(died 1236), Lord of

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and a cousin to

. In 1233/4 during the conflict between King Henry III, the

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, and Llywelyn the Great, John FitzAlan sided firmly with the Crown and Oswestry was again attacked, this time by Welsh forces.

Marriage

He married

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, daughter of

William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel, also called William de Albini IV, (before 1180 – 1 February 1221) was an English nobleman, a favourite of King John, and a participant in the Fifth Crusade. Lineage William was a son of William ...

and

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, and they were parents of: * John Fitzalan, Lord of Clun & Oswestry, and Arundel, whose grandson became

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.Cokayne (1926) vol. v., p. 392

Notes

References

* Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22. Page 103 * Weis, Frederick Lewis, ''Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700'' p. 149-28. * D.C. Roberts ''Some Aspects of the History of the Lordship of Oswestry'', Thesis in the National Library of Wales. {{DEFAULTSORT:Fitzalan, John, Of Clun And Oswestry 1200 births 1240 deaths

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