William FitzAlan (died 1210) was a Norman nobleman who lived in

Oswestry Oswestry ( ; ) is a market town, civil parish and historic railway town in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483 and A495 roads. The town was the administrative headquarters of the Borough of ...

and

Clun Clun ( cy, Colunwy) is a town in south west Shropshire, England, and the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The 2011 census recorded 680 people living in the town.Combined populations for the two output areas covering the tow ...

, near

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, along the medieval

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. William was the son of William FitzAlan and Christina. He was the first FitzAlan to hold both the castles of

and

in his own right, and was responsible for the significant expansion of Clun Castle. William was still in his minority in 1160, and Guy Lestrange was appointed as his guardian. William later had two sons, the first also called William FitzAlan and a younger son,

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by the daughter of

Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath, 4th Baron Lacy (; before 1135 – 25 July 1186), was an Anglo-Norman landowner and royal office-holder. He had substantial land holdings in Herefordshire and Shropshire. Following his participation in the Norman Inva ...

, whose name is not mentioned in any documents.As stated in Bibliography: Antiquities of Shropshire, vol. 3, By Robert W. Eyton (1856). p. 11 Antiquities of Shropshire, vol. 5, By Robert W. Eyton (1857). p. 86 Antiquities of Shropshire, vol. 7, By Robert W. Eyton (1858). p. 242 Antiquities of Shropshire, vol. 10, By Robert W. Eyton (1860). p. 126 Complete Peerage XII (2) p. 168 fn. g Upon William's death in 1210, the eldest son succeeded his father.

Bibliography

* Brown, Reginald Allen. (1989) ''Castles From The Air.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. . * Mackenzie, James D. (1896) ''The Castles of England: Their Story and Structure, Vol II.'' New York: Macmillan. * Antiquities of Shropshire, vol. 3, By Robert W. Eyton (1856). p. 11 * Antiquities of Shropshire, vol. 5, By Robert W. Eyton (1857). p. 86 * Antiquities of Shropshire, vol. 7, By Robert W. Eyton (1858). p. 242 * Antiquities of Shropshire, vol. 10, By Robert W. Eyton (1860). p. 126 * Complete Peerage XII (2) p. 168 fn. g

References

{{reflist Anglo-Normans 12th-century births 1210 deaths People from Oswestry