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Birth:          3 Feb 1267 Arundel, Sussex, England
Death:          9 Mar 1302 
Burial:         Haughmond Abbey

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_FitzAlan,_8th_Earl_of_Arundel
Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel (7th Earl of Arundel per Ancestral Roots) (3 
February 1266/7 – 9 March 1301/2) was an English Norman medieval nobleman.
Lineage[edit]

He was the son of John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel (6th Earl of Arundel per Ancestral 
Roots) and Isabella Mortimer, daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore and 
Maud de Braose. His paternal grandparents were John Fitzalan, 6th Earl of Arundel 
and Maud le Botiller.

Richard was feudal Lord of Clun and Oswestry in the Welsh Marches. After attaining 
his majority in 1289 he became the 8th Earl of Arundel, by being summoned to 
Parliament by a writ directed to the Earl of Arundel.

He was knighted by King Edward I of England in 1289.

Fought in Wales, Gascony & Scotland[edit]

He fought in the Welsh wars, 1288 to 1294, when the Welsh castle of Castell y Bere 
(near modern-day Towyn) was besieged by Madog ap Llywelyn. He commanded the 
force sent to relieve the siege and he also took part in many other campaigns in 
Wales ; also in Gascony 1295-97; and furthermore in the Scottish wars, 1298-1300.

Marriage & Issue[edit]

He married sometime before 1285, Alice of Saluzzo (also known as Alesia di Saluzzo), 
daughter of Thomas I of Saluzzo in Italy. Their issue:
1.Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel.
2.John, a priest.
3.Alice FitzAlan, married Stephen de Segrave, 3rd Lord Segrave.
4.Margaret FitzAlan, married William le Botiller (or Butler).
5.Eleanor FitzAlan, married Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy.[a]

Burial[edit]

Richard and his mother are buried together in the sanctuary of Haughmond Abbey, 
long closely associated with the FitzAlan family.

Parents
FITZ ALAN (ARUNDEL) John (14 Sep 1246 - 18 Mar 1272)
DE MORTIMER Isabella (ABT 1248 - BEF 1 Apr 1292)

Siblings
FITZ ALAN Maud (ABT 1264 - AFT Oct 1298)
FITZ ALAN Richard (3 Feb 1267 - 9 Mar 1302)

Marriage To DE SALUZZO Alice (Alisona) (ABT 1267 - 25 Sep 1292)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE SALUZZA Thomas (1239 - 23 Dec 1296)
DE CEVA Luisa (Leugia) (ABT 1240 - 22 Aug 1291)

Children by DE SALUZZO Alice (Alisona) ABT 1267 - 25 Sep 1292
FITZ ALAN Edmund (1 May 1283 - 17 Nov 1326)
FITZ ALAN (ARUNDEL) Eleanor (ABT 1284 - Jul 1328)

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