See also
| Husband: | John + FITZALAN ( -1267) | |
| Wife: | Maud + of VERDUN (1225-1283) | |
| Children: | John + FITZALAN (1246-1272) | |
| Name: | John + FITZALAN | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | John + FITZALAN (1200-1240) | |
| Mother: | Isabella + of AUBIGNY (1205-1240) | |
| Birth | "5/1223" | Arundel, Sussex, England |
| Occupation | Earl of Arundel | |
| Title | frm 1264 to 1267 | Earl of Arundel |
| Death | 10 Nov 1267 | |
| Name: | Maud + of VERDUN | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Theobold II + of BOTILLER (1199-1230) | |
| Mother: | Rohese + of VERDUN (1204-1246) | |
| Birth | 1225 | Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England |
| Death | 27 Nov 1283 (age 57-58) | England |
| Name: | John + FITZALAN | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Isabella + of MORTIMER (1246-1274) | |
| Birth | 14 Sep 1246 | Arundel, Sussex, England |
| Occupation | Earl of Arundel | |
| Title | frm 1267 to 1272 (age 20-26) | Earl of Arundel |
| Death | 18 Mar 1272 (age 25) | |
John FitzAlan (1223–1267), Lord of Oswestry and Clun, and de jure Earl of Arundel, was a Breton-English nobleman and Marcher Lord with lands in the Welsh Marches.
The son and heir of John Fitzalan, Lord of Oswestry and Clun, in Shropshire, and Isabel, daughter of William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel by his wife, Mabel of Chester, he obtained possession of his paternal estates on 26 May 1244, aged 21 years.
After the death without direct heirs of his mother's brother Hugh d'Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel, he inherited jure matris the castle and honour of Arundel in 1243, which, according to the admission of 1433, he was held to have become de jure Earl of Arundel.[1]
[edit] Welsh ConflictsIn 1257 the Welsh Lord of Gwenwynwyn, in the southern realm of the Welsh Kingdom of Powys, sought the aid of the Lord of Oswestry against Llywelyn ap Gruffydd and John Fitzalan was a member of the English force that was defeated at the hands of the Welsh at Cymerau in Carmarthenshire, which he survived.
In 1258 he was one of the key English military commanders in the Welsh Marches and was summoned yet again in 1260 for further conflict against the Welsh.
Arundel vacillated in the conflicts between Henry III and the Barons, and fought on the King's side at the Battle of Lewes in 1264, where he was taken prisoner.
By 1278 to 1282 his own sons were also engaged in Welsh border hostilities, attacking the lands of Llywelyn the son of Gruffydd ap Madog.
[edit] MarriageHe married Maud de Verdon, daughter of Theobald le Botiller (Boteler) and Rohese or Rohesia de Verdon. His son and successor was:
John Fitzalan, 7th Earl of Arundel.