Biography of Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel 1267-1302

Paternal Family Tree: Fitzalan

Maternal Family Tree: Aoife NI Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188

1298 Battle of Falkirk

1301 Baron's Letter to the Pope

In 1260 [his father] John Fitzalan 7th Earl Arundel (age 13) and [his mother] Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel were married. He the son of John Fitzalan 6th Earl Arundel (age 37) and Maud Verdun Countess Arundel (age 35). He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King John "Lackland" of England.

In 1267 [his grandfather] John Fitzalan 6th Earl Arundel (age 44) died. His son [his father] John Fitzalan 7th Earl Arundel (age 20) succeeded 7th Earl Arundel Sussex. [his mother] Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel by marriage Countess Arundel Sussex.

On 03 Feb 1267 Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel was born to John Fitzalan 7th Earl Arundel (age 20) and Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel. He a great x 3 grandson of King John "Lackland" of England.

On 18 Mar 1272 [his father] John Fitzalan 7th Earl Arundel (age 25) died. His son Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel (age 5) succeeded 8th Earl Arundel Sussex.

Around 1284 [his daughter] Eleanor Fitzalan Baroness Percy was born to Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel (age 16) and [his future wife] Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel.

Before 1285 Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel (age 17) and Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel were married. She by marriage Countess Arundel Sussex. He the son of John Fitzalan 7th Earl Arundel and Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel. He a great x 3 grandson of King John "Lackland" of England.

On 01 May 1285 [his son] Edmund Fitzalan 9th Earl Arundel was born to Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel (age 18) and [his wife] Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel.

In 1286 [his brother-in-law] Manfred IV of Saluzzo and Beatrix of Sicily Marchioness Saluzzo (age 26) were married.

Around 1288 [his daughter] Margaret Fitzalan Baroness Wem and Oversley was born to Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel (age 20) and [his wife] Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel.

In 1291 [his mother] Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel died.

On 25 Sep 1292 [his wife] Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel died.

In 1293 [his son-in-law] Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy (age 19) and [his daughter] Eleanor Fitzalan Baroness Percy (age 9) were married. She the daughter of Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel (age 25) and Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John "Lackland" of England.

In 1296 [his former father-in-law] Thomas I Marquess Saluzzo (age 57) died. His son [his former brother-in-law] Manfred IV of Saluzzo succeeded IV Marquess Saluzzo.

Battle of Falkirk

On 22 Jul 1298 King Edward "Longshanks" I of England (age 59) defeated the Scottish army led by William Wallace during the Battle of Falkirk at Falkirk [Map] using archers to firstly attack the Scottish shiltrons with the heavy cavalry with infantry completing the defeat.

John de Graham and John Stewart of Bonkyll (age 52) were killed.

The English were described in the Falkirk Roll that lists 111 men with their armorials including:

Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick (age 26).

Walter Beauchamp (age 55).

Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk (age 53).

Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex (age 49).

Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 24).

Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester (age 37).

William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 26).

Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley (age 52).

Maurice Berkeley 7th and 2nd Baron Berkeley (age 27).

Henry Grey 1st Baron Grey of Codnor (age 43).

Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton (age 58).

John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton (age 30).

John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster (age 29).

Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 48).

Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 11).

William Ros 1st Baron Ros Helmsley (age 43).

John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave (age 42).

Nicholas Segrave (age 42).

Robert de Vere 6th Earl of Oxford (age 41).

Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby (age 30).

Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 20).

Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 17).

John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey (age 67).

[his son-in-law] Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy (age 25).

Hugh Courtenay 9th Earl Devon (age 21).

Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel (age 31).

Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan (age 19).

John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 59).

Philip Darcy (age 40).

Robert Fitzroger.

Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter (age 51), or possiby a Roger Fitzwalter?.

Simon Fraser.

Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 23).

John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (age 30), and.

Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury (age 47).

William Scrope (age 53) was knighted.

John Moels 1st Baron Moels (age 29) fought.

John Lovell 1st Baron Lovel (age 44) fought.

Baron's Letter to the Pope

Before 09 Mar 1301 seven Earls and 96 Barons signed a letter to the Pope refuting the Pope's claim that Scotland was subject to the Pope's feudal overlordship. The letter was never sent. Those who signed include: John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey (age 70), Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 23), Ralph Monthermer 1st Baron Monthermer (age 31), Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 25), Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk (age 56), Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel (age 34), Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick (age 29), Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 26), William Leybourne 1st Baron Leybourne (age 59), Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 20), William Latimer 1st Baron Latimer of Corby (age 58), Edmund Hastings, John Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings 14th Baron Bergavenny (age 14), [his uncle] Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore (age 50), Fulk Fitzwarin 2nd Baron Fitzwarin (age 16), [his son-in-law] Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy (age 27), Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter (age 54), John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Somerset (age 26), William de Braose 2nd Baron de Braose (age 41), John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort (age 36), Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton (age 61), John Moels 1st Baron Moels (age 32), Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley (age 55), Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford, John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin (age 48), Thomas Multon 1st Baron Multon (age 25), Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 26), Walter Beauchamp (age 58), Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby (age 33), John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave (age 45), William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 29), Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 51), Piers Mauley, Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby (age 38), John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster (age 32), Roger Scales 1st Baron Scales, Thomas Furnival 1st Baron Furnivall (age 41), Hugh Bardolf 1st Baron Bardolf (age 41), Gilbert Talbot 1st Baron Talbot (age 24), William Deincourt 1st Baron Deincourt, Edmund Stafford 1st Baron Stafford (age 28), Walter Fauconberg 1st Baron Fauconberg (age 81).

On 09 Mar 1302 Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel (age 35) died. He was buried at Haughmond Abbey [Map]. His son [his son] Edmund Fitzalan 9th Earl Arundel (age 16) succeeded 9th Earl Arundel Sussex.

William Boteler 2nd Baron Wem and Oversley and [his daughter] Margaret Fitzalan Baroness Wem and Oversley were married. She the daughter of Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel and Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John "Lackland" of England.

[his son] John Fitzalan was born to Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel and Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel.

[his daughter] Alice Fitzalan Baroness Segrave was born to Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel and Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel.

Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel 1267-1302 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

King John "Lackland" of England 1166-1216

Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw 1172-1240

Royal Ancestors of Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel 1267-1302

Kings Wessex: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 4 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 10 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 5 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 7 Grand Son of Malcolm III King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Royal Descendants of Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel 1267-1302

King Henry V of England x 1

Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark x 1

Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland x 1

King Edward IV of England x 2

King Richard III of England x 2

Anne Neville Queen Consort England x 3

King Henry VII of England and Ireland x 1

Queen Anne Boleyn of England x 3

Queen Jane Seymour x 2

Catherine Parr Queen Consort England x 4

Queen Catherine Howard of England x 2

Jane "Nine Days Queen" Grey I Queen England and Ireland x 5

President George Washington x 2

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom x 467

Queen Consort Camilla Shand x 163

Diana Spencer Princess Wales x 1404

Catherine Middleton Princess of Wales x 4

Ancestors of Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel 1267-1302

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alan "fitz Flaad" Fitzalan

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Fitzalan

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Fitzalan

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Fitzalan

GrandFather: John Fitzalan 6th Earl Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel D'Aubigny 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ranulf Gernon 4th Earl Chester

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh de Kevelioc Gernon 5th Earl Chester Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Fitzrobert Countess Chester Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mabel Gernon Countess Lincoln and Arundel 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Countess Chester

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Unknown Countess Évreux

Father: John Fitzalan 7th Earl Arundel 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hervey de Clare

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hervey Butler

Great x 2 Grandfather: Theobald Walter

Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Valoignes

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Valoignes

Great x 1 Grandfather: Theobald Butler

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Vavasour

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Vavasour

Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Vavasour

GrandMother: Maud Verdun Countess Arundel

Great x 4 Grandfather: Norman Verdun

Great x 3 Grandfather: Betram Verdun

Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Verdun

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gerald Windsor

Great x 3 Grandmother: Rohese Windsor

Great x 1 Grandmother: Rohesia Verdun

Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel 3 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Mortimer

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Mortimer

Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer

Great x 4 Grandfather: William le Meschin Gernon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Gernon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Rumily

Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Mortimer

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Ferrers

Great x 3 Grandfather: Walchelin Ferrers

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Ferrers

GrandFather: Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandfather: Iorwerth "Drwyndwn aka Flat Nosed" Aberffraw

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gwladus Unknown Queen Consort Gwynedd

Great x 2 Grandfather: Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marared ferch Madog Mathrafal

Great x 4 Grandmother: Susanna Aberffraw

Great x 1 Grandmother: Gwladus verch Llewelyn "Dark Eyed" Aberffraw Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King John "Lackland" of England Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Plantagenet Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hamelin Warenne 4th Earl Surrey

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adela Plantagenet

Mother: Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William de Braose 3rd Baron Bramber

Great x 3 Grandfather: William de Braose 4th Baron Bramber

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bertha Gloucester Baroness Bramber

Great x 2 Grandfather: Reginald de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny

Great x 4 Grandfather: Bernard St Valery

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber

Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Unknown

Great x 1 Grandfather: William de Braose

Great x 2 Grandmother: Graecia Briwere

GrandMother: Maud de Braose

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzgilbert

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sybil of Salisbury

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sybilla Chaworth Baroness Chitterne

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eva Marshal

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke

Great x 4 Grandfather: Diarmait Macmurrough

Great x 3 Grandmother: Aoife NI Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham