Biography of Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl of Arundel 1267-1302
Paternal Family Tree: Fitzalan
Maternal Family Tree: Aoife NI Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188
In 1260 [his father] John Fitzalan 7th Earl of Arundel (age 13) and [his mother] Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel were married. He the son of [his grandfather] John Fitzalan 6th Earl of Arundel (age 37) and [his grandmother] 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 of England.
In 1267 [his grandfather] John Fitzalan 6th Earl of Arundel (age 44) died. His son [his father] John Fitzalan 7th Earl of 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 of Arundel was born to John Fitzalan 7th Earl of Arundel (age 20) and Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel. He a great x 3 grandson of King John of England.
On 18 Mar 1272 [his father] John Fitzalan 7th Earl of Arundel (age 25) died. His son Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl of Arundel (age 5) succeeded 8th Earl Arundel Sussex.
On 30 Oct 1282 [his grandfather] Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore (age 51) died. He was buried at Wigmore Abbey [Map] where the inscription of his tombstone reads "Here lies buried, glittering with praise, Roger the pure, Roger Mortimer the second, called Lord of Wigmore by those who held him dear. While he lived all Wales feared his power, and given as a gift to him all Wales remained his. It knew his campaigns, he subjected it to torment". His son [his uncle] Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore (age 31) succeeded 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore.
On 27 Nov 1283 [his grandmother] Maud Verdun Countess Arundel (age 58) died.
Around 1284 [his daughter] Eleanor Fitzalan Baroness Percy was born to Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl of Arundel (age 16) and [his future wife] Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel.
Before 1285 Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl of Arundel (age 17) and Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel were married. She by marriage Countess Arundel Sussex. He the son of John Fitzalan 7th Earl of Arundel and Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel. He a great x 3 grandson of King John of England.
On 01 May 1285 [his son] Edmund Fitzalan 9th Earl of Arundel was born to Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl of Arundel (age 18) and [his wife] Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel.
Around 1288 [his daughter] Margaret Fitzalan Baroness Wem and Oversley was born to Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl of Arundel (age 20) and [his wife] Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel.
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 of Arundel (age 25) and [his former wife] Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England.
On 22 Jul 1298 King Edward 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 of 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 of 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?.
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.
In 1301 [his grandmother] Maud de Braose (age 77) died at Wigmore, Herefordshire [Map]. She was buried at Wigmore Abbey [Map].
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 of Surrey (age 70), Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 23), Ralph Monthermer 1st Earl of Gloucester and Hertford (age 31), Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 25), Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk (age 56), Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl of 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 10th Baron Bramber (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 of Arundel (age 35) died. He was buried at Haughmond Abbey [Map]. His son [his son] Edmund Fitzalan 9th Earl of Arundel (age 16) succeeded 9th Earl Arundel Sussex.
[his daughter] Alice Fitzalan Baroness Segrave was born to Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl of Arundel and Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel.
[his son] John Fitzalan was born to Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl of Arundel and Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel.
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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 of Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William D'Aubigny 1st Earl Lincoln 1st Earl of Arundel 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William D'Aubigny 2nd Earl Lincoln 2nd Earl of Arundel
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adeliza of Louvain Queen Consort England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William D'Aubigny 3rd Earl Lincoln 3rd Earl of Arundel
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 4 Grandfather: Simon "Chauve" Montfort 4th Count Évreux
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Countess Chester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Unknown Countess Évreux
Father: John Fitzalan 7th Earl of 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 of Arundel 3 x Great Grand Son of King John 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 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 4 Grandfather: Madog ap Maredudd Mathrafal Prince Powys
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 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 of England Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Plantagenet Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adela Plantagenet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Warenne Countess Boulogne 4th Countess of Surrey 
Mother: Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King John 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 8th Baron Abergavenny 6th Baron Bramber
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 9th Baron Bergaveny 7th Baron Bramber
Great x 2 Grandmother: Graecia Briwere
GrandMother: Maud de Braose
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Giffard 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzgilbert
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter of Salisbury 2nd Baron Chitterne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sybil of Salisbury
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sybilla Chaworth Baroness Chitterne 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eva Marshal
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert de Clare 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard "Strongbow" Clare 2nd Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Beaumont Countess Pembroke
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