John FitzAlan (7th Earl) of ARUNDEL

John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel (14 September 1246 - 18 March 1272) was an English nobleman. He was also feudal Lord of Clun and Oswestry in the Welsh Marches. Family He was the son of John FitzAlan, 6th Earl of Arundel (d. 1267), and Maud de Verdun, daughter of Theobald le Botiller (or Boteler) and Rohese (or Rohesia) de Verdun.[1] His paternal grandparents were John Fitzalan, Lord of Oswestry and Isabel d'Aubigny.[2] Marriage Lord Arundel married Isabella Mortimer (died 1292), daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer and Maud de Braose in 1260. They had a son Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel. References ^ Complete Peerage, Vol. 1, p. 240 ^ Complete Peerage, Vol. 1, p. 239The oldest extant Earldom (and perhaps the oldest extant title) in the English peerage is the Earldom of Arundel currently held by the Duke of Norfolk, and used as a courtesy title by his heir. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The title of Earl of Arundel was first created in 1138 for the Norman baron William d'Aubigny. The earlier earls were frequently also known as Earl of Sussex, until the mid 13th century, when this title fell into disuse. At about the same time, the Earldom fell to the originally Breton Fitzalan family, a younger branch of which went on to become the Stewart family which later ruled Scotland. Encyclopædia Britannica 2006 Ultimate Reference Suite.

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