John FitzAlan 
John was born about 1223. John's father was John FitzAlan, Lord of Oswestry and his mother was Isabel d'Aubigny. His maternal grandparents were William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel and Mabel of Chester. He had a half-brother named William . He died before November 10th, 1267.General Notes
He succeeded to the title of 6th Earl of Arundel on 27 November 1243, de jure, but he appears to have never used this title.
On 26 May 1244 he obtained possession of his paternal estates in Shropshire by payment of £1,000.
In 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. 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.
He gained the rank of Battle of Lewes in 1264 in the service of the where he was taken prisoner, along with the King.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1200 d.1240
- b.~ 1223 d.<10 Nov 1267
- b.< 1110 d.1139
- d.25 Sep 1176
- b.< 1110
- b.< 1150 d.24 Dec 1193
- b.~ 1074 in Lorraine, France d.25 Jan 1140 in Jerusalem, Israel
- b.~ 1103 in Louvain, Belgium d.~23 Apr 1151
- b.~ 1078 in Namur, Belgium d.23 Apr 1151
- b.< 1193 d.30 Mar 1221
- b.~ 1090
- b.~ 1105 in Dalling, Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1132 in Dalling, Norfolk, England d.1173 in Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1109 in France
- b.< 1221
- b.~ 1070 in Briquessart, Livry, France d.~ 1128 in Chester, Cheshire, England
- b.1100 d.16 Dec 1153
- b.~ 1074
- b.~ 1147 in Kevelioc, Merionethshire, Wales d.30 Jun 1181 in Leek, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1090 d.31 Oct 1147
- d.29 Jul 1189
- b.~ 1085 d.1157
- b.> 1171
- b.< 1140
- b.~ 1155 d.~ 1227
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