William FitzAlan, Lord of Oswestry

William FitzAlan
Lord of Oswestry
High Sheriff of Shropshire
Bornc. 1085
England
Died3 April 1160
England
BuriedShrewsbury Abbey
Noble familyArundel
Spouse(s)Christiana (until her death, before 1155)
Isabel de Say
IssueWilliam Fitz Alan, 1st Lord of Oswestry and Clun
Christiana m. Hugh Pantulf, 4th Baron of Wem
FatherAlan fitz Flaad
MotherAvelina de Hesdin
OccupationEnglish Marcher Lord

William FitzAlan (1085–1160) was a nobleman of Breton ancestry. He was a major landowner, a Marcher lord with large holdings in Shropshire, where he was the Lord of Oswestry, as well as in Norfolk and Sussex. He took the side of Empress Matilda during the Anarchy and underwent considerable hardship in the Angevin cause before regaining his lands and former status. William's younger brother, Walter fitz Alan (d. 1177), became ancestor of the royal House of Stuart.


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