William FitzAlan (died 1160)

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Eyton (7:232) estimates his birth date at about 1105.

Date of Death: 1160.

The date is given by the Complete Peerage (5:392).

Relationships

Father: Alan Fitz Fleald, a Breton.

This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (5:391) and by Keats-Rohan (p. 860).

Mother: Avelina de Hesdin.

This relationship is given by Phillips (FitzAlan (of Oswestry)) and by Keats-Rohan (p. 860).

Spouse: Christiana, neptis of Robert, earl of Gloucester.

This relationship is given by Phillips (FitzAlan (of Oswestry)) and by Keats-Rohan (p. 860). Lieberman (p. 89 fn) states that Christiana was either the niece or natural daughter of Robert.

Spouse: Isabel, daughter of Elias de Say, lord of Clun.

This relationship is given by Phillips (FitzAlan (of Oswestry)), by Keats-Rohan (p. 860), and by Lieberman (p. 88).

Children (by Christiana):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Christiana married Hugh Pantulf in 1170.

Children (by Isabel):

William FitzAlan (died 1210) married a daughter of Hugh de Lacy.

Alan.

References

Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).

Eyton, R.W. Antiquities of Shropshire 12 Volumes (London: 1854-1860).

Keats-Rohan, Katharine S. B. Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1106 - 1166. (Woodbridge: 2002).

Lieberman, Max. The Medieval March of Wales (Cambridge University Press, 2010).

Phillips, Chris. “Some corrections and additions to the Complete Peerage.”