Medieval soldier and landowner Sheriff of Shropshire
Years active
c. 1090 – c. 1120
Known for
Progenitor of Stewart Kings of Scotland and FitzAlan Earls of Arundel
Alan fitz Flaad (c. 1060 – after 1120) was a Breton knight, probably recruited as a mercenary by Henry I of England in his conflicts with his brothers.[1] After Henry became King of England, Alan became an assiduous courtier and obtained large estates in Norfolk, Sussex, Shropshire, and elsewhere in the Midlands, including the feudal barony and castle of Oswestry in Shropshire.[2][3][4] His duties included supervision of the Welsh border.[5] He is now noted as the progenitor of the FitzAlan family, the Earls of Arundel (1267–1580), and the House of Stuart,[6] although his family connections were long a matter of conjecture and controversy.
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^Cokayne, G. E., edited by Vicary Gibbs & H. A. Doubleday, The Complete Peerage, London, 1926, vol. v., p. 391
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^Barrow, G. W. S. "Stewart family". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/49411. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
AlanfitzFlaad (c. 1060 – after 1120) was a Breton knight, probably recruited as a mercenary by Henry I of England in his conflicts with his brothers...
extinct FitzAlans, ancient kin to the House of Stuart, dating back to when the family first arrived in Great Britain from Brittany (see AlanfitzFlaad). Thomas...
Scottish magnate and Steward of Scotland. He was a younger son of AlanfitzFlaad and Avelina de Hesdin. In about 1136, Walter entered into the service...
probable ancestry is traced back to AlanFitzFlaad, a Breton who went to England not long after the Norman conquest. Alan had been the hereditary steward...
the daughter of "griffin ap Livlein". In reality, Walter fitzAlan was the son of AlanfitzFlaad, a Breton knight. Unlike his sources, Shakespeare gives...
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council of Clermont Alan of Dol-de-Bretagne, seneschal of the archbishopric of Dol-de-Bretagne. Alan’s nephew was AlanfitzFlaad, a renowned Breton knight...
passed to AlanfitzFlaad. The civil war between Stephen and Empress Matilda (1135–54) saw the Marcher Lord of Oswestry, William FitzAlan, join forces...
his daughter, Avelina, to AlanfitzFlaad, Ernulf was an ancestor of the Stewart Kings of Scotland as well as the FitzAlan, Earls of Arundel. A letter...
some value in considering the founding of the FitzAlan fortunes by William FitzAlan's father, AlanfitzFlaad. He appeared in Henry I's company at least...
Stewarts acquired estates in England as the FitzAlan family, also Earls of Arundel. Walter Flaad or Walter fitzAlan the steward came to Scotland when David...
Stephen, William Fitz-Alan, his uncle Arnulf of Hesdin, Abbot Heribert, and Prior Robert Pennant are all real people. Son of AlanfitzFlaad, baron of Oswestry...
Marches, to hear the case. The notice was witnessed by, among others, AlanfitzFlaad, Roger Corbet and Hamo Peverel, suggesting that it was issued in Shropshire...
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