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William FitzAlan, Lord of Oswestry, the Glossary

William FitzAlan (1085–1160) was a nobleman of Breton ancestry.^[1]

59 relations: Adeliza of Louvain, Alan fitz Flaad, Arnulf, Artois, Arundel, Augustinians, Bretons, Castellan, Clun, County of Flanders, David I of Scotland, Dol-de-Bretagne, Duke of Normandy, Earl of Arundel, Easter, Edith Pargeter, Empress Matilda, Ernulf de Hesdin, Feudalism, First Crusade, Gloucestershire, Haughmond Abbey, Henry de Say, Henry I of England, Henry II of England, Hermitage (religious retreat), Hesdin, High Sheriff of Shropshire, House of Balliol, House of Plantagenet, House of Stuart, Hugh de Mortimer, Isabella de Say, Lilleshall Abbey, Marcher lord, Mont-Saint-Michel, Norfolk, Normandy, One Corpse Too Many, Oswestry, River Severn, Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, Robert William Eyton, Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, Shrewsbury Abbey, Shrewsbury Castle, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Stephen, King of England, Sussex, ... Expand index (9 more) »
1160 deaths
English people of Breton descent
FitzAlan family
Marcher lords
People of The Anarchy

Adeliza of Louvain

Adeliza of Louvain (also Adelicia, Adela, Adelais, and Aleidis; c. 1103 – March/April 1151) was Queen of England from 1121 to 1135 as the second wife of King Henry I. Adeliza was the eldest child of Godfrey I, Count of Louvain, and Ida of Chiny. William FitzAlan, Lord of Oswestry and Adeliza of Louvain are 12th-century English nobility.

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Alan fitz Flaad

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. William FitzAlan, Lord of Oswestry and Alan fitz Flaad are English people of Breton descent, high Sheriffs of Shropshire and Norman warriors.

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Arnulf

Arnulf is a masculine German given name.

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Artois

Artois (Artesië; Picard: Artoé; English adjective: Artesian) is a region of northern France.

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Arundel

Arundel is a market town and civil parish in the Arun District of the South Downs, West Sussex, England.

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Augustinians

Augustinians are members of several religious orders that follow the Rule of Saint Augustine, written in about 400 AD by Augustine of Hippo.

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Bretons

The Bretons (Bretoned or) are an ethnic group native to Brittany, north-western France.

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Castellan

A castellan, or constable, was the governor of a castle in medieval Europe.

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Clun

Clun (Colunwy) is a town in south west Shropshire, England, and the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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County of Flanders

The County of Flanders was one of the most powerful political entities in the medieval Low Countries, located on the North Sea coast of what is now Belgium.

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David I of Scotland

David I or Dauíd mac Maíl Choluim (Modern Gaelic: Daibhidh I mac Chaluim; – 24 May 1153) was a 12th century ruler and saint who was Prince of the Cumbrians from 1113 to 1124 and later King of Scotland from 1124 to 1153. William FitzAlan, Lord of Oswestry and David I of Scotland are 1080s births and people of The Anarchy.

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Dol-de-Bretagne

Dol-de-Bretagne (literally Dol of Brittany; Dol; Gallo: Dóu), cited in most historical records under its Breton name of Dol, is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine département in Brittany in northwestern France.

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Duke of Normandy

In the Middle Ages, the duke of Normandy was the ruler of the Duchy of Normandy in north-western France.

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Earl of Arundel

Earl of Arundel is a title of nobility in England, and one of the oldest extant in the English peerage.

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Easter

Easter, also called Pascha (Aramaic, Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary.

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Edith Pargeter

Edith Mary Pargeter (28 September 1913 – 14 October 1995), also known by her pen name Ellis Peters, was an English author of works in many categories, especially history and historical fiction, and was also honoured for her translations of Czech classics.

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Empress Matilda

Empress Matilda (10 September 1167), also known as Empress Maud, was one of the claimants to the English throne during the civil war known as the Anarchy. William FitzAlan, Lord of Oswestry and Empress Matilda are 12th-century English nobility and people of The Anarchy.

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Ernulf de Hesdin

Ernulf de Hesdin (died 1097), also transcribed as Arnulf and Ernulphe, was a French knight who took part in the Norman conquest of England and became a major landholder under William the Conqueror and William Rufus, featuring prominently in the Domesday Book. William FitzAlan, Lord of Oswestry and Ernulf de Hesdin are English people of Breton descent.

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Feudalism

Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was a combination of legal, economic, military, cultural, and political customs that flourished in medieval Europe from the 9th to 15th centuries.

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First Crusade

The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the Middle Ages.

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Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire (abbreviated Glos.) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Haughmond Abbey

Haughmond Abbey is a ruined, medieval, Augustinian monastery a few miles from Shrewsbury, England.

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Henry de Say

Henry de Say was a Norman nobleman who lived in Clun in Shropshire, along the medieval Welsh Marches.

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Henry I of England

Henry I (– 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135. William FitzAlan, Lord of Oswestry and Henry I of England are Norman warriors.

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Henry II of England

Henry II, also known as Henry Fitzempress and Henry Curtmantle, was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189. William FitzAlan, Lord of Oswestry and Henry II of England are Norman warriors.

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Hermitage (religious retreat)

A hermitage most authentically refers to a place where a hermit lives in seclusion from the world, or a building or settlement where a person or a group of people lived religiously, in seclusion.

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Hesdin

Hesdin (Heusdin) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.

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High Sheriff of Shropshire

This is a list of sheriffs and high sheriffs of Shropshire The sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. William FitzAlan, Lord of Oswestry and high Sheriff of Shropshire are high Sheriffs of Shropshire.

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House of Balliol

The House of Balliol (de Bailleul) was a noble family originating from the village of Bailleul in Picardy.

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House of Plantagenet

The House of Plantagenet (/plænˈtædʒənət/ ''plan-TAJ-ə-nət'') was a royal house which originated in the French County of Anjou.

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House of Stuart

The House of Stuart, originally spelled Stewart, was a royal house of Scotland, England, Ireland and later Great Britain.

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Hugh de Mortimer

Hugh de Mortimer (1117 – 26 February 1180/81) was a Norman English medieval lord. William FitzAlan, Lord of Oswestry and Hugh de Mortimer are Norman warriors.

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Isabella de Say

Isabella de Say (1132 – 1199) was an Anglo-Norman heiress.

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Lilleshall Abbey

Lilleshall Abbey was an Augustinian abbey in Shropshire, England, today located north of Telford.

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Marcher lord

A marcher lord was a noble appointed by the king of England to guard the border (known as the Welsh Marches) between England and Wales.

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Mont-Saint-Michel

Mont-Saint-Michel (Norman: Mont Saint Miché) is a tidal island and mainland commune in Normandy, France.

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Norfolk

Norfolk is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.

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Normandy

Normandy (Normandie; Normaundie, Nouormandie; from Old French Normanz, plural of Normant, originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy.

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One Corpse Too Many

One Corpse Too Many is a medieval mystery novel set in the summer of 1138 by Ellis Peters.

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Oswestry

Oswestry is a market town, civil parish and historic railway town in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border.

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River Severn

The River Severn (Afon Hafren), at long, is the longest river in Great Britain.

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Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury

Robert de Bellême (– after 1130), seigneur de Bellême (or Belèsme), seigneur de Montgomery, viscount of the Hiémois, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury and Count of Ponthieu, was an Anglo-Norman nobleman, and one of the most prominent figures in the competition for the succession to England and Normandy between the sons of William the Conqueror. William FitzAlan, Lord of Oswestry and Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury are 12th-century English nobility, Anglo-Normans in Wales and Norman warriors.

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Robert William Eyton

Robert William Eyton (21 December 1815 – 8 September 1881) was an English Church of England clergyman who was author of The Antiquities of Shropshire.

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Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester

Robert FitzRoy, 1st Earl of Gloucester (c. 1090 – 31 October 1147David Crouch, 'Robert, first earl of Gloucester (b. c. 1090, d. 1147)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006) (alias Robert Rufus, Robert de Caen (Latinised to Robertus de Cadomo), Robert Consul) was an illegitimate son of King Henry I of England. William FitzAlan, Lord of Oswestry and Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester are 12th-century English nobility and people of The Anarchy.

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Shrewsbury Abbey

The Abbey Church of the Holy Cross (commonly known as Shrewsbury Abbey) is an ancient foundation in Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England.

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Shrewsbury Castle

Shrewsbury Castle is a red sandstone castle in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.

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Shropshire

Shropshire (historically SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name. and abbreviated Shrops) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England, on the border with Wales.

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Staffordshire

Staffordshire (postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England.

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Stephen, King of England

Stephen (1092 or 1096 – 25 October 1154), often referred to as Stephen of Blois, was King of England from 22 December 1135 to his death in 1154. William FitzAlan, Lord of Oswestry and Stephen, King of England are Norman warriors and people of The Anarchy.

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Sussex

Sussex (/ˈsʌsɪks/; from the Old English Sūþsēaxe; lit. 'South Saxons') is an area within South East England which was historically a kingdom and, later, a county.

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The Anarchy

The Anarchy was a civil war in England and Normandy between 1138 and 1153, which resulted in a widespread breakdown in law and order.

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The Cadfael Chronicles

The Cadfael Chronicles is a series of historical murder mysteries written by the linguist-scholar Edith Pargeter (1913–1995) under the name Ellis Peters.

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Vassal

A vassal or liege subject is a person regarded as having a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch, in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe.

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Walter fitz Alan

Walter FitzAlan (1177) was a twelfth-century Anglo-Norman baron who became a Scottish magnate and Steward of Scotland. William FitzAlan, Lord of Oswestry and Walter fitz Alan are 12th-century English nobility, English people of Breton descent, FitzAlan family and Norman warriors.

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William FitzAlan, 1st Lord of Oswestry and Clun

William FitzAlan (died 1210) was a Norman nobleman who lived in Oswestry and Clun, near Shrewsbury, along the medieval Welsh Marches.

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William FitzRobert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester

William FitzRobert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester (23 November 1116 – 23 November 1183) was the son and heir of Sir Robert de Caen, 1st Earl of Gloucester, and Mabel FitzRobert of Gloucester, daughter of Robert Fitzhamon, and nephew of Empress Matilda. William FitzAlan, Lord of Oswestry and William FitzRobert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester are 12th-century English nobility and Anglo-Normans in Wales.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_FitzAlan,_Lord_of_Oswestry

Also known as William Fitz Allan, Lord of Oswestry, William Fitzalan (rebel).

, The Anarchy, The Cadfael Chronicles, Vassal, Walter fitz Alan, William FitzAlan, 1st Lord of Oswestry and Clun, William FitzRobert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester, Winchester Castle, Wombridge Priory, Wroxeter.

William FitzAlan, Lord of Oswestry, the Glossary

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See also

1160 deaths

English people of Breton descent

FitzAlan family

Marcher lords

People of The Anarchy

References