Person:John FitzAlan (73)

John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel
m. Abt 1244
  1. John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel1246 - 1272
  2. Joan FitzAlanAbt 1267 - Aft 1316
m. 1260
  1. Joan Countess of Saint Owen FitzAlanAbt 1260 - 1300
  2. Maud Fitz AlanAbt 1263 - Aft 1298
  3. Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel1266/67 - 1301/02
  4. John FitzAlan, IVAbt 1270 -
  5. John Fitz AlanAbt 1271 -
  6. Amy Fitz AlanAbt 1273 -
Facts and Events
Name John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel
Gender Male
Birth[6] 14 Sep 1246 Arundel, Sussex, EnglandHouse of FitzAlan
Marriage 1260 Arundel, Sussex, Englandto Isabella de Mortimer
Death? 18 Mar 1272 Arundel, Sussex, England
Burial[6] Haughmond Abbey, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
Reference Number Q1529709 (Wikidata)


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John Fitzalan, 7th Earl of Arundel, 4th Baron Maltravers KG (14 February 140812 June 1435) was an English nobleman and military commander during the later phases of the Hundred Years' War. His father, John Fitzalan, 3rd Baron Maltravers, fought a long battle to lay claim to the Arundel earldom, a battle that was not finally resolved until after the father's death, when John Fitzalan the son was finally confirmed in the title in 1433.

Already before this, in 1430, Fitzalan had departed for France, where he held a series of important command positions. He served under John, Duke of Bedford, the uncle of the eight-year-old King Henry VI. Fitzalan was involved in recovering fortresses in the Île-de-France region, and in suppressing local rebellions. His military career ended, however, at the Battle of Gerbevoy in 1435. Refusing to retreat in the face of superior forces, Arundel was shot in the foot and captured. His leg was later amputated, and he died shortly afterwards from the injury. His final resting place was a matter of dispute until the mid-nineteenth century, when his tomb at Arundel Castle was revealed to contain a skeleton missing one leg.

Arundel was considered a great soldier by his contemporaries. He had been a successful commander in France, in a period of decline for the English, and his death was a great loss to his country. He was succeeded by his son Humphrey, who did not live to adulthood. The title of Earl of Arundel then went to John's younger brother William.

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References
  1.   John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   A9C7 p. 234.
  3.   Eng 116 p. 136.
  4.   Shrops 5 vol 7 p. 228.
  5.   John FitzAlan, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  6. 6.0 6.1 JOHN, in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
  7.   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)
    Volume 1 page 240.