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Alan fitz Flaad _____, Baron de Oswestry, Seneschal of Dol
b.Abt 1078 Dol-de-Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
d.Aft 1114 Oswestry, Shropshire, England
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m. 1084
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m. Abt 1102
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Alan fitz Flaad (c. 1078 – after 1121) 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] His duties included supervision of the Welsh border. He is now noted as the progenitor of the FitzAlan family, the Earls of Arundel (1267–1580), and the House of Stuart, although his family connections were long a matter of conjecture and controversy.
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