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William FitzAlan 1105 – 1160 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1105

Birth Location: Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England

Death Date: 1160

Death Location: Oswestry, Shropshire, England

Father: Alan Flaald

Mother: Aveline Hesdin,

Spouse(s): Isabel Saye

Children(s):

William FitzAlan of Oswestry was born in 1105 in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England, the child of Alan fitz Flaald and Aveline de Hesdin,. William FitzAlan of Oswestry married Isabel de Say Saye. William FitzAlan of Oswestry passed away in 1160 in Oswestry, Shropshire, England.

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Biography

  • William FitzAlan of Oswestry was born in 1105 in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England, the child of Alan fitz Flaald and Aveline de Hesdin,.
  • William FitzAlan of Oswestry married Isabel de Say Saye.
  • William FitzAlan of Oswestry passed away in 1160 in Oswestry, Shropshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alan Flaald
1078 – 1121
Birth Location: Dol de Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France
AF
Aveline Hesdin,
1081 – 1126
Birth Location: Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
AH

Spouses(s)

Isabel Saye
1141 – 1199
Birth Location: Clun, Shropshire, England
IS

Children(s)

William FitzAlan's Ancestors

Self
William FitzAlan
1105 – 1160
Birth Place: Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England
Parents
Alan fitz Flaald
1078 – 1121
Dol de Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France
Aveline (de) Hesdin,
1081 – 1126
Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Grandparents
Fledaldus (de) Dol
1046 – 1084
Dol De Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
Guenta (verch) Griffith
1050 – 1084
Basse-Normandie, France
Sir (Ernulf Arnulf de) Hesdin,
1038 – 1097
Hesdin, Pas-De-Calais, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France
Emmalina ('Emma' de) Brittany
1034 – 1094
Bretagne, France
Great-Grandparents
Sir Flaad,
1016 – 1080
Adeliza Senescal
Gerard Hesdin
1015 – 1065
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Flaald Dol,
1005 – 1064
Ava Norton
Ernicule Hesdin,
– 1041

William FitzAlan's Timeline

2 Records

1105
1105
Birth of William FitzAlan of Oswestry in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England
Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England
1160
1160
Age 55
Death of William FitzAlan of Oswestry in Oswestry, Shropshire, England
Oswestry, Shropshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1105
    Event Place: Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] Millennium File
    [3] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1160
    Event Place: Oswestry, Shropshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] Millennium File
    [3] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Shrewsbury, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
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