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WILLIAM I High Sheriff Shropshire FITZALAN 1105 – 1160 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1105

Birth Location: Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England

Death Date: 1160

Death Location: Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England

Father: Alan FitzFlaad

Mother: Adeliza DeHesding

Spouse(s): HELEN PEVERELL, Christiana FitzRobert, Isabel Say

Children(s): Sir FITZALAN

The story of WILLIAM I High Sheriff Shropshire FITZALAN began in 1105 in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England. WILLIAM I High Sheriff Shropshire FITZALAN married HELEN PEVERELL, Christiana FitzRobert, Isabel Say, and had children including Sir William II "Sheriff of Shropshire, Lord of Oswestry & Clun" FITZALAN. WILLIAM I High Sheriff Shropshire FITZALAN passed away in 1160 in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of WILLIAM I High Sheriff Shropshire FITZALAN began in 1105 in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England.
  • WILLIAM I High Sheriff Shropshire FITZALAN married HELEN PEVERELL, Christiana FitzRobert, Isabel Say, and had children including Sir William II "Sheriff of Shropshire, Lord of Oswestry & Clun" FITZALAN.
  • WILLIAM I High Sheriff Shropshire FITZALAN passed away in 1160 in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alan FitzFlaad
1078 – 1113
Birth Location: Dol, Brittany, France
AF
Adeliza DeHesding
1077 – 1126
Birth Location: Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
AD

Spouses(s)

HELEN PEVERELL
1115 – 1142
Birth Location: Oswestrie, Shropshire, England
HP
Christiana FitzRobert
1105 – 1126
Birth Location: Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
CF
Isabel Say
1121 – 1199
Birth Location: Clun, Shropshire, England
IS

Children(s)

Sir FITZALAN
1136 – 1210
Birth Location: Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England
SF

WILLIAM FITZALAN's Ancestors

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WILLIAM FITZALAN
1105 – 1160
Birth Place: Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England
Parents
Alan of Lochabar "Sheriff of Shropshire, Breton Knight and Feudal Baron of Oswestry" FitzFlaad
1078 – 1113
Dol, Brittany, France
Adeliza (Avelina Warine) DeHesding
1077 – 1126
Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Grandparents
Fledaldus Senescal
1046 – 1084
Dol De Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
Guenta (f Verch Gruffydd Llewelyn) Senescal
1050 – 1084
Dol, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
Ernulf deHesdin
1038 – 1091
Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Lady (Emmelina) DeNormandy
1040 – 1094
Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Great-Grandparents
Alan Flaald
1016 – 1080
Margaret England
1019 – 1093
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lulelph Lumley
1025 – 1050
Algitha Northumberland
1018 – 1086

WILLIAM FITZALAN's Descendants

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WILLIAM (I High Sheriff Shropshire) FITZALAN (1105 – 1160) m. HELEN PEVERELL (1115 – 1142) m. Christiana FitzRobert (1105 – 1126) m. Isabel Say (1121 – 1199)
  1. 1. Sir (William II "Sheriff of Shropshire, Lord of Oswestry & Clun") FITZALAN (1136 – 1210) m. Isabel ("Heiress of Clun" de (Saye)) Say (18 Dec 1141 – 1199)
    1. 1. Sir (John "Lord of Clun & Oswestry, Sheriff of Shropshire") FitzALAN (1164 – 15 Mar 1240) m. Isabel (d'Aubigny) (d'Albini) (1190/1203 – 1240)
      1. 1. John FitzAlan (22 May 1223 – 10 Nov 1267) m. Matilda (Maud) DeBotiller (4 Sep 1225 – 27 Nov 1283)
        1. 1. John FitzAlan (14 Sep 1246 – 18 Mar 1272) m. Isabella (De) Mortimer (1248 – 10 Aug 1274)

WILLIAM FITZALAN's Timeline

2 Records

1105
1105
Birth of WILLIAM I High Sheriff Shropshire FITZALAN in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England
Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England
1160
1160
Age 55
Death of WILLIAM I High Sheriff Shropshire FITZALAN in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England
Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1105
    Event Place: Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England
    Record Source: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1160
    Event Place: Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England
    Record Source: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
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