He was the son of William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel and younger brother of William d'Aubigny, 4th Earl of Arundel.
[3] He also inherited the position of hereditary Chief Butler of England for life.
In 1242, he was one of the seven earls who accompanied King Henry in his expedition to Aquitaine.
His title of Earl of Arundel was inherited by his nephew John FitzAlan, 6th Earl of Arundel, son of his sister Isabel d'Aubigny.
This biography of an earl or countess in the Peerage of England is a stub.
Arms of d'Aubigny, Earls of Arundel, as blazoned in Charles's
Roll of Arms
(13th century), for Hugh d'Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel (d.1243):
Gules, a lion rampant or
.
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These arms were adopted by the family of FitzAlan, successors in the Earldom of Arundel; They were recorded as the arms of
Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel
(1266-1302) in the Falkirk Roll, Glover's Roll and in the
Caerlaverock Poem
(1300). They are today shown in the 4th quarter of the arms of the
Duke of Norfolk
, of the family of Fitz-Alan Howard,
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who holds the subsidiary title Earl of Arundel
