Richard FitzAlan, 1st Earl of Arundel[a] (3 February 1267 – 9 March 1302) was an English nobleman and soldier.
His paternal grandparents were John Fitzalan II[4] and Maud le Botiller.
Richard was feudal Lord of Clun and Oswestry in the Welsh Marches.
He commanded the force sent to relieve the siege and he also took part in many other campaigns in Wales; also in Gascony 1295-97; and furthermore in the Scottish wars, 1298-1300.
[6] Their issue: Richard and his mother are buried together in the sanctuary of Haughmond Abbey, long closely associated with the FitzAlan family.
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) and are shown on his seal on the
Barons' Letter, 1301
. 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
