FitzAlan (name)
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FitzAlan is an English
surname
ultimately of Norman-Breton
origin. The family originated in Brittany
, in France, and shares common ancestry with the Scottish Stewarts
as descendants of the eponymous Alan fitz Flaad grandson of the Seneschal of the Bishop of Dol. The FitzAlans held the earldom of Arundel
during the period 1267 - 1580. Variants include Fitz-Alan, Fitzalan, Fitzallen, Fitz Alan, as well as the locational variants Arundel and Arundell because of the earldom. People with the surname include:
English people
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surname
Surname
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ultimately of Norman-Breton
Breton people
The Bretons are an ethnic group located in the region of Brittany in France. They trace much of their heritage to groups of Brythonic speakers who emigrated from southwestern Great Britain in waves from the 3rd to 6th century into the Armorican peninsula, subsequently named Brittany after them.The...
origin. The family originated in Brittany
Brittany
Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...
, in France, and shares common ancestry with the Scottish Stewarts
House of Stuart
The House of Stuart is a European royal house. Founded by Robert II of Scotland, the Stewarts first became monarchs of the Kingdom of Scotland during the late 14th century, and subsequently held the position of the Kings of Great Britain and Ireland...
as descendants of the eponymous Alan fitz Flaad grandson of the Seneschal of the Bishop of Dol. The FitzAlans held the earldom of Arundel
Arundel
Arundel is a market town and civil parish in the South Downs of West Sussex in the south of England. It lies south southwest of London, west of Brighton, and east of the county town of Chichester. Other nearby towns include Worthing east southeast, Littlehampton to the south and Bognor Regis to...
during the period 1267 - 1580. Variants include Fitz-Alan, Fitzalan, Fitzallen, Fitz Alan, as well as the locational variants Arundel and Arundell because of the earldom. People with the surname include:
- Anne Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of NorfolkAnne Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of NorfolkAnne Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk, CBE is a British peeress.Born as Anne Mary Teresa Constable-Maxwell, she is the eldest daughter of Wing Commander Gerald Constable-Maxwell and his wife, Caroline. On 4 July 1949, she married Hon. Miles Fitzalan-Howard, the eldest son of Bernard...
- Augusta Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of NorfolkAugusta Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of NorfolkHon. Augusta Mary Minna Catherine Lyons* Born Torquay, Devon, 1 August 1821* Died Norfolk House, St James's Square, London, 22 March 1886Augusta, or Minna as she was more commonly known, was the younger daughter of Edmund Lyons by his wife Augusta Louisa .In 1838/9 Minna was residing with her...
- Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of GlossopBernard Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of GlossopBernard Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop, MBE was a British peer.Fitzalan-Howard was the eldest son of the Francis Fitzalan-Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Glossop and was educated at the London Oratory School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He became a Captain in the Lovat Scouts...
- Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of NorfolkBernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of NorfolkBernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, , styled Earl of Arundel and Surrey until 1917, was the eldest surviving son of Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, who died when Bernard was only 9 years old...
(1908 – 1975), known as the Earl of Arundel and Surrey from birth - Bryan FitzAlan, Lord FitzAlanBryan FitzAlan, Lord FitzAlanSir Bryan FitzAlan, Baron FitzAlan Knt. was Lord of the Manor of Bedale in Richmondshire, Askham Bryan in the Ainsty, Bainton, Heworth &c., in Yorkshire, Bicker and Graby in Lincolnshire, a J.P., and High Sheriff of Yorkshire, &c...
(d. 1306) - Charlotte Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of NorfolkCharlotte Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of NorfolkCharlotte Sophia Fitzalan-Howard , Duchess of Norfolk was a daughter of the 1st Duke of Sutherland and his wife, Elizabeth....
- Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of ArundelEdmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of ArundelEdmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel was an English nobleman prominent in the conflict between Edward II and his barons. His father, Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel, died in 1302 while Edmund was still a minor. He therefore became a ward of John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, and married...
- Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of DerwentEdmund FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of DerwentEdmund Bernard FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent KG, PC , known as Lord Edmund Talbot between 1876 and 1921, was a British Conservative politician and the last Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.-Background:...
(1855 – 1947), British Conservative politician; last Lord Lieutenant of Ireland - Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Baron Howard of GlossopEdward Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Baron Howard of GlossopEdward George Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Glossop PC , styled Lord Edward Howard between 1842 and 1869, was a British Liberal politician...
- Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of NorfolkEdward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of NorfolkEdward William Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk, is the son of Miles Stapleton-Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk and his wife Anne Mary Teresa Constable-Maxwell. The principal seat of the Duke of Norfolk is Arundel Castle....
- Eleanor FitzAlanEleanor FitzAlanEleanor Fitzalan is an alleged daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel and his wife Alice of Saluzzo. She became the wife of Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy. Their son was Henry de Percy, 2nd Baron Percy....
(ca. 1284 – ca. 1328) - Lady Elizabeth FitzAlanLady Elizabeth FitzAlanLady Elizabeth Fitzalan, Duchess of Norfolk was an English noblewoman and the wife of Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk. Through her eldest daughter, Margaret, she was an ancestress of Queens consort Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, and the Howard Dukes of Norfolk.-Marriages and children:Lady...
(1366 – 1425) - Georgina Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of NorfolkGeorgina Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of NorfolkGeorgina Susan Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk , was born Georgina Susan Gore, the daughter of John Temple Gore and Serena Margaret Mounsey. Her parents divorced in 1969, and on 15 October 1969 her father married Antonia McMullen. He holds some ancestral connection to Earl Temple of Stowe...
- Gwendolen Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of NorfolkGwendolen Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of NorfolkGwendolen Mary Fitzalan-Howard , Duchess of Norfolk was a daughter of the 11th Lord Herries of Terregles and his wife, Angela ....
- Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of NorfolkHenry Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of NorfolkHenry Granville Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal, Chief Butler of England was the son of Henry Charles Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk and Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower...
- Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of NorfolkHenry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of NorfolkHenry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, , styled Baron Maltravers until 1856 and Earl of Arundel and Surrey between 1856 and 1860, was a British Unionist politician and philanthropist...
- Henry FitzAlan-Howard, 2nd Viscount FitzAlan of DerwentHenry FitzAlan-Howard, 2nd Viscount FitzAlan of DerwentHenry Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 2nd Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent , was a British peer.FitzAlan-Howard was the only son of the 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent, second son of the 14th Duke of Norfolk, and Lady Mary Bertie , daughter of the 7th Earl of Abingdon. He served as a Captain in the First...
- Henry Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Arundel
- Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of ArundelHenry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of ArundelHenry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel was an English nobleman, who over his long life assumed a prominent place at the court of all the later Tudor sovereigns, probably the only person to do so.-Court career:...
- Humphrey FitzAlan, 15th Earl of ArundelHumphrey FitzAlan, 15th Earl of ArundelHumphrey FitzAlan, 15th Earl of Arundel, 5th Baron Maltravers . This Earl of Arundel was short lived.He was a son of John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel and Maud Lovell. His father died on 12 June 1435, leaving 6-year-old Humphrey as the 15th Earl of Arundel. Humphrey died three years later, at age 9...
- James Fitzalan Hope, 1st Baron Rankeillour
- John FitzAlan, 1st Baron ArundelJohn FitzAlan, 1st Baron ArundelJohn FitzAlan , 1st Baron Arundel was a Lord Marshal or Marshal of England.- Lineage :He was born in Etchingham, Sussex, England to Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel and his second wife Eleanor of Lancaster...
- John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron ArundelJohn FitzAlan, 2nd Baron ArundelJohn FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, 3rd Baron Maltravers jure matris ?, also called John de Arundel , of Buckland, Surrey, was the son of John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel and Eleanor Maltravers....
- John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of ArundelJohn FitzAlan, 7th Earl of ArundelJohn FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel was an English nobleman. He was also feudal Lord of Clun and Oswestry in the Welsh Marches.-Family:...
- John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of ArundelJohn FitzAlan, 13th Earl of ArundelJohn FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel, 3rd Baron Maltravers was an English nobleman.He was the son of John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, and Elizabeth le Despenser, and became Baron Arundel on his father's death in 1390 and Baron Maltravers on his grandmother's death in 1405...
- John FitzAlan, 6th Earl of ArundelJohn FitzAlan, 6th Earl of ArundelJohn FitzAlan , Lord of Oswestry and Clun, and de jure Earl of Arundel, was a Breton-English nobleman and Marcher Lord with lands in the Welsh Marches.-Family:...
- John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of ArundelJohn FitzAlan, 14th Earl of ArundelJohn FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel, 4th Baron Maltravers KG was an English nobleman and military commander during the later phases of the Hundred Years' War...
- John Fitzalan, Lord of OswestryJohn Fitzalan, Lord of OswestryJohn FitzAlan, Lord of Clun and Oswestry in the Welsh Marches in the county of Shropshire.-Family:John succeeded his brother, William FitzAlan, Lord of Clun and Oswestry, who died in 1216 without issue. They were sons of William FitzAlan of Oswestry and Isabel, daughter and heiress of Ingram de...
- Lavinia Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of NorfolkLavinia Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of NorfolkLavinia Mary Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk LG CBE was a British peeress....
- Marsha FitzalanMarsha FitzalanLady Marcia Mary Josephine Fitzalan-Howard, better known as Marsha Fitzalan is an English actress.-Personal:...
(born 1953), English film actress - Lord Michael Fitzalan-Howard (1916 – 2007), officer in the British Army, Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps/British Royal Household, Gold Stick-in-Waiting and Colonel of the Life Guards
- Miles Stapleton-Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk (1915 – 2002), British Army General
- Mona Fitzalan-Howard, 11th Baroness BeaumontMona Fitzalan-Howard, 11th Baroness BeaumontMona Josephine Tempest Fitzalan-Howard, 11th Baroness Beaumont, Baroness Howard of Glossop, OBE was a British peeress.-Personal life:...
- Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of ArundelRichard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of ArundelRichard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel was an English Norman medieval nobleman.- Lineage :...
- Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of ArundelRichard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of ArundelRichard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel and 8th Earl of Surrey was an English nobleman and medieval military leader.- Lineage :...
(c. 1306 – 1376), English nobleman; medieval military leader - Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of ArundelRichard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of ArundelRichard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel and 9th Earl of Surrey KG was an English medieval nobleman and military commander.-Lineage:...
(1346 – 1397), English medieval nobleman, military commander - Thomas FitzAlan, 17th Earl of ArundelThomas FitzAlan, 17th Earl of ArundelThomas FitzAlan, 17th Earl of Arundel, 7th Baron Maltravers was the son of William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel and Joan Neville, daughter of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury and Alice Montagu. He married Margaret Wydeville , who was a younger sister of Queen Elizabeth...
- Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of ArundelThomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of ArundelThomas Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel and 10th Earl of Surrey, KG was an English nobleman, one of the principals of the deposition of Richard II, and a major figure during the reign of Henry IV.-Lineage:...
- Thomas FitzAlanThomas FitzAlanSir Thomas FitzAlan , of Beechwood Castle in Kent, was a medieval English knight.He was born to John Fitzalan, 2nd Lord Arundel and Elizabeth le Despenser and was a grandson of John Fitzalan and Eleanor Maltravers . Sir Thomas married Joan Moyns, and they were parents to Eleanor Fitzalan...
(died 1430), medieval English knight - Walter fitz Alan
- William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of ArundelWilliam FitzAlan, 16th Earl of ArundelWilliam FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, 6th Baron Maltravers .He was a son of John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor Berkeley...
- William FitzAlan, 18th Earl of ArundelWilliam FitzAlan, 18th Earl of ArundelWilliam FitzAlan, 18th Earl of Arundel, 8th Baron Maltravers was an English peer, styled as Lord Maltravers from 1487 to 1524....