Name:
William FitzAlan
Relationship to Margaret Goldie Hall :
Change 28 x Great Uncle
Alan FitzFlaald -> Walter FitzAlan -> Christina FitzAlan -> Robert de Brus -> Robert de Brus -> Sir Robert le Brus -> Robert I Bruce, King of Scotland -> Margorie Bruce, Princess of Scotland -> Robert II Stewart, King of Scotland -> King Robert III Stewart (King of Scotland) -> Lady Mary Stewart -> William Douglas (2nd Earl of Angus) -> George Douglas (4th Earl of Angus) -> Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus -> Marion Douglas -> William Cunningham (4th Earl of Glencairn) -> Alexander Cunningham -> William Cunningham -> Jean Cunnigham -> William Fergusson -> Robert Fergusson -> John Fergusson -> Alexander Fergusson -> Jean Ferguson -> Margaret Riddel -> James Goldie -> Mary Goldie -> John Macmillan -> Robert Macmillan -> Alice Mary Goldie Macmillan -> Margaret Goldie Hall
Alan FitzFlaald -> William FitzAlan
Remarks:
Feudal lord of Oswestry. He was sheriff of Shropshire by 1138. He supported the Empress Maud and her brother, Robert of Gloucester, in their war with King Stephen. He lost his lands in consequence, and was forced to seek asylum, probably at the court of the earl of Chester. He regained his lands and apparently the office sheriff of Shropshire when Henry II came to the throne in December, 1154. With the death of Maredudd ap Bleddyn in 1155, he regained control of Oswestry, which had been held by his father but was seized by the Welsh. As a reward for his support, Henry II granted the marriage of the rich heiress, Isabel de Say. She was his second wife. His first wife was Christiana, a niece of earl Robert of Gloucester. He apparently had no surviving sons by his first marriage.,