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Alan fitzAlan (fitzJordan)

Also Known As: "Alan de Beaufort de Dol"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Burton, Nottinghamshire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: 1167
England (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Son of Jordan FitzAlan, Seneschal of Dol and Marie
Husband of Joan
Father of Jordan fitzAlan; Olive fitzAlan, heiress of Tuxford and Alicia fitzAlan
Brother of Jordan fitzJordan, II

Occupation: Dapifer of Dol
Managed by: Joel Michael Dennis
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About Alan fitzAlan

(2) Alan, who succeeded his brother Jordan, and who with his wife Joan confirmed to the Priory of Marmoutier a grant by his grandfather Alan Fitz-Flaald of the title of the lands of Burton. He also figures in the Brittany records as ' Alanum filium quondam Jordani, Dolensem Senescallum,' and in a Bull of Pope Alexander in. he figures as Alan 'a noble man, Senescal of Dol, son of Jordan deceased,' grant- ing to the Abbey of Tiron all his rights in the Church of Tronchet, etc., and the Churches of Sharrington, Tuxford, and Warsop in England. 2

By his wife Joan he left a son and two daughters :

  • i. Jordan, who died s. p.
  • ii. Olive, who appears as owner of Sharrington in England in 1227.
  • iii. Alicia, who was married to William Spina, son of Hamo, and appears in the Brittany records as in possession of the lands and office at Dol.

Sources

  1. The Scots peerage founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom.Published 1904 by D. Douglas in Edinburgh . Vol Vl, page 10
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Alan fitzAlan's Timeline

1167
1167
England (United Kingdom)
1169
1169
Burton, Nottinghamshire, England
1171
1171
Sharrington, Norfolk, England
1173
1173
Dol-De-Bretagne, Ille-Et-Vilaine, France
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Burton, Nottinghamshire, England (United Kingdom)
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Dol, Breton - "Dapifer Dolensis"