Simon ‘of Norfolk’ FitzAlan

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Simon ‘of Norfolk’ FitzAlan

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Dol, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
Death: after 1163
Scotland (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Son of Alan fitzFlaald, Sheriff of Shropshire and Avelina de Hesding, domina Norton
Husband of Eschyna Fitzalen
Father of Sir Hugo De Padvinau, Chieftian and Robert Boidh, of Gavin and Risk
Brother of William FitzAlan, Sheriff of Shropshire; Sibil FitzAlan; Jordan FitzAlan, Seneschal of Dol and Walter FitzAlan, 1st High Steward of Scotland
Half brother of Flaald FitzAlan of Monmouth

Occupation: Dapifer (steward)
Managed by: Kira Rachele Jay
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About Simon ‘of Norfolk’ FitzAlan

SIMON, BROTHER OF WALTER SON OF ALAN

The name of Simon, brother of Walter son of Alan, is noticed in the witness list of a charter by which Walter son of Alan, the first hereditary steward of Scotland, announces his intention to found a priory at Paisley in Scotland. Paisley Registrum: pp. 1-2

Wikipedia: Simon the brother of Walter fitz Alan

Simon fitz Alan (died c. 1200) was a 12th-century noble who was the ancestor of the Boyds. Simon was the third son of the Breton knight, Alan fitz Flaad, feudal lord of Oswestry, by his spouse Aveline, daughter of Ernoulf de Hesdin.[1][2]

Simon followed his brother Walter fitz Alan into Scotland in the service of King David I. Simon witnessed Walter's foundation charter to the monastery of Paisley Abbey in 1160, in which he is designated as "frater Walterii, filii Alani, dapiferi".

He had a son Robert, who styled himself Boyt.

note

Does not appear in the Scots Peerage

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

Citations

  1. Round, J. H., Studies in Peerage, p.123
  2. Barrow, G. W. S.; Harrison, B., Stewart family (per. c. 1110–c. 1350, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.), Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8063, retrieved 16 February 2009
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Simon ‘of Norfolk’ FitzAlan's Timeline

1114
1114
Dol, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
1140
1140
Scotland, United Kingdom
1163
1163
Age 49
Scotland (United Kingdom)
1164
1164
Renfrew, Scotland