Alesia (Alice) di Saluzzo, Countess of Arundel

1269 - 1292  (23 years)

• Name	Alesia (Alice) di Saluzzo
  Suffix	Countess of Arundel
  Born	18 May 1269	Saluzzo, Piedmont, Italy
  Gender	Female
  Died	25 Sep 1292	Arundel West Sussex, England
  Buried	Haughmond Abbey Shrewsbury Shropshire Unitary Authority Shropshire, England
  	Grave location, biography, and abbey photo: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=84169971
  Notes	Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_of_Saluzzo,_Countess_of_Arundel She was an Italian-born noblewoman and an English countess. She was a daughter of Thomas I of Saluzzo, and the wife of Richard Fitzalan, 8th Earl of Arundel. Alice was one of the first Italian women to marry into an English noble family. She assumed the title of Countess of Arundel in 1289. Alesia was born on an unknown date in Saluzzo (present-day Province of Cuneo, Piedmont); the second eldest daughter of Thomas I, 4th Margrave of Saluzzo, and Luigia di Ceva (died 22 August 1291/1293), daughter of Giorgio, Marquis of Ceva and Menzia d'Este. Alesia had fifteen siblings. Her father was a very wealthy and cultured nobleman. Saluzzo included the territory lying between the Alps, the Po and the Stura, and was extended on several occasions. In the Middle Ages it had a checkered existence, often being in conflict with powerful neighbors, chiefly the Counts (later Dukes) of Savoy. Sometime before 1285, Alice married Richard Fitzalan, feudal Lord of Clun and Oswestry in the Welsh Marches, the son of John Fitzalan, 7th Earl of Arundel and Isabella Mortimer. Richard would succeed to the title of Earl of Arundel in 1289, thus making Alice the 8th Countess of Arundel. Her marriage had been arranged by the late King Henry III's widowed Queen consort Eleanor of Provence. Richard and Alice's principal residence was Marlborough Castle in Wiltshire, but Richard also held Arundel Castle in Sussex and the castles of Clun and Oswestry in Shropshire. Her husband was knighted by King Edward I in 1289, and fought in the Welsh Wars (1288?1294), and later in the Scottish Wars. The marriage produced four children: 1. Edmund Fitzalan, 9th Earl of Arundel (1 May 1285- 17 November 1326 by execution), married Alice de Warenne, by whom he had children. 2. John Fitzalan, a priest 3. Alice Fitzalan (died 7 September 1340), married Stephen de Segrave, 3rd Lord Segrave, by whom she had children. 4. Margaret Fitzalan, married William le Botiller, by whom she had children. 5. Eleanor Fitzalan, married Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy, by whom she had children. Alice died on 25 September 1292 and was buried in Haughmond Abbey, Shropshire. Her husband Richard died on Sep 3, 1301 and was buried alongside Alice. In 1341, provision was made for twelve candles to be burned beside their tombs. The Abbey is now a ruin as the result of a fire during the English Civil War. Her many descendants included the Dukes of Norfolk, the English queen consorts of Henry VIII, Sir Winston Churchill, Diana, Princess of Wales, and the current British Royal Family.
  Person ID	I36265	Master File
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	Tommaso (Thomas) I di Saluzzo, Marquess of Saluzzo,   b. 1239, Provincia di Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy ,   d. 1296, Provincia di Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy  (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Luigia di Ceva, Marquise of Saluzzo,   d. 22 August 1291/1293, Italy
  Family ID	F14969	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel,   b. 3 February 1266/7, Arundel West Sussex, England ,   d. 9 March 1301/2, Arundel West Sussex, England  (Age 35 years)
  Children	1. Edmund FITZALAN, Lord of Arundel,   b. 1 May 1285, Surrey, England ,   d. 17 Nov 1326, Hereford, Worcestershire, England  (Age 41 years)
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2016
  Family ID	F14968	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart