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FitzAlan is an English surname ultimately of Norman origin. The family shared common ancestry with the Scots royal Stewarts. They were descendants of the Breton knight Alan fitz Flaad (d. 1120), 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:
- Walter fitz Alan (d. 1177)
- William FitzAlan, Lord of Oswestry (1105–60), an important Marcher lord and supporter of the Empress Matilda, elder brother of Walter fitz Alan.
- William Fitz Alan, 1st Lord of Oswestry and Clun (died 1210), son of William FitzAlan, Lord of Oswestry, and a marcher lord under the early Plantagenet kings.
- William Fitz Alan, 2nd Lord of Oswestry and Clun (died 1215), son of William Fitz Alan, 1st Lord of Oswestry and Clun, who came into conflict with King John.
- John Fitzalan, Lord of Oswestry (1200–1240), son of William Fitz Alan, 2nd Lord of Oswestry and Clun, who married into the d'Aubigny family, thus acquiring the Arundel earldom for the Fitzalans.
- Eleanor FitzAlan (ca. 1284 – ca. 1328)
- Bryan FitzAlan, Lord FitzAlan (d. 1306)
- Lady Elizabeth FitzAlan (1366 – 1425)
- Thomas FitzAlan (died 1430), English knight
Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk (1815–1860), the 13th Earl of Arundel of the Fourth Creation (1580) revived use of the Fitzalan surname, in the hyphenated form "Fitzalan-Howard". Edmund FitzAlan-Howard (1855–1947), son of the 14th Duke of Norfolk, in addition was raised to the Peerage as "Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent" in 1921 when he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Lady Marcia Fitzalan-Howard (b. 1953), daughter of the 17th Duke of Norfolk, uses the stage name Marsha Fitzalan as an actress.