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Birth:          ABT 1267 Saluzzo, Italy
Death:          25 Sep 1292 
Burial:         Todington Priory

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_of_Saluzzo,_Countess_of_Arundel
Alice of Saluzzo, Countess of Arundel (died 25 September 1292),[1] also known as 
Alesia di Saluzzo, 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.

Family[edit]

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[2] 
and Menzia d'Este.[1] Alesia had fifteen siblings. Her father was a very wealthy and 
cultured nobleman under whose rule Saluzzo achieved a prosperity, freedom, and 
greatness it had never known previously.[citation needed]

Marriage and issue[edit]

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. Along with her aunt, Alasia of Saluzzo who 
married Edmund de Lacy, 2nd Earl of Lincoln in 1247, Alice was one of the first Italian 
women to marry into an English noble family. 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:[3]
Edmund Fitzalan, 9th Earl of Arundel (1 May 1285- 17 November 1326 by execution), 
married Alice de Warenne, by whom he had issue.
John Fitzalan, a priest
Alice Fitzalan (died 7 September 1340), married Stephen de Segrave, 3rd Lord 
Segrave, by whom she had issue.
Margaret Fitzalan, married William le Botiller, by whom she had issue.
Eleanor Fitzalan, married Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy, by whom she had issue.

Alice died on 25 September 1292 and was buried in Haughmond Abbey, Shropshire. 
Her husband Richard died on 09/03/1301 and was buried alongside Alice. In 1341, 
provision was made for twelve candles to be burned beside their tombs.[2] 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.

Parents
DE SALUZZA Thomas (1239 - 23 Dec 1296)
DE CEVA Luisa (Leugia) (ABT 1240 - 22 Aug 1291)

Siblings
DE SALUZZO Alice (Alisona) (ABT 1267 - 25 Sep 1292)

Marriage To FITZ ALAN Richard (3 Feb 1267 - 9 Mar 1302)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
FITZ ALAN (ARUNDEL) John (14 Sep 1246 - 18 Mar 1272)
DE MORTIMER Isabella (ABT 1248 - BEF 1 Apr 1292)

Children by FITZ ALAN Richard 3 Feb 1267 - 9 Mar 1302
FITZ ALAN Edmund (1 May 1283 - 17 Nov 1326)
FITZ ALAN (ARUNDEL) Eleanor (ABT 1284 - Jul 1328)

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