Fulk I FitzWarin


Fulk I FitzWarin was a powerful marcher lord seated at Whittington Castle in Shropshire in England on the border with Wales, and also at Alveston in Gloucestershire. His grandson was Fulk III FitzWarin the subject of the famous mediaeval legend or "ancestral romance" entitled Fouke le Fitz Waryn, himself the grandfather of Fulk V FitzWarin, 1st Baron FitzWarin.

Origins

Fulk I Fitzwarin was the son of Warin. The later mediaeval romance Fouke le Fitz Waryn gives the father's name as Warin de Metz, deriving him from Loraine. This Warin of Metz, the family's earliest known ancestor, is a "shadowy or mythical figure" about whom little is certain. It is however generally believed that the head of the Warin family came to England during the reign of William the Conqueror. Neither Warin nor his son Fulk I were tenants-in-chief during William's reign. Instead, the family's lands were obtained from later kings.

Career

Fulk I FitzWarin was rewarded by King Henry II for his support of his mother Empress Matilda in her civil war with King Stephen and conferred to him in 1153 the royal manor of Alveston in Gloucestershire and in 1149 the manor of Whadborough in Leicestershire.

Marriage and children

Fulk I married a lady, Malet Peveral, daughter of Pagan Peveral and they had children including the following: