A different ancestry for Alan is given in "The Origin of the Stuarts and the FitzAlans," by George Washington, in "English Origins of New England Families - Second Series," III:429ff., referring to Dr. J. Horace Round's presentations on the

subject.  Dr. Round proposes that the line descends from Alan, Dapifer of Dol in Brittany ca. 1080, "son of Flaald," who had sons:

1) Alan (Junior) Dapifer of Dol, seen in Brittany ca. 1095 and 1097, a leader in the First Crusade;

2) Flaad, called son of Alan, seen in Monmouth 1101-02 as a follower of William, son of Baderon (another Breton and Lord of Monmouth);

3) Rhiwallon, a monk of the Abbey of St. Florent de Semur, near Dol.

Washington continues (pp. 429-30:

"Flaad (who became heir to his elder brother Alan) was father of Alan FitzFlaad, Sheriff of Shropshire, whose rise under Henry I is linked by Round with the support given to Henry by the Bretons before his accession, when he was lord of the Cotentin.

Alan founded Sporle Abbey, Norfolk, as a cell of St. Florent, and had three sons by his wife, Aveline de Hesdin (cf. Sir Anthony R. Wagner, "English Genealogy," 1960, pp. 82-3): (1) Jordan FitzAlan, Dapifer of Doll in Brittany circa 1129, who was a

benefactor of the church of Sele (another cell of St. Florent), and also appears in 1130 in an agreement with the Abbot of Marmoutier, near Tours; he left issue.  (2)William FitzAlan, Lord of Oswestry in Shropshire, founder of Haughmond priory and a

benefactor of Monmouth, who died in 1160; and was the ancestor the FitzAlans, Earls of Arundel from about 1290 to 1580.  (3) Walter the Stewart, or FitzAlan, who went northwards to Scotland and became Dapifer Regis under the Scots King David; he

founded Paisely abbey and died in 1177.  In his original paper Round noted a possible fourth son, Simon, ancestor of the Boyds; but in 1902 he satisfied himself that Simon was the issue of Aveline de Hesdin's later marriage with Robert FitzWalter....

From Walter the Steward were descended the royal house of Stuart, including Lords Bute, Castlestewart, and Galloway (all of whom possess, if Round may be credited, only an illegitimate link with the original stem).  In the year 1335 the office of

Stewart of Scotland was claimed by Richard FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel as his by hereditary right...."


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In France, in a little medieval town called Dol-de-Bretagne, there is a small museum in which the geneology of the Stuart clan is shown: FitzAlan-Flaad was born there.  The local cathedral has distinct Cathar/Masonic symbols and two pillars, both

different, are outside the church parvis. [- from an Internet correspondent, 8/98 - not verified]