After his death, Fulk became the subject of a popular "ancestral romance" in French verse, Fouke le Fitz Waryn, relating his life as an outlaw and his struggle.!
A simple knight of meagre landed power defies the king, rises in revolt, gathers a band of outlaws, and wanders about a realm for three years.
Fulk FitzWarin, 1st Baron FitzWarin
English nobleman in the 13/14th century
Fulk FitzWarin | |
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Arms of the FitzWarin family | |
| Born | |
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| Noble family | FitzWarin |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret verch Gruffydd |
| Issue | Fulk FitzWarin, 2nd Baron FitzWarin |
| Father | Fulk (IV) FitzWarin |
Fulk FitzWarin, 1st Baron FitzWarin (14 September – 24 November ), sometimes styled as Fulk V FitzWarin, was an English landowner and soldier who was created the first Baron FitzWarin in , during the reign of King Edward I.
Family background
The FitzWarin family took its name from Guarine (or Warin) de Meez, said to have been a member of the House of Lorraine who came to England after the Norman Conquest. Fulk FitzWarin, the first baron, was the fifth of his family to bear the name Fulk, though some chronicles conflate two of his ancestors together.
His father, Fulk (IV) FitzWarin, was appointed by King Richard I to defend the Welsh Marches, later rebelled against (and was outlawed