Cecily de Balliol

Family/Spouse: John de Burgh. John (son of John de Burgh and Hawise de Lanvallay) was born about 1235 in of Walkern, Hertfordshire, England; died before 3 Mar 1280. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Devorguille de Burgh was born between 1255 and 1266; died in 1284; was buried in Dunmow Priory, Little Dunmow, Essex, England.
2. Hawise de Burgh was born about 1258; died before 24 Mar 1299.

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Father of John II de Balliol, king of Scotland from 1292 to 1296.

From Wikipedia:

[He] was a leading figure of Scottish and Anglo-Norman life. [...] It is believed that he was educated at Durham School in the city of Durham.

In 1223, Lord John married Dervorguilla of Galloway, the daughter of Alan, Lord of Galloway and Margaret of Huntingdon. By the mid-thirteenth century, he and his wife had become very wealthy, principally as a result of inheritances from Dervorguilla's family. This wealth allowed Balliol to play a prominent public role, and, on Henry III's instruction, he served as joint protector of the young king of Scots, Alexander III. He was one of Henry III's leading counsellors between 1258 and 1265 and was appointed Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire from 1261 to 1262. He was captured at the battle of Lewes in 1264 but escaped and rejoined King Henry. [...]

Following a dispute with the Bishop of Durham, he agreed to provide funds for scholars studying at Oxford. Support for a house of students began in around 1263; further endowments after his death, supervised by Dervorguilla, resulted in the establishment of Balliol College.

John married Devorguille of Galloway in 1233. Devorguille (daughter of Alan fitz Roland and Margaret of Huntingdon) died on 28 Jan 1290; was buried in Sweet Heart Abbey, Galloway, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1228

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Father of John I de Balliol, who founded Balliol College, and grandfather of John II de Balliol, king of Scotland from 1292 to 1296.

Hugh married Cecily de Fontaines. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Alan of Galloway. Hereditary Constable of Scotland.

Present at Magna Carta as an advisor to King John.

From the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography:

"Cross-border landholding and kinship with King John of England made Alan a man of consequence in both realms. His relationship with the king of Scots, based on loose overlordship rather than feudal subordination, allowed freedom of manoeuvre where his actions did not conflict with Scottish interests. Galloway's military resources and substantial fleet gave added influence; Alan's aid was courted unsuccessfully by John for his 1210 campaign against the Ulster Lacys, but he agreed to send one thousand men for the abortive Welsh campaign of 1212. [...]

"From 1225 Alan used the freedom afforded by the loose overlordship of the Scottish crown to interfere in the feud between King Ragnvald of Man and his half-brother, Olaf. His private interest, arising from efforts to secure Antrim with Ragnvald's support against the threat of a Lacy restoration, coincided at first with Anglo-Scottish policy towards the region and received the tacit support of his Scottish overlord. The prospect of a pro-Scottish client in Man led Alexander II to acquiesce to the marriage in 1226 of Alan's bastard son, Thomas, to Ragnvald's daughter, but the marriage provoked revolt against Ragnvald. Despite the support of Galwegian galleys and warriors, Ragnvald was overthrown and slain in 1229 by Olaf. Alan's ensuing attempts to conquer Man for Thomas destabilized the Hebrides and western highlands, thereby threatening Scottish territorial interests, and in 1230–31 prompted active Norwegian support for Olaf. Joint action by Alan and Alexander averted catastrophe, but Scottish and Galwegian interests had diverged and the 1231 campaign marked the end of further Galwegian involvement in the Manx succession; Alan's dynastic ambitions had caused an undesirable war with a major foreign power."

From Wikipedia:

"Although under the traditional Celtic custom of Galloway, Alan's illegitimate son could have succeeded to the Lordship of Galloway, under the feudal custom of the Scottish realm, Alan's nearest heirs were his surviving daughters. Using Alan's death as an opportunity to further integrate Galloway within his realm, Alexander forced the partition of the lordship amongst Alan's daughters. Alan was the last legitimate ruler of Galloway, descending from the native dynasty of Fergus, Lord of Galloway."

Alan married Margaret of Huntingdon in 1209. Margaret (daughter of David of Scotland and Maud of Chester) died about 6 Jan 1233. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Abt 1200
• Alternate death: Abt 1205

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Also called Eustace de Helicourt. Seignuer of Helicourt in Picardy.

Not a son of Bernard de Balliol II [d. 1189-95]; probably a cousin.

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Seigneur of Fountaines.

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Also called Lachlan, de Galwaye, Galloway. "Known in his youth as Lachlan, his preference in adulthood for being known as Roland, the Norman-French equivalent of Lachlan, symbolizes the spread of foreign influences into Galloway which followed the overthrow in 1160 of his grandfather, Fergus of Galloway." [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]

Hereditary Constable of Scotland, 1196-1200 (jure uxoris).

Roland married Ellen de Morville before 1185. Ellen (daughter of Richard de Morville and Avice de Lancaster) died on 11 Jun 1217 in Galloway, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1144

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Earl of Huntingdon and Cambridge. Also called David of Huntingdon.

David married Maud of Chester on 26 Aug 1190. Maud (daughter of Hugh of Chester and Bertrade de Montfort) was born in 1171; died about 6 Jan 1233. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Matilda de Blondeville; Maud of Chester; Maud or Matilda de Meschines; Maud or Matilda de Kevelioc.