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  John of Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John, King of Scots is usually known as John Balliol or, correctly, John de Balliol.
Her maternal grandparents were Hugh X de Lusignan and Isabella of Angouleme, widow of John I of England.
John's putative daughter Agness Maud Balliol was married to Bryan FitzAlan, Baron of Bedale.
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 Baliol - LoveToKnow 1911
He was one of the regents of Scotland during the minority of Alexander III., but in 1255 was deprived of this office and his lands forfeited for treason.
John's eldest son by his marriage with Isabel, daughter of John de Warenne, earl of Surrey, was Edward de Baliol who shared his father's captivity in England in 1296.
A cadet branch of the Baliol family was descended from Ingelram, or Engelram, a son of the younger Bernard de Baliol.
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 Baliol, Balliol
His son, Bernard de Baliol, built the strong castle on the Tees, in the county of Durham, called Bernard Castle, and was forced by David the First of Scotland, in 1135, to swear fidelity to Matilda.
BALIOL, JOHN, some time king of Scotland, -was the son of John de Baliol of Bernard castle, county of Durham, the founder of Baliol college, Oxford, as already stated, by his wife, the Lady Devorgilla, granddaughter of David, earl of Huntingdon, and is supposed to have been born about 1260.
Baliol claimed as being great-grandson to the earl of Huntingdon, younger brother of William the Lion, by his eldest daughter, Margaret; and Bruce as grandson by his second daughter, Isabella; that is, the former as direct heir, and as nearest of right, and the latter as nearest in blood and degree.
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 Significant Scots - John Baliol, King of Scotland
BALIOL, JOHN, king of Scotland, was the son of John de Baliol, of Bernard’s Castle in the county of Durham, a man of great opulence, being possessed of thirty knights’ fees, (equal to £12,000 of modern money,) and who was a steady adherent of Henry III., in all his civil wars.
The mother of Baliol was Devorgilla, one of the three daughters and co-heiresses of Allan, Lord of Galloway, by Margaret, eldest daughter of David, Earl of Huntingdon, brother of Malcolm IV.
Baliol, whose life presents a strange variety of magnanimous efforts and humiliating self-abasements, consented to these conditions; and the ceremony of his degradation accordingly took place, July 2, 1296, in the church-yard of Stracathro, a village near Montrose.
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 Early history of the Baliol (Bailleul) family
John became one of the regents of Scotland during the minority of Alexander III.
Baliol was imprisoned in the Tower of London between 1297 and 1299.
John Baliol's eldest son, by his marriage with Isabel, daughter of John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, was Edward Baliol, who shared his father's captivity in 1296.
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 Baliol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baliol is the name of a family which played an important part in the history of Scotland.
He left four sons, three of whom died without issue, and in 1278 his lands were restored to his son, John de Baliol, who was king John I of Scotland from 1292 to 1296, and who died in Normandy in 1315.
After making an absolute surrender of Scotland to Edward III in 1356 at Roxburgh in return for a pension, Edward de Baliol died at Wheatley near Doncaster in 1364.
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 AllRefer.com - John de Baliol, 1249–1315, king of Scotland (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
John de Baliol 1249–1315, king of Scotland (1292–96), son of John de Baliol (d.
His principal rival was Robert the Bruce, of the celebrated Bruce family, son of David of Huntingdon's second daughter and hence one generation closer to his royal ancestor, although through a younger line.
Edward decided in favor of Baliol, who was then crowned king (1292) and did homage to Edward for the kingdom.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Scotland
Scotland was an independent kingdom until James VI succeeded to the English Crown in 1603; and it continued constitutionally separate from England until the conclusion of the treaty of union a century later.
The proposal was favourably received in Scotland; but while the eight-year-old queen was on her way from Orkney, and the realm was immediately divided by rival claimants to the throne, John de Baliol and Robert Bruce, both descended from a brother of William the Lion.
Scotland was the last state in Christendom to adhere to the antipope, and only in 1418 declared her allegiance to the rightful pontiff, Martin V.
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 Scotland
Baliol won a military victory against the Scottish nobles in 1332 at the Battle of Dupplin Moor on 12th August, over a larger force of overconfident Scots fighting in support of David II, and was crowned king of Scotland at Scone.
Scotland was a traditional ally of France, and during Anglo-French hostilities in 1513 James invaded England in aid of his ally.
Scotland was at that time divided domestically by conflict between the Protestants and the Roman Catholics, and in foreign affairs by those favouring an alliance with France and those supporting England.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Baliol,
Baliol, John de BALIOL, JOHN DE [Baliol, John de] 1249-1315, king of Scotland (1292-96), son of John de Baliol (d.
Aiding his uncle, John de Baliol, in the struggle against Edward I, he was for a time held hostage by the English.
David II DAVID II [David II] (David Bruce), 1324-71, king of Scotland (1329-71), son and successor of Robert I. David's guardians were not strong enough to prevent the invasion (1332) of Scotland by Edward de Baliol, who, with the support of Edward III of England, was victorious at Halidon Hill (1333).
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 BALIOL, JOHN DE, d. 1269, founder of Balliol College, Oxford. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
In 1249 he became a member of the Scottish council of regency and a guardian of Alexander III.
He fought for Henry III of England in the Barons’ War and was taken prisoner at the battle of Lewes (1264).
His third son, another John, became king of Scotland.
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 History Of Scotland Vol. 1 - Part 8
In the insurrection of Wallace, and the subsequent stand made after the battle of Falkirk by the commissioners of regency, the name of John Baliol had always been used as the head and sovereign of Scotland, in whose right its natives were in arms, and for whom they defended their country against the English.
The crown of Scotland hung within a possibility of his reaching it; and though the effort was necessarily attended with a great risk of failure, yet an attempt to retreat in any other direction must have been followed by inevitable destruction.
Of churchmen, the primate of Scotland, the bishop of Glasgow, and the abbot of Scone, joined in the undertaking, together with the Earls of Lennox and of Athol, and some fourteen barons, with whose assistance Bruce was daring enough to defy the whole strength of England.
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 Shadowed Realm: Medieval Timeline > Browse by Century
King John of England, having divorced his first wife Avice of Gloucester, marries Isabella of Angoulême. Isabel was the heiress to the Angoumois province in Aquitaine and descended on her mother's side from Prince Peter, the fifth son of King Lewis le Gros of France.
John retaliated by accusing the rebel nobles of treason and challenged them to clear their characters by selecting champions to fight an equal number of English and Norman knights.
John's aged mother Eleanor now took up the cause against her grandson, Arthur, but was then besieged by the prince at her castle at Mirebeau.
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 Baliol, John de
Baliol was proclaimed king, having paid homage to Edward.
Baliol was unpopular with the Scots, who dubbed him Toom Tabbard (‘empty garment’).
After Edward's invasion, Baliol and his three sons were sent to London and confined to the Tower for three years.
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 Mark Pilling Family History - pilg912 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
John married Dervorgilla de Galloway on 1233 in of, Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland.
She died 28 Jan 1289/1290 in, Kemston, Bedfordshire, England and was buried in New Abbey, Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland.
Dervorgilla married John de Baliol [Lord of Barnard Castle] on 1233 in of, Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland.
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 BALIOL, JOHN DE (1249–... - Online Information article about BALIOL, JOHN DE (1249–...
Scotland, was a son of John de Baliol (d.
kings had over Scotland, but when Edward met the Scottish nobles at Norham in May 1291, he demanded a formal recognition of his position as overlord of Scotland.
After some delay this was tacitly admitted by the nobles, and acknowledged by Baliol and the other competitors, who all agreed to abide by his decision.
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 Scotland
It should be noted that in early mediæval Scotland, it was the eldest and/or ablest male of the royal house, and not the heir of line, that inherited the throne.
Alianora de Baliol who married Sir John Comyn, "The Black Comyn", one of the 13 claimants to the throne of Scotland in 1291 based on this marriage and his descent from Donald Bane.
John Stuart felt that his name was too closely associated with John Baliol, so he adopted the title of King Robert (III).
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 The Bethune of Balfour Genealogy in Burke's Landed Gentry
Further, because he married Margaret, a descendent of the Saxon Kings of England, every King of Scotland and England who is his descendent is also a descendent of the Saxon Kings.
The only King of Scotland after Malcolm who was not his descendent was his brother, Shakespeare's Donalbain (Donald the Bonny).
The very ancient family of Balfour, long heritable Sheriffs co. Fife, derive their name from Balfour Castle, in that county, built upon their earliest possessions in Scotland, the vale, or strath, of the Or, a tributary of the Leven.
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 About Scotland
In this situation Edward I of England, proclaiming suzerainty over Scotland, intervened on behalf of John de Baliol, a grandson of David I. Certain sections of the Scottish nobility formally recognised the English king’s overlordship in Scotland.
Acceding to popular demand for termination of English control, John Baliol in 1295 formed an alliance with France, which was then at war with England, and summoned his people to revolt.
Baliol was deposed, publicly stripped of his crown, sceptre, sword and ring, and his kingdom was placed under military occupation.
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 Margaret Maid of Norway
In 1284 the nobles of Scotland recognized the infant Norwegian princess as heiress presumptive to the Scottish throne, and on Alexander III's death Margaret became queen under a regency.
Alexander III, king of Scotland - Alexander III, 1241–86, king of Scotland (1249–86), son and successor of Alexander II.
John de Baliol, 1249–1315, king of Scotland - Baliol, John de, 1249–1315, king of Scotland (1292–96), son of John de Baliol (d.
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 GENUKI: Stokesley Parish information from Bulmers' 1890.
Edward I., who reduced Scotland to a dependency, rewarded them for their valiant deeds by a grant of Kitness in that country, supposed to be Thurso, in Caithness; and later, Sir Ralph Eure, whilst Warden of the Marches, performed so many daring exploits against the Scots of Teviotdale, that Henry VIII.
The validity of the bequest was disputed by the next of kin, and the interest of the capital was allowed to accumulate till 1833, when the trustees, having obtained possession of the old school-house erected by subscription in 1734, rebuilt and re-opened it on the liberal plan laid down by the founder.
The manor was granted soon after the Conquest to the Baliols, from whom it passed to the Eures, with which family it remained till the death of the last Lord Eure, whose daughter, Elizabeth, conveyed the estate in marriage to William Kay, Esq.
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 HighBeam Encyclopedia - Baliol, John de   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
BALIOL, JOHN DE [Baliol, John de] 1249-1315, king of Scotland (1292-96), son of John de Baliol (d.
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Exploits And Death Of William Wallace, The "Hero Of Scotland": Exploits And Death Of William Wallace, The 'Hero Of Scotland'
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 Bywell on Tyne by C.W. Steel - NORTH COUNTRY WEB
Both were forfeited to the crown in 1294 when John Baliol, King of Scotland, renounced English suzerainty.
It was anciently a borough, the manor of which was given by King John to Robert, the son of Roger de Clavering, Baron of Warkworth.
John, the last Lord Clavering, granted the reversion of it to the Crown, when Edward 111 gave it to Henry, Lord Percy, from whom it descended to the Duke of Northumberland.
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 Shadowed Realm: Medieval Timeline > Browse by Category
In the aftermath of the battle, the city was pillaged by the victorious rebels, with many of its citizens being slaughtered for their support to the Royalists.
During the reign of Henry II, he seems to have been left alone to enjoy his independence (particularly as his father-in-law was the Norse King of the Isle of Man), and during this time he established the city of Belfast and established numerous castles and churches.
Lasting from the 23rd to the 24th, Robert the Bruce of Scotland was able to defeat the English under King Edward II, setting the stage for Scottish independence.
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 Mark Pilling Family History - pilg909 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
John married Isabel Warren [Queen of Scotland] about 1280 in of, Lewes, Surrey, England.
Isabel married John Baliol [King of Scotland] about 1280 in of, Lewes, Surrey, England.
was born 1282 in of, Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland.
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 The Periphery of Francia: Spain, Britain, Eastern Europe, & Scandinavia
"John" is "Juan" in Castilian, "Xoán" in Galician, "Ion" or "Jon" in Basque, "Joan" in Catalan, "Jean" in French, and "Johannes" in Latin (another form, "Iban," only occurs in the patronymic "Ibañez").
Also, John of Avis had an illegitimate son, the Duke of Braganza, who leads to the Kings of Portugal after Spanish rule is overthrown in 1640.
When James VI of Scotland inherited the Throne of England, there didn't seem to be any reason to return it, but the sense has faded that it is the Monarchs of Scotland who rule England, and in 1996 the Stone was sent home.
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