Robert de Quincy
Sir Robert de Quincy | |
|---|---|
| Baron of Prestoungrange | |
| Noble family | Quincy family |
| Spouse(s) | Orabilis Eve |
Sir Robert de Quincy, 1st Baron of Prestoungrange (c. 1140 – c. 1197), Justiciar of Lothian, was a 12th-century English and Scottish noble.
Life
Quincy was a younger son of Saer de Quincy and Maud de Senlis, daughter of Simon I de Senlis, Earl of Huntingdon-Northampton and Maud of Huntingdon, stepdaughter of King David I of Scotland.[1]
Robert was granted the castle of Forfar and a "toft" (a homestead) in Haddington He served as joint Justiciar of Lothian serving from 1171 to 1178.[1]
Robert accompanied King Richard I of England on the Third Crusade in 1190.[2] He led a force to take aid to Antioch in 1191 and also collected prisoners from Tyre.[2] Returning from the crusade, Robert took part in Richard I's campaigns in Normandy in 1194 and 1196. He succeeded to the English estates of his nephew Saer in 1192.[1]
Marriage and issue
Robert married Orabilis, daughter of Nes fitz William, Lord of Leuchars.[3]
They had:
- Saer de Quincy (died 1219), married Margaret de Beaumont, daughter of Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester [4]
- Unknown (daughter) de Quincy married de St Andrew
Orabilis and Robert divorced.[5]
Secondly, he married Eve(possibly the daughter of Uhtred, lord of Galloway).[6]
References
- ^ a b c Stringer 1985, p. 130.
- ^ a b Macquarie 1997, p. 29.
- ^ Marshall 2021, p. 173.
- ^ Oram 2005.
- ^ Hammond 2006, p. 287-288.
- ^ Beam et al. 2019.
Bibliography
- Beam, Amanda; Bradley, John; Broun, Dauvit; Davies, John Reuben (2019). "Walter Barclay, chamberlain (d.c.1193)". People of Medieval Scotland 1093 - 1371.
- Hammond, Matthew (2006). "Orabilis (or Orabila), Countess of Mar". In Ewan, Elizabeth L.; Innes, Sue; Reynolds, Sian (eds.). Biographical Dictionary of ScottishWomen. Edinburgh University Press.
- Macquarie, Alan (1997). Scotland and the Crusades, 1095-1560. John Donald. ISBN 9780859764452.
- Marshall, Susan (2021). Illegitimacy in Medieval Scotland, 1100-1500. Boydell Press.
- Oram, Richard D. (2005). "Quincy, Saer de, earl of Winchester (d. 1219)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press.
- Stringer, Keith John (1985). Earl David of Huntingdon, 1152-1219: a study in Anglo-Scottish history. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780852244869.