House of Balliol
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The House of Balliol was a Picard
and Anglo-Norman
family who began to rule some estates in England in the reign of William Rufus. In the late 13th and 14th centuries, two members of the house were kings of Scotland.
Both Balliols had English support for their claims; both were deposed. Edward died without issue, but the Balliol descent continued through his sister to the lords of Coucy
and ultimately the Bourbon
kings of France and Spain.
Picardy
This article is about the historical French province. For other uses, see Picardy .Picardy is a historical province of France, in the north of France...
and Anglo-Norman
Anglo-Norman
The Anglo-Normans were mainly the descendants of the Normans who ruled England following the Norman conquest by William the Conqueror in 1066. A small number of Normans were already settled in England prior to the conquest...
family who began to rule some estates in England in the reign of William Rufus. In the late 13th and 14th centuries, two members of the house were kings of Scotland.
List of heads of the Balliol estates
- Guy I de BalliolGuy I de BalliolGuy I de Balliol was a Norman baron who was granted land in northern England in the late eleventh-century. In the 1090s, he was established in the north of England by King William Rufus, as part of King William's carve-up of the forfeited earldom of Northumberland.According to historian Frank...
(died before 1130 × 1133), established lordship in northern England in 1090s - Bernard I de BalliolBernard I de BalliolBernard I de Balliol , the second known ruling Balliol of his line, was a twelfth-century Anglo-Picard baron based for much of his time in the north of England, as well as at Bailleul-en-Vimeu close to Abbeville in northern France...
(died 1154 x 1162), nephew of Guy - Guy II de BalliolGuy II de BalliolGuy II de Balliol was probably the second eldest son of Bernard I de Balliol, Lord of Balliol and Barnard Castle. As his older brother Enguerrand predeceased their father, Guy was the one who succeeded when his father died sometime between 1154 and 1162...
(died early 1160s x 1167), son of Bernard - Bernard II de BalliolBernard II de BalliolBernard II de Balliol was the fourth and youngest son of Bernard I de Balliol, lord of Balliol and Barnard Castle. Bernard appears to have succeeded his older brother Guy II de Balliol to the Balliol estates sometime between the early 1160s and 1167.Bernard is most famous for his role in the...
(died c. 1190), brother of above - Eustace de BalliolEustace de BalliolEustace de Balliol was the cousin and successor of Bernard II de Balliol, lord of Balliol and Barnard Castle...
(died c. 1209), cousin of above - Hugh de BalliolHugh de BalliolHugh de Balliol was the oldest son and successor of Eustace de Balliol . Hugh probably succeeded to his father Eustace's lordships by 1209....
(died 1229), son of above - John I de Balliol (died 1268), son of above, the founder of Balliol College
- John II de Balliol (died 1314), son of above, ruled from 1292 to 1296, and claimed the throne as great-great-great-grandson of David I of ScotlandDavid I of ScotlandDavid I or Dabíd mac Maíl Choluim was a 12th-century ruler who was Prince of the Cumbrians and later King of the Scots...
of the House of DunkeldHouse of DunkeldThe so-called House of Dunkeld, in Scottish Gaelic Dùn Chailleann , is a historiographical and genealogical construct to illustrate the clear succession of Scottish kings from 1034 to 1040 and from 1058 to 1290.It is dynastically sort of a continuation to Cenél nGabráin of Dál Riata, "race of...
. - Edward de BalliolEdward BalliolEdward Balliol was a claimant to the Scottish throne . With English help, he briefly ruled the country from 1332 to 1336.-Life:...
(died 1364), eldest son of John, who ruled from Scotland in name from 1332 to about 1338 in contest with David II of ScotlandDavid II of ScotlandDavid II was King of Scots from 7 June 1329 until his death.-Early life:...
of the House of Bruce.
Both Balliols had English support for their claims; both were deposed. Edward died without issue, but the Balliol descent continued through his sister to the lords of Coucy
Château de Coucy
The Château de Coucy is a French castle in the commune of Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique, in the département of Aisne, built in the 13th century and renovated by Viollet-le-Duc in the 19th...
and ultimately the Bourbon
House of Bourbon
The House of Bourbon is a European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty . Bourbon kings first ruled Navarre and France in the 16th century. By the 18th century, members of the Bourbon dynasty also held thrones in Spain, Naples, Sicily, and Parma...
kings of France and Spain.