The House of Baliol

This family descended from the Baliols of Normandy and established themselves in England after the Norman Conquest in 1066. They were the senior representatives of the claim to the Scottish throne after the extinction of the Dunkeld dynasty in 1286

One Renard de Bailleul, Sheriff of Shropshire, fl 1086,accompanied William the Conqueror in 1066; m.Amiera de Montgomery, niece of Roger II de Montgomery, Earl of Shropshire

• A1. Bernard I de Bailleul or de Baliol, builder of Barnard Castle, +after 2.2.1141
  • B1. Bernard II de Baliol, 2nd Baron of Bywell, fl 1167, +1215
    • C1. Annabel de Baliol, mistress of Henry II of England, *1153, +31.3.1204
    • C2. Eustace de Baliol, 3rd Baron of Bywell, +ca 1215/20; m.widow of Robert FizPiers
      • D1. Hugh de Baliol, 4th Baron of Bywell, +ca 1228; m.Cecilia de Fontaines
        • E1. John de Baliol, 5th Baron of Bywell and Barnard Castle, +soon before 24.10.1268; m.1233 Devorguilla (*ca 1218, +28.1.1290), daughter and co-heiress of Alan, Lord of Galloway
          • F1. Hugh de Baliol, 6th Baron of Bywell, a knight, *ca 1238, +1271; m.Agnes (+1310), dau.of William de Valence, Earl of Pembroke
          • F2. Alan de Baliol, +young at Barnard Castle
          • F3. Alexander de Baliol, 7th Baron of Bywell, a knight, +1278; m.Eleanor of Geneva (+ca 1303)
          • F4. John de Baliol "Toom Tabard" or "the Turncoat", 8th Baron of Bywell (1268-85), King of Scotland (1292-96) elected 17.11.1292, -cr Scone Abbey 30.11.1292, abdicated Brechin 10/11.7.1296, *1249/50, +in exile at Château de Gaillard, Normandy btw 4.3.1313-4.1.1314, bur in Church of St.Vaast; m.ca 7.2.1281 Isabella de Warenne (*1253, +after 1296)
            • G1. Edward de Baliol, King of Scotland (VIII.-XII.1332)+(1333-34)+(1335-36), cr Scone Abbey 24.9.1332 after his final deposition in 1336 he fled to England, *1282-92, +Wheatley nr Doncaster, Yorkshire btw V.1363-IX.1365; surrendered all claims to Scotland on 20.1.1356; He never married or had issue
            • G2. Henry de Baliol, +k.a.Annan 16.12.1332
            • G3. Margaret de Baliol, she died unmarried
            • G4. Anne de Baliol; m.Brian FizAlan of Bedale
          • F5. Eleanor/Mary de Baliol; m.Sir John Comyn "The Black", Lord of Badenoch (+murdered at Dumfries 10.2.1306 by Robert Bruce)
            • G1. John Comyn "The Red", Lord of Badenoch, *ca 1280, +murdered at Dumfries by Robert Bruce 10.2.1306, claimant to the Scottish throne; m.before 1291 Joan, dau.of William de Valence, Earl of Wexford and Pembroke
              • H1. John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, *ca 1297/98, +k.a.Bannockburn 24.6.1314; m.ca 1312 Margaret, Baronesss Wake of Liddell (*1299/1300, +of the Black Death 29.9.1349), dau.of John Wake, 1st Baron Wake of Liddell
                • I1. Aymer Comyn, *ca 1314, +ca 1316
              • H2. Elizabeth Comyn, *1.11.1299, +20.11.1272; 1m: 24.7.1326/23.3.1327 Richard Talbot, 2nd Lord of Talbot (*ca 1305, +23.10.1336); 2m: 1357/60 Sir John Bromwych (+before 20.9.1388)
          • F6. Cecilia de Baliol, +before 1273; m.Sir John de Burgh (+1280)
            • G1. Devorguilla; m.Robert FitzWalter (+1326)
            • G2. Hawise; m.Robert de Grelley (+1282)
            • G3. Marjorie, a nun at Chicksands Priory
          • F7. Ada de Baliol; m.1266 William de Lindsay of Lamberton (*1250, +killed 1283)
            • G1. Christina; m.after 1285 Cte Engeurrand V de Guines, sn de Coucy (*ca 1243 +1321/22)
      • D2. Henry de Baliol, Baron of Valoines, Lord of Panmure, +1245/46; m.Lauretta, dau.of William de Mandeville, Earl of Essex and heiress to the Valoines lands
        • E1. Alexander de Baliol, Baron of Valoines, Lord of Panmure, +1271/72
        • E2. Guy de Baliol
      • D3. Eustace de Baliol "The Younger", Sheriff of Cumberland (1260-70) and Governor of Carlisle, +after 1271; m.Hawise, dau.of Ralph de Boyville, Baron de Levyngton

Another branch was founded by Renard’s possible brother Guy/Guido de Bailleul, fl 1066-93, 1st Baron of Bywell, in Northumberland; He had issue:

• A1. Joscelin de Baliol; m.NN
  • B1. Ingelram de Baliol, Chamberlain of Scotland; m.Ada de Berkeley, Lord of Reidscastle in Forfarshire
    • C1. Henry de Baliol, Chamberlain of Scotland, fl 1223
      • D1. Alexander de Baliol, Lord of Cavers in Teviotdale and Chamberlain of Scotland, fl 1287-96, +ca 1309; m.Isabel de Chillam
        • E1. Alexander de Baliol, Lord of Cavers
          • F1. Thomas de Baliol
        • E2. William de Baliol

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