Herbert de Maxwell
Sir Herbert de Maxwell ( lat. Herbertus de Mackeswell , * around 1240; † July 22, 1298 near Falkirk ) was a Scottish knight and lord of Caerlaverock Castle .
He was one of four sons of Sir Aymer de Maxwell († after 1260, before 1266) from the Maxwell clan , from his marriage to Mary de Mearns. When his father died, he received lands in Maxwell and Mearns from his estate, as well as Caerlaverock (First) Castle as the family seat . The castle complex was built around 1220 under his uncle John de Maxwell († 1241) and secured the “gateway to Scotland” near the border with the Kingdom of England . Since the Niederungsburg had been built in a tide-dependent swamp area on insufficiently stable ground, it gradually collapsed and had to be abandoned. Sir Herbert had a new castle built, Caerlaverock (New) Castle , about 200 m further north in 1270 . Around 1276 he also acquired lands in Pencaitland near Edinburgh .
In February 1284 he took part in the assembly of the Parliament in Scone , which Margaret of Norway recognized as the Scottish heir to the throne, and also in the assembly in Brigham in March 1290, which ratified the proposal that she should marry Prince Edward of England . In the dispute in succession to the throne that followed her death, he served in 1292 as one of John Balliol's commissioners. After King Edward I of England had defeated the Scots in the Battle of Dunbar (1296) , he swore the oath of allegiance on July 10, 1296 in Montrose and again on August 28, 1296 in Berwick . He was one of the Scottish knights who were drafted into King Edward's army in Flanders in 1297 . In the Battle of Falkirk (1298) he fought on the English side against the Scots and fell in the battle.
His son and heir was Sir John de Maxwell, of Carlaverock (* after 1262, † after June 1307). He is an ancestor of the Lords Maxwell and Earls of Nithsdale .
literature
- William Fraser: The book of Carlaverock. Edinburgh 1873, Volume 1, pp. 81-91. ( archive.org )
- George Edward Cokayne : The Complete Peerage . Volume 8, p. 587.
- Charles Mosley (Ed.): Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage . Volume 2, Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, Wilmington 2003, p. 2647.
Web links
- Sir Herbert de Maxwell of Carlaverock on thepeerage.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herbert de Maxwell |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Herbertus de Mackeswell |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish knight and lord of Caerlaverock Castle |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1240 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 22, 1298 |
| Place of death | at Falkirk |