Hugh de Balliol

Hugh de Balliol was the commandant of Newcastle Castle in 1216

Hugh de Balliol († May 2, 1229 ) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman.

Hugh de Balliol came from the Balliol family , which originally came from Picardy . He was the eldest son of Eustace de Balliol . Around 1209, after the death of his father, he inherited his northern English possessions. During the politically troubled reign of King John Ohneland , he and his younger brother Bernard were among the few northern English barons who resolutely supported the king. During the First Barons' War , together with Philip of Oldcoates and Robert de Vieuxpont, he resolutely resisted the Scottish King Alexander II , who had invaded England with an army. In 1216 he successfully defended his headquarters, Barnard Castle, against a Scottish siege. When Johann Ohneland died in October 1216, he was in command of Newcastle Castle . Later, however, there were also conflicts between Balliol, Oldcoates and Vieuxpoint, as all of them during the minority of Heinrich III. Managed crown estates. Apparently, in some cases it was not precisely defined who managed which rights and shares in the property.

Balliol married Cecily de Fontaines , daughter of Aleaune de Fontaines and Laurette de St. Valerie , around 1210 . With her he had at least five sons and a daughter, including:

John de Balliol (around 1208-1268)
Eustace de Balliol († 1274) ⚭ Helewise of Levington
Ada ⚭ John fitz Robert of Warkworth

Web links

Hugh de Baliol, Lord of Bywell on thepeerage.com

Individual evidence

^ Balliol, Bernard de (dc 1190). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
^ Geoffrey Stell: The Balliol Family and the Great Cause of 1291-2 . In: KJ Stringer (Ed.): Essays on the Nobility of Medieval Scotland , John Donald Publishers, Edinburgh 1985, ISBN 0-85976-113-4 , p. 154.
^ David Carpenter: The minority of Henry III . University of California Press, Berkeley 1990. ISBN 0-520-07239-1 , p. 20.
^ David Carpenter: The minority of Henry III . University of California Press, Berkeley 1990. ISBN 0-520-07239-1 , p. 157.

personal data
SURNAME	De Balliol, Hugh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Anglo-Norman nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH	12th Century
DATE OF DEATH	on May 2, 1229

[1] Balliol, Bernard de (dc 1190). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004

[2] Geoffrey Stell: The Balliol Family and the Great Cause of 1291-2 . In: KJ Stringer (Ed.): Essays on the Nobility of Medieval Scotland , John Donald Publishers, Edinburgh 1985, ISBN 0-85976-113-4 , p. 154.

[3] David Carpenter: The minority of Henry III . University of California Press, Berkeley 1990. ISBN 0-520-07239-1 , p. 20.

[4] David Carpenter: The minority of Henry III . University of California Press, Berkeley 1990. ISBN 0-520-07239-1 , p. 157.