John Soulis
Sir John Soulis (also Soules ) († October 14, 1318 at Dundalk ) was a Scottish knight.
John Soulis was the second son of Nicholas de Soulis and his wife Margaret Comyn . His father was Lord of Liddesdale , but died in late 1296. John's older brother William inherited the family estates . Like his brother, John was a relative of the Comyns and an opponent of the Scottish King Robert I , who murdered John Comyn of Badenoch in 1306 . Soulis spent at least part of his youth in France, where he likely met his exiled great-uncle John de Soules . Before 1314, Soulis was knighted. After the Battle of Bannockburn , he returned to Scotland from France in November 1314 to release his Scottish captive relative Richard Soulis , who had taken part in the battle on the English side. Then he switched sides and swore allegiance to Robert I. As a landless knight, he joined Edward Bruce , the brother of the Scottish king, in 1315 when the latter undertook a risky campaign to Ireland . At the latest in 1316 he was back in Scotland when the English military Andrew Harclay of Carlisle made in Eskdale occurred. Soulis was able to take Harclay prisoner with a small troop during a skirmish. Before 1318 Soulis was back in Ireland, where he took part in another campaign by Edward Bruce. He fell like Bruce in the Battle of Faughart near Dundalk. He left no children. His possessions, which he had received from Kirkandrews in Dumfriesshire , fell to his brother William.
Web links
- AAM Duncan: Sir John Soulis (d.1318). 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
Individual evidence
- ↑ RC Reid, T. M'Michael: The Feudal Family of De Soulis. In: Transactions and journal of the proceedings of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. Series III, Volume 26 (1947-48), p. 186.
- ↑ Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , pp. 199.
- ↑ Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , p. 220.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Soulis, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Soules, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | scottish knight |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 14, 1318 |
| Place of death | at Dundalk |