Nicholas de Soulis
Nicholas de Soulis (also Soules ), Lord of Liddesdale († between October 1296 and December 1296) was a Scottish nobleman. In 1290 he was one of the contenders for the Scottish throne .
Origin and claims to the Scottish succession
Nicholas de Soulis was the eldest son of William de Soulis, Lord of Liddesdale and his wife Ermegarde Durward . Her mother Margery was an illegitimate daughter of King Alexander II. When the Scottish royal family died out in direct line in 1290 , he raised a claim to the Scottish crown through his grandmother. His father and his uncle John Soulis , on the other hand , served as representatives of Robert (V) de Brus during the Great Cause , the negotiation of the legality of the claims of the heir to the throne . Alan Durward , Nicholas' grandfather, had tried to get Margery recognized as the legitimate king's daughter, but King Alexander III. had refused. Therefore, Soulis had to withdraw his claim to the throne. Finally, in 1292, John Balliol was declared the new King of the Scots.
Role in the war against England
Soulis's father probably died in 1292 or 1293, after which Nicholas inherited the family estates in Roxburghshire . When war broke out with England in 1295 , as Lord of Liddesdale he was responsible for the defense of part of the Scottish border with England. After the Scottish defeat, he swore allegiance to King Edward I of England in June 1296 in Elgin and in August in Berwick , whereupon he got back part of his occupied possessions. A little later, however, he apparently joined the Scots who continued the fight against the English, as the English king had his possessions again confiscated on October 10th. Soulis died before the end of 1296, although it is not known whether he died of natural causes or in battle against the English.
Family and offspring
Soulis had married Margaret Comyn , a daughter of Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan . With her he had at least three sons:
- Sir William Soulis († 1320/1)
- Sir John Soulis († 1318)
- Thomas Soulis († before 1318)
On January 2, 1297, his widow requested a Wittum from the English king to provide for her.
Web links
- AAM Duncan: Soulis, Sir John (d. Before 1310). 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. 184.
- ^ Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 97.
- ↑ 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. 184.
- ↑ Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , pp. 203.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | de Soulis, Nicholas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Soules, Nicholas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish nobleman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | between October 1296 and December 1296 |