Robert de Quincy
Robert de Quincy , Lord of Ware († August 1257 ) was an English nobleman.
Robert de Quincy was a younger son of Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester and his wife Margaret de Beaumont. Like many other English nobles, he took a crusade vows before 1250, but never went on a crusade. He was part of the immediate retinue of his older brother Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester . He testified to numerous documents from his brother and in 1253 received the estate of Ware in Hertfordshire from him as a fief.
Robert de Quincy had married Helen ferch Llywelyn († 1253), the widow of John of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon and daughter of the Welsh prince Llywelyn from Iorwerth , before December 5, 1237 . With her he had at least two daughters:
- Joan de Quincy († 1283) ⚭ Humphrey V. de Bohun
- Hawise de Quincy (around 1250 – before 1285) ⚭ Baldwin Wake
He died of injuries sustained in June 1256 at a tournament in Blyth , Nottinghamshire .
Web links
- Roger de Quincy, Lord of Ware on thepeerage.com , accessed June 18, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ^ Christopher Tyerman: England and the Crusades, 1095-1588 . University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1996. ISBN 0-226-82013-0 , p. 403.
- ^ Grant G. Simpson: The Familia of Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester and Constable of Scotland . In: KJ Stringer (Ed.): Essays on the Nobility of Medieval Scotland , John Donald Publishers, Edinburgh 1985, ISBN 0-85976-113-4 , p. 113.
- ^ History of the City of Chester, from its foundation to the present time. Longman, Chester 1815, p. 17.
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| SURNAME | De Quincy, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English nobleman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1257 |