Robert de Quincy
Sir Robert de Quincy (c. 1140 – c. 1197), Justiciar of Lothian, was a 12th-century English and Scottish noble.
Robert de Quincy | |
|---|---|
| Noble family | Quincy family |
| Spouse(s) | Orabilis Basillia |
Life
Quincy was a younger son of the first Saer de Quincy and Maud de Senlis.[1] Robert was granted the castle of Forfar and a "toft" (a homestead) in Haddington by King William of Scotland, his cousin. He served as joint Justiciar of Lothian serving from 1171 to 1178.[1]
Robert accompanied King Richard I of England on the Third Crusade in 1190. He led a force to take aid to Antioch in 1191 and also collected prisoners from Tyre.[2] Returning from the crusade, Robert took part in Richard I's campaigns in Normandy in 1194 and 1196. He succeeded to the English estates of his nephew Saer in 1192.[1]
Marriage and issue
Robert married Orabilis, daughter of Nes fitz William, Lord of Leuchars.[3] They had:
- Saher de Quincy (died 1219), married Margaret de Beaumont, had issue.
References
- Stringer 1985, p. 130.
- Macquarie 1997, p. 29.
- Marshall 2021, p. 173.
Sources
- Fleming, Alexander & Mason, Roger. Scotland and the Flemish People. Birlinn Ltd, 2019. ISBN 9781788851466
- Macquarie, Alan (1997). Scotland and the Crusades, 1095-1560. John Donald. ISBN 9780859764452.
- Marshall, Susan (2021). Illegitimacy in Medieval Scotland, 1100-1500. Boydell Press.
- Stringer, Keith John (1985). Earl David of Huntingdon, 1152-1219: a study in Anglo-Scottish history. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780852244869.