Individual Details
Sir John Balliol
(Bef 1208 - Bef 24 Nov 1268)
[[Category: House of Balliol]]
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== Biography ==
http://www.thepeerage.com/p10249.htm#i102487
Titles of Sir John de Balliol (Royal Ancestry):
: Sheriff of Cumberland 1248
: Keeper of Carlisle and Nottingham Castles
: Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire 1261-4
: Regent of Scotland
: Keeper of the Honour of Peverel
: Keeper of the City of London
Sometime Regent of Scotland, he was an ardent supporter of King Henry III in the Baron's War against Earl Simon. He left sons Hugh, Alan, Alexander, and John. Hugh married a daughter of William de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, and died without issue, as did his brothers Alan and Alexander, and the youngest brother John succeeded.
By the mid-13th century, he and his wife had become very wealthy, principally as a result of inheritances from Dervorguilla's family. This wealth allowed Balliol to play a prominent public role, and, on Henry III's instruction, he served as joint protector of the young king of Scots, Alexander III. He was one of Henry III's leading counsellors between 1258 and 1265.
Following a dispute with the Bishop of Durham, he agreed to provide funds for scholars studying at Oxford. Support for a house of students began in around 1263; further endowments after his death, supervised by Dervorguilla, resulted in the establishment of Balliol College.
=== Family ===: m. [[De GALLOWAY-25|Dervorgilla de GALLOWAY]] 1233 Galloway, WIG, Scotland[[#S4]]
: Child: [[De BALIOL-44|Hugh de BALIOL]]
: Child: [[De BALIOL-52|Cecilia de BALIOL]]
: Child: [[De BALIOL-43|Alexander de BALIOL]]
: Child: [[De BALIOL-51|Eleanor de BALIOL]]
: Child: [[De BALIOL-46|Mary de BALIOL]]
: Child: [[De BALIOL-49|Ada de BALIOL]]
: Child: [[De BALIOL-47|John de BALIOL]]
: Child: [[De BALIOL-45|Alan de BALIOL]]
: Child: [[De BALIOL-48|William de BALIOL]]
: Child: [[De BALIOL-42|Margaret de BALIOL]]
Burial of Sir John de Balliol: reported as being buried with his wife in Sweet Heart Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, but possibly only his heart was buried with his wife Devorguille per Sweet Heart Abbey website. (http://findagrave.com John I de Balliol (1200-1268)) & (http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/newabbey/sweetheartabbey/index.html)
===Links===
* [[Wikipedia: John I de Balliol]]
== Sources ==
*Royal Ancestry 2013 Vol. I p. 229-232
* GeneaJourney.com* Source: S2 Pedigree Resource File CD 49 Publication: (Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2002) * Source: S3 Ancestral File (TM) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SAINTS June 1998 (c)
* Source: S4 hofundssonAnces.ged
* Source: S4507 Ancestral File Number
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== Biography ==
http://www.thepeerage.com/p10249.htm#i102487
Titles of Sir John de Balliol (Royal Ancestry):
: Sheriff of Cumberland 1248
: Keeper of Carlisle and Nottingham Castles
: Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire 1261-4
: Regent of Scotland
: Keeper of the Honour of Peverel
: Keeper of the City of London
Sometime Regent of Scotland, he was an ardent supporter of King Henry III in the Baron's War against Earl Simon. He left sons Hugh, Alan, Alexander, and John. Hugh married a daughter of William de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, and died without issue, as did his brothers Alan and Alexander, and the youngest brother John succeeded.
By the mid-13th century, he and his wife had become very wealthy, principally as a result of inheritances from Dervorguilla's family. This wealth allowed Balliol to play a prominent public role, and, on Henry III's instruction, he served as joint protector of the young king of Scots, Alexander III. He was one of Henry III's leading counsellors between 1258 and 1265.
Following a dispute with the Bishop of Durham, he agreed to provide funds for scholars studying at Oxford. Support for a house of students began in around 1263; further endowments after his death, supervised by Dervorguilla, resulted in the establishment of Balliol College.
=== Family ===: m. [[De GALLOWAY-25|Dervorgilla de GALLOWAY]] 1233 Galloway, WIG, Scotland[[#S4]]
: Child: [[De BALIOL-44|Hugh de BALIOL]]
: Child: [[De BALIOL-52|Cecilia de BALIOL]]
: Child: [[De BALIOL-43|Alexander de BALIOL]]
: Child: [[De BALIOL-51|Eleanor de BALIOL]]
: Child: [[De BALIOL-46|Mary de BALIOL]]
: Child: [[De BALIOL-49|Ada de BALIOL]]
: Child: [[De BALIOL-47|John de BALIOL]]
: Child: [[De BALIOL-45|Alan de BALIOL]]
: Child: [[De BALIOL-48|William de BALIOL]]
: Child: [[De BALIOL-42|Margaret de BALIOL]]
Burial of Sir John de Balliol: reported as being buried with his wife in Sweet Heart Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, but possibly only his heart was buried with his wife Devorguille per Sweet Heart Abbey website. (http://findagrave.com John I de Balliol (1200-1268)) & (http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/newabbey/sweetheartabbey/index.html)
===Links===
* [[Wikipedia: John I de Balliol]]
== Sources ==
*Royal Ancestry 2013 Vol. I p. 229-232
* GeneaJourney.com* Source: S2 Pedigree Resource File CD 49 Publication: (Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2002) * Source: S3 Ancestral File (TM) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SAINTS June 1998 (c)
* Source: S4 hofundssonAnces.ged
* Source: S4507 Ancestral File Number
http://www.thepeerage.com/p10249.htm#i102487This page has been edited according to [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Acknowledgements Style Standards] adopted by January 2014. Descriptions of imported gedcoms for this profile are under the Changes tab.
Events
| Birth | Bef 1208 | Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England | |||
| Marriage | 1233 | Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland - Dervorguille Galloway | |||
| Death | Bef 24 Nov 1268 | Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England | |||
| Reference No | 2693440 | ||||
| Reference No | 2729840 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Dervorguille Galloway (1218 - 1290) |
| Father | Hugh "Baron of Bywell and Northumberland" Balliol (1180 - 1229) |
| Mother | Cecily Fontaines (1180 - 1227) |
| Sibling | Ada Balliol (1204 - 1251) |
| Sibling | Eustace Balliol (1208 - ) |
| Sibling | Theopharcia Balliol (1209 - 1263) |
| Sibling | Bernard Balliol (1210 - ) |
| Sibling | Jocelin Balliol (1214 - ) |