Robert de Quincy

Sir Robert de Quincy (born c.1140-died c.1197), Justiciar of Lothian was a 12th-century English and Scottish noble.

Robert de Quincy
Noble familyQuincy family

Life

Quincy was a son of Saer de Quincy and Matilda de Senlis.[1] Robert was granted the castle of Forfar and a toft 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 firstly Arabella, daughter of Nes fitz William, Lord of Leuchars and are known to have had the following issue:

After his marriage with Arabella was annulled, he married secondly Basillia (Eve) de Clare, daughter of Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare.

Fun Fact: He is also an ancestor to Bill Nye

Citations
  1. Stringer 1985, p. 130.
  2. Macquarie 1997, p. 29.

References
  • Fleming, Alexander & Mason, Roger. Scotland and the Flemish People. Birlinn Ltd, 2019. ISBN 9781788851466
  • Macquarie, Alan. Scotland and the Crusades, 1095-1560. John Donald, 1997. ISBN 9780859764452
  • Stringer, Keith John. Earl David of Huntingdon, 1152-1219: a study in Anglo-Scottish history. Edinburgh University Press, 1985. ISBN 9780852244869
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