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    John de Balliol (before 1208 – 25 October 1268) was an English nobleman, belonging to the House of Balliol. Balliol College, in Oxford, is named after...
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    John Balliol or John de Balliol (c. 1249 – late 1314), known derisively as Toom Tabard (meaning 'empty coat'), was King of Scots from 1292 to 1296. Little...
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    Edward Balliol or Edward de Balliol (Scottish Gaelic: Èideard Balliol; c. 1283 – January 1364) was a claimant to the Scottish throne during the Second...
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    Hugh de Balliol (died 1229), Lord of Bywell, Barnard Castle and Gainford, was an English nobleman. He was the son of Eustace de Balliol and Petronilla...
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    Alexander de Baliol (fl. 1246?–1309?), Baron Balliol, Lord of Cavers was an Anglo-Scottish noble. He served at one time as Chamberlain of Scotland. Alexander...
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    John de Balliol had issue: Sir Hugh de Balliol, who died without issue before 10 April 1271. Alan de Balliol, who died without issue. Sir Alexander de Balliol...
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    noble. He was a younger son of Eustace de Balliol and Petronilla FitzPiers. Ingram was a follower of King Alexander II of Scotland, which brought him against...
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  • example. Descent is thought to be from Alexander de Balliol or William de Balliol le Scot, brothers of John de Balliol King of Scotland, or from retainers...
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    Evesham. Alexander de Baliol of Cavers (died 1311), who also served as Chamberlain of Scotland. William de Balliol, clerk. Ada de Balliol Lora de Balliol, married...
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    Guy de Balliol (died 4 August 1265) of Cavers in Scotland, Benington and Higham Balliol in England, was an Anglo-Scottish noble. He was the standard bearer...
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  • Balliol reversed his decision with Alexander being dismissed from Balliol's service. Andrew Moray and Alexander marched into Buchan, and besieged Beaumont...
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    Badenoch, key ally and kinsman of the Balliols. Alexander found himself as a firm Balliol supporter as the Balliol's vied against the Bruces to take the...
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    descendants were all females up until birth of Hugh Balliol sometime in the 1260s. When Alexander yet was childless, he was officially named as heir presumptive...
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    custody of William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke, King Henry's half-brother. It was held by Alexander de Balliol, the son of John de Balliol and the elder...
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  • during Edward Balliol's first invasion of Scotland. He fought for the Bruce loyalists at the Battle of Dupplin Moor. He then joined the Balliol side, and...
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    very same greed. In a dispute over the estates of Alexander de Mowbray, killed at Annan in 1332, Balliol was unwise enough to quarrel with Beaumont who,...
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    of William Lindsay and Ada Balliol, sister of John Balliol. Their wedding was arranged by their mutual cousin, King Alexander III of Scotland. Enguerrand...
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  • provided one of his own clerks, Walter de Agsmundesham, as an assistant, and ordered the Chamberlain Alexander de Balliol to pay every month to Bishop Alan...
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    IV of France and John Balliol, along with other documents, were found in Wallace's possession and delivered to Edward by John de Segrave. Wallace was transported...
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    Eleanor Balliol, sister of King John Balliol. He had, moreover, links with the royal house of England: in the early 1290s, he married Joan de Valence...
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    England in 1301, during the Wars of Scottish Independence, with Sir Alexander de Balliol of Cavers in command. It was taken by the Scots the following year...
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    His father had been one of the strongest supporters of the exiled John Balliol and was killed at the Battle of Falkirk. After the disaster at Falkirk...
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    inauguration of John Balliol as king on 30 November 1292 ended the six years of the Guardians of Scotland governing the land. The death of Alexander and the subsequent...
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  • throne came forward. Those with the most credible claims were John Balliol; Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale (also spelled "Bruce"); John Hastings...
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    unchanged today. Alexander was born at Haddington, East Lothian, the only son of the Scottish king William the Lion and Ermengarde de Beaumont. He was...
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    Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader...
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  • parliament in April involving Robert Bruce, 5th Lord of Annandale, and John Balliol, Lord of Galloway. Bruce may have opposed the Maid's succession, or the...
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  • Specifically, John de Luc asked for the lands of Tulchfraser in Stirling; John de Bristow requested lands in Dumfries; and Alexander de Balliol also put in a...
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    married Alan de Wyntoun, and had issue. Their children took the surname of Seton. Alexander, killed opposing the landing of Edward Balliol at Kinghorn...
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    King Alexander III with the defence of Scotland's northern territories from invasion by the Vikings and the Danes. Comyn married Eleanor de Balliol, daughter...
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