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Birth:          ABT 1200 Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England
Death:          25 Oct 1268 Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England
Burial:         New Abbey, Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_I_de_Balliol
John de Balliol (before 1208 – 25 October 1268) was a leading figure of Scottish and 
Anglo-Norman life of his time. Balliol College, in Oxford, is named after him.
Life[edit]

John de Balliol was born before 1208 to Hugh de Balliol, Lord of Balliol and of Barnard 
Castle and Gainford (c. 1177–February 2, 1229) and Cecily de Fontaines, daughter of 
Aléaume de Fontaines, chevalier, seigneur of Fontaines and Longpré-les-Corps-Saints. 
It is believed that he was educated at Durham School in the city of Durham.

In 1223, Lord John married Dervorguilla of Galloway, the daughter of Alan, Lord of 
Galloway and Margaret of Huntingdon. By the mid-thirteenth 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.[1] and was 
appointed Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire from 1261 to 1262. He was 
captured at the Battle of Lewes in 1264 but escaped and rejoined King Henry. In 1265 
Thomas de Musgrave owed him a debt of 123 marks. About 1266 Baldwin Wake owed 
him a debt of 100 marks and more.

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.

Issue[edit]

John and Dervorguilla had issue:
Sir Hugh de Balliol, who died without issue before 10 April 1271. He married Agnes de 
Valence, daughter of William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke.[2]
Alan de Balliol, who died before 10 April 1271 without issue.[2]
Sir Alexander de Balliol, who died without issue before 13 November 1278. He married 
Eleanor de Genoure.[2]
King John I of Scotland, successful competitor for the Crown in 1292.[2]
Ada de Balliol, who married in 1266, William Lindsay, of Lambarton, and had a 
daughter, Christian de Lindsay.[2]
Margaret de Balliol, who may have married Thomas de Moulton.
Cecily de Balliol (d. before 1273), who married Sir John de Burgh (d. before 3 March 
1280) of Wakerley, Northamptonshire, by whom she had three daughters, Devorguille 
de Burgh (c.1256 – 1284), who in 1259 married Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron 
FitzWalter; Hawise de Burgh (d. before 24 March 1299), who married Sir Robert de 
Grelle (or Grelley) (d. 15 February 1282) of Manchester; and Margery de Burgh, who 
became a nun.[3][4][2]
Mary (or Alianora) de Balliol, who married John II Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, and had a 
son, John 'The Red Comyn, Lord of Badenoch (d. 1306).[2]
Maud (or Matilda) de Balliol, married to Bryan FitzAlan, Lord FitzAlan, and feudal Baron 
of Bedale. They were parents to Agnes FitzAlan (b. 1298), who married Sir Gilbert 
Stapleton, Knt., of Bedale [5] (1291-1324). Gilbert is better known for his participation 
in the assassination of Piers Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall.

Parents
DE BALIOL Hugh (ABT 1177 - 2 Feb 1229)
DE LA FONTAINE Cecily (ABT 1177 - )

Siblings
DE BALIOL John (ABT 1200 - 25 Oct 1268)
DE BALLIOL Ada (ABT 1204 - 29 Jul 1251)

Marriage To DE GALLOWAY Dervorgilla (ABT 1210 - 28 Jan 1290)
    m. 1223 

Notes

Parents
OF GALLOWAY Alan (ABT 1188 - 1234)
OF HUNTINGDON Margaret (ABT 1194 - BEF 1228)

Children by DE GALLOWAY Dervorgilla ABT 1210 - 28 Jan 1290
DE BALIOL Cecilia (ABT 1240 - 1289)
DE BALIOL Eleanor (Alianora) or Mary (ABT 1246 - )
DE BALLIOL John (ABT 1249 - 25 Nov 1314)
DE BALIOL ----- (ABT 1257 - )

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