Sir
Nigel
"Nele"
de Mowbray
formerly Mowbray
Born about in Yorkshire, England
Ancestors 
Brother of
Robert (De Mowbray) Mowbray
Husband of
Mabel (Unknown) de Mowbray
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
William (Mowbray) de Mowbray, Philip Mowbray, Roger Mowbray, Robert Mowbray and Alice Mowbray
Died about
at about age 45
in Siege Of Acre, Holy Land
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jul 2011
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Sir Nigel Mowbray was a member of the aristocracy in England.
Nigel's wife is NOT known for certain. All that is known is her first name was Mabel. According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, she was "probably the daughter of William de Patri" (William FitzPatrick (c 1122) who married Eleanor de Maniers). The Project MedLands site states, "A manuscript record of the Mowbray family (many of the details in which relating to the early generations of the family are inconsistent with other sources) states that “filius Rogeri de Molbray primogenitus…Nigellus de Molbray” married “filiam Edmondi comitis de Clara…Mabillam”[1], but her supposed father has not been identified from other sources."
Until further evidence is forthcoming, his wife and mother of his children should be considered unknown.
Biography
Nigel was born about 1146. Nigel de Mowbray ... He passed away about 1191.
Nigil de Mowbray, who attended amongst the barons, in the 1st Richard I, at the solemn coronation of that monarch [1189]; in the 3rd of the same reign, assuming the cross, set out for Palestine but died upon his journey.
Sources
- ↑ Dugdale Monasticon VI, Newburgh Abbey, Yorkshire, VI, Progenies Moubraiorum, hujus Abbatiæ Fundatorum, p. 320.
- http://www.thepeerage.com/p65817.htm#i658164
- Foster, William Edward. The Royal Descents of The Fosters of Moulton and The Mathesons of Shinnes & Lochalsh (Phillmore & Co., London, England, 1912) Page 45
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Categories: House of Mowbray | Siege of Acre 1189-1191 | Probable Barony of Thirsk
Also, respectfully, please suppress or remove the Acknowledgements from the front page of his bio. These don't belong here. ALL of that information exists in the edit history (Changes tab) of every page on Wikitree; and per style policy, we should no longer be spamming 6 column inches of GED acknowledgements, right?
Frankly, for a notable, what I see here is one undated source, some random internet stuff (which does not qualify as contemporary primary sources) and basically no real bio. And a cribbing from Cawley, which some anonymous Wikitree user has boldface discredited rather than doing the braver thing and disconnecting the information they feel is invalid. This ain't great!
What little bio there is in the Biography section appears to be largely an unsourced (i.e plagarized) quote which directly contradicts our bio's assertion that he died during the Siege of Acre in 1191. So, which is it? And what IS the source (that we're verbatim quoting, without quotation marks, sourcing or even naming) saying he died "upon his journey" ?
If he's a Notable, he deserves better.
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