Isabella (Warenne) Balliol (1253 - bef. 1295)

Born 23 Sep 1253 in Lewes, Surrey, England

Ancestors

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Biography

Isabella was born 23 September 1253, the second daughter of John de Warenne, seventh earl of Surrey, and Alice Lusignon, whose father was Hugues de Lusignan, count of La Marche and Angouême.^[1][2] She married John de Balliol shortly before 10 February 1251 (the date when their contract of marriage was said to be "lately confirmed),^[2] this date is also supported by a grant made in March, 1251 by Dervorguilla to her son John and his wife Isabella, "daughter of Earl Warenne." ^[3]

There was at least one child from this marriage: [see research note on profile for John de Balliol]

• Edward de Balliol, King of Scots;^[4] b. c1282;^[5] d. bef. 6 Sep 1365^[5]

The exact date of Isabella's death is unknown. She was alive in November, 1289,^[6] and a portrait of her, as queen, appeared with one of King John in the Seton Armorial of 1591 (although this does not prove she was still living at that time).^[7] At least one source claims that she was dead before a treaty was made with France on 23 October 1295, but gives no source supporting this.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Blaauw, W.H. Early History of Lewes Priory. printed in Sussex Archeological Collections. London: John Bissell Smith (1849), vol. ii, p. 26.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author (2013), vol. 1, p. 230. BALLIOL. 6.i. John de Balliol.
3. ↑ Bain, Joseph. Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland. Edinburgh: HM General Register Office (1881), vol. 2, p. 60, 3189.
4. ↑ Pryde, E.B. (ed.) Handbook of British Chronology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press for the Royal Historical Society (1941), rev. 2003, p. 59.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol. 1, p.231. BALLIOL 6ia. Edward de Balliol.
6. ↑ Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, 1288-96, 27, cited in Beam, Amanda G. The Political Ambitions and Influences of the Balliol Dynasty, c.1210-1364. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Stirling (May 2005), available as a PDF here, p. 126.
7. ↑ Beam, Amanda G. The Political Ambitions and Influences of the Balliol Dynasty, c.1210-1364. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Stirling (May 2005), available as a PDF here, p. 126, fn 17.
8. ↑ Northumberland County History Committee. A History of Northumberland. 15 vols. Newcastle-Upon-Tyne: Andrew Reid & Co. (1893-1940), vol. 6, p. 67.

See Also:

• Beam, Amanda. The Balliol Dynasty: 1210-1364. Great Britain: John Donald (2008), kindle edition.

• Cawley, Charles. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, MEDLANDS database online. Scotland, Kings of Scotland:Balliol 1292-1296.

• Conolly, Sharon Bennett. Isabella de Warenne, Queen of Scotland?. (15 Feb 2015).

• Dunbar, Archibald Hamilton.Scottish Kings; a Revised Chronology of Scottish History, 1005-1625. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1899.), pp. 115-118.

• Luard, Henry Richards. Annales Monastici. London: Longman, Green, Longman, et al. (1864), vol, 4, p. 284. (Isabella's marriage)

• Paul, James Balfour. The Scots Peerage; Founded on Wood’s Edition of Sir Robert Douglas’s Peerage of Scotland; Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of That Kingdom. Edinburgh : D. Douglas (1904), vol. 1, pp. 4, 7. (John Baliol)

• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author (2013), vol. 5, pp. 310-313. WARENNE. 9. John de Warenne.

• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol. 5, p. 312. WARENNE 9iii. Isabel de Warenne.

• Stell, G.P. Ballliol [Baliol], John de (b. before 1208, d. 1268). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online edition (23 Sep 2004). Available here by subscription.

• Tout, Thomas Frederick. Warenne, John de (1231? - 1304). Dictionary of National Biography, online edition.

• Waugh, Scott L. Warenne, John de, sixth earl of Surrey (1231-1304). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edition (23 Sep 2004). Available here by subscription.

• Weir, Alison. Britain's Royal Families. London: The Bodley Head (1989), p. 204.