Edmund de Lacy, 2nd Earl of Lincoln
- Edmund de Lacy, 2nd Earl of Lincoln
Edmund de Lacy (1227 or 1230-1258) was the short-lived 2nd Earl of Lincoln (of the fourth creation) [There seems to be some doubt as to whether he assumed the title, since he predeceased his mother Margaret de Quincy, in whom the title was vested; she died in 1278. [http://members.tripod.com/~midgley/chap02.html] ] , and the 9th Baron of Halton.
He was Constable of Chester and a landholder in northern England, with a strategic manor at Stanbury [It was important for east-west communication. [http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/8771/delacifamily.html] ] . He eventually possessed Pontefract Castle as Lord of the Honour of Pontefract, from 1240 on the death of his father John de Lacy, 1st Earl of Lincoln.
He was brought up at the royal court of Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence [ [http://www.aboutlancs.com/delacys.htm Lords of the Honor of Clitheroe - the De Lacys ] ] , and made a 'Savoyard' marriage to one of the queen's relations. He married Alasia of Saluzzo (Alice de Saluces), the daughter of Manfred III of Saluzzo and sister to Thomas I of Saluzzo. (Saluzzo is in Piedmont, now part of Italy.) Alasia had been brought to England by Peter II, Count of Savoy, Eleanor’s uncle [ [http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~pmcbride/james/f031.htm Vol II File 14: The Paternal Ancestry of Homer Beers James ] ] .
Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln was their son.
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