Eustace de Vesci

Eustace de Vesci (1169 – 1216) was lord of Alnwick Castle, and a Magna Carta surety. [ Richardson, Douglas, "Magna Carta Ancestry", Baltimore, Md., 2005, p.xi, ISBN 0-8063-1759-0]

He was a leader in the First Barons' War, in 1215 marching south against John of England with Robert fitz Walter [ [http://history.wisc.edu/sommerville/123/123%20114%20John%20in%20crisis.htm] , [http://www.durenmar.de/viduavasta/tribunal/northumberland.htm] ] He supported Louis, the French dauphin, who was claiming the English throne [Jim Bradbury, "Philip Augustus" (1998), p.318.] He was killed at the siege of Barnard Castle.

Family

His parents were William de Vescy and Burga de Stuteville, daughter of Robert III de Stuteville [ [http://familytrees.genopro.com/Azrael/ind08615.htm Eustace de Vescy ] ]

Eustace de Vesci married Margaret, an illegitimate daughter of William The Lion [ [http://www.thepeerage.com/p10780.htm thePeerage.com - Person Page 10780 ] ] by a daughter of Adam de Hythus. [ Dunbar, Sir Archibald H., Bt., "Scottish Kings", Edinburgh, 1899, p.84] Their grandson, William de Vesci, was one of the Competitors for the Crown of Scotland in 1291. [ Rymer, Thomas "Foedera", London, 1704, vol.1, part 2, p.776] [ Dunbar, Sir Alexander (1899) p.282-3: "Pedigree Showing the Thirteen Competitors for the Scottish Crown" &c.]

Eustace has no known descendants past the fourth generation. [ Richardson, Douglas (2005) p.xi]

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External links

* [http://www.magnacharta.org/Barons/baron_eustace_de_vesci.htm]
* [http://www.mnbeef.org/Eustace/eustacedevesci.html]