Robert de Quincy facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Robert de Quincy |
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| Noble family | Quincy family |
| Spouse(s) | Orabilis Basillia |
Sir Robert de Quincy (c. 1140 – c. 1197), Justiciar of Lothian, was a 12th-century English and Scottish noble.
Life
Quincy was a younger son of the first Saer de Quincy and Maud de Senlis. Robert was granted the castle of Forfar and a "toft" (a homestead) in Haddington by King William of Scotland, his cousin. He served as joint Justiciar of Lothian serving from 1171 to 1178.
Robert accompanied King Richard I of England on the Third Crusade in 1190. He led a force to take aid to Antioch in 1191 and also collected prisoners from Tyre. Returning from the crusade, Robert took part in Richard I's campaigns in Normandy in 1194 and 1196. He succeeded to the English estates of his nephew Saer in 1192.
Marriage and issue
Robert married Orabilis, daughter of Nes fitz William, Lord of Leuchars. They had:
- Saher de Quincy (died 1219), married Margaret de Beaumont, had issue.
