Saer de Quincy, earl of Winchester

1st earl of Winchester

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 3 November 1219.

Place of Death: Damietta.

The date and place are given by Oram (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (12/2:750).

Place of Burial: Acre.

The place is given by Oram (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (12/2:750).

Relationships

Father: Robert de Quincy (died 1197).

This relationship is given by Oram (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (12/2:748).

Mother: Orabile, daughter of Ness, son of William, lord of Leuchars in Fife.

This relationship is given by Oram (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (12/2:748).

Spouse: Margaret (died 1234/5), daughter of Robert, third earl of Leicester.

This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (12/2:750).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Robert de Quincy (died 1217) married Hawise of Chester.

Roger de Quincy (died 25 April 1264), earl of Winchester, married (1) Helen of Galloway; married (2) Matilda de Bohun; married (3) Eleanor de Ferrers.

Hawise de Quincy married Hugh de Vere, earl of Oxford.

Loreta de Quincy married William de Valoignes.

Robert de Quincy (died August 1257) married Elen ferch Llywelyn Fawr.

John.

Orabilis married Richard de Harcourt.

References

Cawley, Charles. “Saher (IV) de Quincy” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).

Oram, Richard D. “Quincy, Saer de, earl of Winchester (d. 1219)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Some corrections and additions to the Complete Peerage: Volume 12, Part 2: Winchester.