Lady Isabella de Warenne, Baroness of Bywell b. 23 Sep 1253 d. Bef 1292

1253 - Bef 1292 (< 38 years)

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Name	Isabella de Warenne
Title	Lady
Suffix	Baroness of Bywell
Birth	23 Sep 1253 [1, 2, 3]
Gender	Female
Alt Death	23 Oct 1253 [3]
Death	Bef 1292 [2]
Person ID	I45561	The Hennessee Family
Last Modified	30 Dec 2016

Father	Sir John de Warenne, Knight, 6th Earl of Surrey, b. 0___ 1231, Lewes Castle, Lewes, East Sussex, England d. 29 Sep 1304, Kennington, Kent, England (Age ~ 73 years)
Mother	Alice de Lusignan
Marriage	0Aug 1247	Surrey, England [1, 3, 4]
Family ID	F16626	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family John Balliol, I, King of Scots, b. ~ 1249, London, Middlesex, England d. 25 Nov 1314, Picardy, France (Age ~ 65 years)

Marriage 9 Feb 1281 [1, 2, 5]

Children

1. Edward Balliol, King of Scotland, b. ~ 1283 d. ~ 1367, Wheatley, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England

(Age ~ 84 years)

Family ID F16627 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 30 Apr 2023

Notes

Isabella de Warenne (c.1253- before 1292) was Baroness of Bywell by her marriage to John Balliol; there is however doubt that she lived to become his Queen consort when he succeeded to the Scottish throne.

Family

Isabella was the second of three children born to John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey and his wife Alice de Lusignan, Countess of Surrey, maternal half-sister of Henry III of England. Her elder sister Eleanor, married Henry Percy and became mother of Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy. Their mother died while giving birth to Isabella's younger brother, William, who was killed in a tournament after he had married Joan de Vere and sired two children.

Life[edit]
On about 9 February 1281 Isabella married John Balliol, who had a claim to the Scottish throne. The marriage lasted about ten years. The Chronicle of Thomas Wykes records the marriage.[1] It has been established that the couple had at least one child:

Edward Balliol, Scottish pretender, (d.1364). Married to Marguerite de Taranto, daughter of Philip I, Prince of Taranto (d. 1332) - annulled or divorced with no issue.
However, other children have been linked to the couple as other possible issue:

Henry de Balliol. He was killed in the Battle of Annan on 16 December 1332, leaving no issue.[2]
Agnes (or Maud) de Balliol was married to Bryan FitzAlan, Lord FitzAlan, and feudal Baron of Bedale. They were parents to Agnes FitzAlan (b. 1298), who married Sir Gilbert Stapleton, Knt., of Bedale [3] (1291–1324). Gilbert is better known for his participation in the assassination of Piers Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall.

It is believed that Isabella did not live to see her husband become King of Scotland, so it is likely that she died before 1292, when her husband ascended to the throne. However, some are of the opinion that Isabella did survive long enough to see her husband succeed and then abdicate. [2]

Sources

[S9237] "Edward Balliol" biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Balliol, downloaded March 17, 2016 by David A. Hennesse.
[S9238] "Isabella de Warenne" biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_de_Warenne, retrieved March 17, 2016 by David A.
[S10153] "Descendants of John (Marshal) FitzGilbert", abstracted, downloaded & published Friday, December 30th, 2016 by David A.
[S11505] "Isabel de Clare", profile, http://gw.geneanet.org/belfast8?lang=en&p=isabel+de&n=clare, retrieved, recorded & uploaded.
[S9239] "John Balliol" biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Balliol, retrieved March 17, 2016 by David A. Hennessee.