Eustace de Maxwell
Eustace de Maxwell | |
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| Died | 3 March 1342 Caerlaverock, Scotland |
Sir Eustace de Maxwell (died 3 March 1342), Lord of Caerlaverock, was a prominent 14th-century Scottish noble.
Life
[edit]Maxwell was the heir of John de Maxwell, Lord of Caerlaverock.[2][1] He was holding Caerlaverock Castle in 1312 for the English, before changing allegiances to King Robert I of Scotland.[3] His castle of Caerlaverock was then placed under siege by the English, who could not take the castle. He was a signatory to the Declaration of Arbroath and his seal was attached to the declaration.[1] He was later tried for complicity in the Soules conspiracy, however was acquitted.[1] Eustace allegiance was swayed to Edward Balliol,[4] following Robert I's death. He fought at the Battle of Dupplin Moor and was at Balliol's Coronation at Scone on 24 September 1332.[5] Maxwell continued in active service with the English, when Balliol fled. Eustace then rebelled against the English in 1338, however was pardoned by King Edward III of England in 1339. He died at Caerlaverock on 3 March 1342. Eustace had married Helen, daughter of Robert Maxwell of Pollok.[2] They had no surviving issue and upon Eustace's death he was succeeded by his brother John Maxwell of Pencaitland.[1]
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b c d e McAndrew 2006, p. 240.
- ^ a b Cokayne 1898, p. 588.
- ^ Penman 2014, p. 223.
- ^ Brown 2002, p. 31.
- ^ Beam 2008, p. 206.
References
[edit]- Beam, Amanda G. (2008). The Balliol dynasty 1210-1364. Edinburgh: John Donald. ISBN 9781904607731. OCLC 255033746.
- Brown, Chris (2002). The Second Scottish Wars of Independence, 1332-1363. Tempus. ISBN 9780752423128. OCLC 606826991.
- Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1898). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant: U to Z, Appendix, Corrigenda, Occurrences after 1 January 1898, and General Index to Notes, &c. Vol. VIII. London: George Bell & Sons.
- McAndrew, Bruce A. (2006). Scotland's historic heraldry. Boydell Press. ISBN 9781843832614. OCLC 607770072.
- Penman, Michael A. (2014). Robert the Bruce : King of Scots. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300148725. OCLC 1162433765.
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