DE HARCOURT, Sir William: Among Our Ancestors

Abt 1227 - 1278 (51 years)

Generation: 1

DE HARCOURT, Sir William was born about 1227 in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England (son of DE HARCOURT, Sir Sir Richard and Living); died on 19 Apr 1278 in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England.

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

HARCOURT, Sir Richard de was born on 9 Dec 1256 in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England; died on 1 Mar 1293 in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England.

Generation: 2

2.
DE HARCOURT, Sir Sir Richard was born in 1202 (son of DE HARCOURT, William and Living); died in 1258.
Other Events and Attributes:
Occupation: Knight

Sir + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3.
Living
Children:

1. DE HARCOURT, Sir William was born about 1227 in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England; died on 19 Apr 1278 in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England.

Generation: 3

4. DE HARCOURT, William was born in 1175 (son of DE HARCOURT, Robert and Living); died on 6 Apr 1223.
William + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5.
Living
Children:

2. DE HARCOURT, Sir Sir Richard was born in 1202; died in 1258.

DE QUINCY, Saer was born in 1155 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; died on 3 Nov 1219 in Damietta, Egypt.

Other Events and Attributes:

Differentiator: Magna Carta Baron
Relation to Me: 25 GGF
Web Address: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saer_de_Quincy,_1st_Earl_of_Winchester
Web Address: https://frontlinestates.ltd.uk/saer-de-quincy/
Web Address: https://magnacarta800th.com/schools/biographies/the-25-barons-of-magna-carta/saer-de-qunicy-earl-of-winchester/
Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Quincy-226
Residence: Leicester, Leicestershire, England; Primary family property
_MILT: 1203; Co-commander with his cousin Robert Fitzwalter of the garrison at the major fortress of Vaudreuil in Normandy. They surrendered the castle without a fight to Philip II of France, fatally weakening the English position in northern France.
Royalty & Nobility: Between 1207 and 1219; 1st Earl of Winchester
_MILT: Between 1211 and 1212; Commanded an imposing retinue of a hundred knights and a hundred sargeants in William the Lion's campaign against the Mac William rebels
Magna Carta: 1215; Magna Carta Baron

Notes:

Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester (c. 1155 - 3 November 1219), was a prominent figure in the baronial rebellion against King John of England and a major player in both the Scottish and English political landscapes during the late 12th and early 13th centuries.

Born to Robert de Quincy and Orabilis, heiress of the lordship of Leuchars, Saer's early life was largely spent in Scotland, where he witnessed several charters of the Scottish kings. His rise to prominence in England was partly due to his marriage to Margaret, daughter of Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester. Upon the death of his brother-in-law, the Earl of Leicester, in 1204, Saer and his wife became co-heirs to the vast earldom, leading to his eventual appointment as the Earl of Winchester in 1207.

Saer de Quincy's military and diplomatic career was notable. He served Richard the Lionheart in 1198 and was with John in Normandy in 1202 and 1203. He and Robert FitzWalter jointly held the strategic Norman stronghold of Vaudreuil but surrendered it to King Philip of France in 1203, a decision that led to their imprisonment and a temporary fall from King John's favor.

Despite his initial loyalty to the crown, Saer de Quincy became a key figure in the baronial opposition to King John. In 1215, he joined the rebel ranks at Brackley and marched to London, playing a significant role in the negotiations that led to the Magna Carta. He was one of the 25 barons appointed to ensure the king's adherence to the charter.

Following the outbreak of the First Barons' War, Saer continued his opposition to John, even after the king's death, supporting the French Prince Louis's claim to the English throne. He was captured in the Second Battle of Lincoln in 1217 but later reconciled with the crown under Henry III.

In 1219, Saer de Quincy embarked on the Fifth Crusade, joining the siege of Damietta in Egypt. He fell ill soon after his arrival and died in November of that year. His body was buried in Acre, and his heart was returned to England for interment at Garendon Abbey.

Saer de Quincy's career illustrates the complex interplay of property disputes, political allegiance, and international relations during a turbulent period in medieval history. His involvement in the Magna Carta and the baronial rebellion against King John marks him as a significant figure in the struggle for rights and governance in medieval England..

Died:
on the Fifth Crusade, joining the siege of Damietta in Egypt

Saer + BEAUMONT, Margaret. Margaret was born in 1154 in Leicestershire, England; died on 12 Jan 1235 in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

BEAUMONT, Margaret was born in 1154 in Leicestershire, England; died on 12 Jan 1235 in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

Differentiator: Descendant of Isabel de Vermandois, Hugh Magnus of France, Leader of the First Crusade in 1096, and of Charlemagne
Royalty & Nobility: Countess of Winchester

Children:

QUINCY, Robert was born in 1172 in Hampshire, England; died in 1217 in London, England.
DE QUINCY, Hawise was born in 1205; died in 1273.
DE QUINCY, Robert was born before 1200; died in Aug 1257.
DE QUINCY, Roger died on 24 Apr 1264.
3. Living

Generation: 4

8. DE HARCOURT, Robert was born in 1152 in Bosworth Field, Leicester, Leicestershire, England (son of DE HARCOURT, Ivo and Living); died in 1202.
Robert + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9.
Living
Children:

4. DE HARCOURT, William was born in 1175; died on 6 Apr 1223.