Saher de Quincy, Earl of Winchester

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: birth to death

Notes:

History:
His singular christian name of Saher, or Saier, is a likely a corruption from the Saxon Segher, Sigher, or Seagar, a Conqueror. Eliza S. Quincy refers to him as "John de Quincy, created Earl of Winchester by King John, 1207."

In 1207, he was created the first Earl of Winchester.

In 1213, Saher de Quincy was one of the twenty-five sureties of the Magna Charta, for which he was excommunicated. He was a leader of the Barons who forced John to sign the Magna Charta.

Saher married Margaret de Beaumont in 1175. Margaret (daughter of Sir Robert ès Blanchemains de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester and Pernel de Grantmesnil) died on 12 Jan 1635/36. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Weis (1982) gives the marriage date as before 1173.

1. Robert de Quincy
2. Robert de Quincy died in 1217 in London, England.
3. Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester was born about 1174; died on 25 Apr 1264.
4. Hawise de Quincy
5. Orabella de Quincy

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: In 1191, Robert went on Crusade with King Richard, Coeur de Lion. He returned by 1194.

Notes:

Death: Weis (1982) gives his death date as about 1198.

Robert married Orabella de Leuchars. Orabella (daughter of Ness FitzWilliam) died before 30 Jun 1203 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: He was living in Buckby, England during the Northampton Survey from 1124 to 1129.

Saher married Maud de Saint Liz. Maud (daughter of Simon de Saint Liz, Earl of Huntingdom and Northampton and Maud of Huntingdon, Queen of Scotland) was born about 1100 in England; died after 1158. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Death: von Redlich (1941) and Weis (1982) give her death date as 1140.

S1599 gives her father as Simon de St. Liz who married Maud, daughter of Waltheof, Earl of Northumberland.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: say 1100;

Notes:

Military:
He was a crusader.

Died:
He died on his way to Jerusalem.

Simon married Maud of Huntingdon, Queen of Scotland in 1089/90. Maud (daughter of Waltheof II, Earl of Huntingdon, Northampton, and Northumberland and Judith de Lens) was born in 1072; died in 1130/31. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name:
She was also Countess of Huntingdon and Northumberland.

William married daughter MacDuff. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]