Peerage Record – 10250

     Edward Balliol, King of Scotland was the son of John Balliol, King of Scotland and Isabella de Warenne.¹ He died between May 1363 and September 1365 at Wheatley, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England^G, without issue.^2,1
     In 1315 he was a prisoner in the Tower.¹ He fought in the Battle of Dupplin Muir in August 1332 at Duplin Moor, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland^G.³ He gained the title of King Edward of Scotland in August 1332.³ He was crowned King of Scotland on 24 September 1332 at Scone Abbey, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland^G.³ He was deposed as King of Scotland on 16 December 1332.³ He gained the title of King Edward of Scotland in March 1333.³ He was deposed as King of Scotland in 1334.³ He gained the title of King Edward of Scotland in 1335.³ He was deposed as King of Scotland in 1336.³ He was created 1st Lord Balliol [England by writ] on 1 January 1348/49.¹
     Eldest son of John Balliol, he was Edward III’s claimant to the throne. The younger Balliol and other disinherited lords invaded from France, defeating and killing David II’s Regent, Donald, 7th Earl of Mar, at Dupplin Morre on 12 Aug 1332. Balliol was crowned as Edward I at Scone King of Scotland 24 Sep 1332 but fled to England 16 Dec 1332 after the defeat at Annan (Dumfies) by another Scots Army. Edward III then intervened and defeated the victorious Sir Archibald Dougles at Halidon Hill (19 July 1333) and restored Edward to the throne. He fled again to England 1334 and restored again 1335. He finally fled to England in 1338 and was expelled by David II on his return on 2 June 1341 from exile.

     Baldwinus V Graaf van Vlaanderen Comte d’Artois Markgraaf van Ename was born in 1013 at St. Omer, France.^3,2 He was the son of Baldwinus IV Graaf van Vlaanderen Comte de Ternois et St. Pol et d’Artois and Ogive von Luxemburg.^1,3 He married Adèle Capet, Princesse de France, daughter of Robert II, Roi des Francs and Constance d‘Arles, in 1028.³ He died on 1 September 1067 at Lille, France^G.³
     Baldwinus V Graaf van Vlaanderen Comte d’Artois Markgraaf van Ename also went by the nick-name of Baldwin ‘the Pious’. He succeeded as the Comte de Flandre in 1035.¹

     Sybilla de Conversano was the daughter of Goffredo d‘Altavilla, Conte di Conversano. She married Robert III ‘Curthose’, 8th Duc de Normandie, son of William I ‘the Conqueror’, King of England and Matihilde van Vlaanderen, in 1100 at Apulia, Sicily, Italy^G.¹ She died circa February 1103 at Rouen, Caux, France^G.¹

     Goffredo d‘Altavilla, Conte di Conversano was born in 1035.² He was the son of Armand d‘Eu and Béatrice de Hauteville.² He married Sichelgaita de Moulins, daughter of Rodolphe de Moulins, Conte di Boiano.² He died in September 1100.²
     He gained the title of Conte di Conversano in 1072.³

     William III ‘Clito’, Comte de Flandre was born in 1101 at Rouen, Caux, France^G.² He was the son of Robert III ‘Curthose’, 8th Duc de Normandie and Sybilla de Conversano. He married Sybilla d‘Anjou, daughter of Fulk V d‘Anjou, 9th Comte d’Anjou and Aremburga de la Fleche, Comtesse de Maine, in 1123.³ He married Giovanna del Monferrato, daughter of Ranieri Marchese del Monferrato and Gisèle de Bourgogne-Comté, in January 1128.⁴ He died on 27 July 1128 at Abbey of St. Bertin, St. Omer, France^G, wounds received at the Battle of Alost.² He was buried at Abbey of St. Bertin, St. Omer, France^G.⁴
     His marriage to Sybilla d‘Anjou was annulled in 1124.³ He succeeded as the Comte de Flandre in 1127.² He fought in the Battle of Alost on 27 July 1128.²

     Sybilla d‘Anjou was born between 1112 and 1116.¹ She was the daughter of Fulk V d‘Anjou, 9th Comte d’Anjou and Aremburga de la Fleche, Comtesse de Maine.² She married, firstly, William III ‘Clito’, Comte de Flandre, son of Robert III ‘Curthose’, 8th Duc de Normandie and Sybilla de Conversano, in 1123.² She married, secondly, Thierry d‘Alsace, Comte de Flandre, son of Thierry II, Comte de Lorraine and Gertrude van Vlaanderen, in 1134.¹ She died in 1165 at Abbey of St. Lazarus, Bethlehem, Israel^G.¹ She was buried at Abbey of St. Lazarus, Bethlehem, Israel^G.¹
     Her marriage to William III ‘Clito’, Comte de Flandre was annulled in 1124.² She was a nun at Abbey of St. Lazarus, Bethlehem, Israel^G.¹

     Fulk V d‘Anjou, 9th Comte d’Anjou was born circa 1092. He was the son of Fulk IV ‘le Rechin’, Comte d’Anjou and Bertrada de Montfort.² He married, firstly, Aremburga de la Fleche, Comtesse de Maine, daughter of Hélias I de la Fleche, Comte de Maine and Mathilde de Chateau-du-Loire, circa 1110. He married, secondly, Melesende of Jerusalem, Queen of Jerusalem, daughter of Baudouin de Rethel, King of Jerusalem and Morfia of Armenia, circa 1129. He died on 13 November 1144 at Acre, Israel^G.
     Fulk V d’Anjou, 9th Comte d’Anjou also went by the nick-name of Fulk ‘the Younger’. He gained the title of 9th Comte d’Anjou in 1109.² He succeeded as the King Fulk of Jerusalem in 1131.¹

     Annie Sophie Cliff is the daughter of William Cliff.¹ She married Richard Birkin, son of Richard Birkin and Mary Anne Walker, on 20 September 1860.¹
     From 20 September 1860, her married name became Birkin.¹

     William Cliff lived at Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France^G.¹

     Isabella d‘Anjou is the daughter of Fulk V d‘Anjou, 9th Comte d’Anjou.