Robert de Pinkeney

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Sir Robert de Pinkeney, Baron of Pinkeney was a 13th-century English noble. He was a competitor for the Crown of Scotland and died in 1296.

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north-northwest. The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

When the crown of Scotland became vacant in September 1290 on the death of the child monarch Margaret, the Maid of Norway, a total of fourteen claimants to the throne came forward. Those with the most credible claims were John Balliol, Robert Bruce, John Hastings and Floris V, Count of Holland.

Robert was the son of Henry de Pinkeney, Baron of Pinkeney, Lord of Wedon-Pinkeney and Mary de Wahull. He succeeded to his father's estates and titles upon the death of his father in 1277. Wedon-Pinkney is located in Northamptonshire, England.

Northamptonshire, archaically known as the County of Northampton, is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015 it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by Northamptonshire County Council and by seven non-metropolitan district councils. It is known as "The Rose of the Shires".

Upon the death of the Margaret, Maid of Norway in 1290, Robert became one of the competitors for the Crown of Scotland, deriving his claim from his great-grandmother Marjorie, an alleged natural daughter of Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, son of King David I. [1]

Margaret, Maid of Norway was a Norwegian princess who was recognised as Queen of Scots following the death of her grandfather, King Alexander III, in March 1286. Her death in Orkney while travelling to Scotland sparked off the disputed succession which led to the Wars of Scottish Independence.

Henry of Scotland was heir apparent to the Kingdom of Alba. He was also the 3rd Earl of Northumberland and the 3rd Earl of Huntingdon. He was the son of King David I of Scotland and Queen Maud, 2nd Countess of Huntingdon.

David I of Scotland King of Scots, Prince of the Cumbrians

David I or Dauíd mac Maíl Choluim was a 12th-century ruler who was Prince of the Cumbrians from 1113 to 1124 and later King of the Scots from 1124 to 1153. The youngest son of Malcolm III and Margaret of Wessex, David spent most of his childhood in Scotland, but was exiled to England temporarily in 1093. Perhaps after 1100, he became a dependent at the court of King Henry I. There he was influenced by the Anglo-French culture of the court.

Robert died in 1296 and was succeeded by his brother Henry.

Notes

↑ "Balfour Paul, p.5"

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References

Balfour Paul, Vol. I
Nicholas Harris Nicolas, William John Courthope; The Historic Peerage of England: Exhibiting, Under Alphabetical Arrangement, the Origin, Descent, and Present State of Every Title of Peerage which Has Existed in this Country Since the Conquest ; Being a New Edition of the "Synopsis of the Peerage of England"; John Murray. 1857.

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[1] "Balfour Paul, p.5"