Sir Nicholas de Graham of Dalkeith and Abercorn, was a 13th-14th century
Scottish
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*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
noble.
Nicholas was the son of Henry de Graham. He was part of the
Treaty of Salisbury
The Treaty of Birgham, also referred to as the Treaty of Salisbury, comprised two treaties in 1289 and 1290 intended to secure the independence of Scotland after the death of Alexander III of Scotland and accession of his three-year-old granddaugh ...
in 1289. He was one of
Robert de Brus, Lord of Annandale's auditors during the
arbitration for the Crown of Scotland between 1291 and 1292.
He performed homage to King
Edward I of England at
Berwick-upon-Tweed on 28 August 1296. Nicholas died in 1306.
His escutcheon is described as "On a chief, three escallops".
Family and issue
He married Mary de Strathearn, daughter of
Malise, Earl of Strathearn, and Marjory de Muschamp, and is known to have had at least the following issue:
*
John de Graham
Sir John de Graham (died 22 July 1298) of Dundaff was a 13th-century Scottish noble. He was killed during the Battle of Falkirk.
He was the son of David de Graham and Agnes Noble and was born in the lands of Dundaff, Stirlingshire, Scotland. ...
Nicholas and Mary may be the parents of William Muschamp.
[McAndrew, p.48.]
Citations
References
*Barron, E. M., "The Scottish War of Independence", Second Edition. 1934.
*McAndrew, Bruce A.. Scotland's Historic Heraldry. United Kingdom, Boydell Press, 2006.
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Scottish soldiers
Scottish people of the Wars of Scottish Independence
13th-century Scottish people
14th-century Scottish people
Nicholas
Nicholas is a male given name and a surname.
The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglicanism, Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the n ...