Nicholas de Soules (d. c.1296),

Lord of Liddesdale The Lord of Liddesdale was a magnate in the medieval Kingdom of Scotland; the territorial lordship of Liddesdale was first created by David I of Scotland, perhaps between 1113 and 1124 when the latter was Prince of the Cumbrians. From an early p ...

and

Butler of Scotland The office of Butler of Scotland ( la, Pincerna Regis), was a court position in the Kingdom of Scotland during the High Middle Ages. Office holders * Ranulf I de Soules * William II de HayaBalfour Paul, vol III, p 555 * Nicholas I de Soules * ...

, was a 13th-century Scottish Border noble. Nicholas was the son of

William de Soules William II de Soules (d. 1320/1321), Lord of Liddesdale and Butler of Scotland, was a Scottish Border noble during the Wars of Scottish Independence. William was the elder son of Nicholas II de Soules, Lord of Liddesdale and Butler of Scotland, ...

and Ermengarde, daughter of

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and Marjorie of Scotland, and elder brother of John de Soules,

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. He succeeded to his father's estates and titles upon the death of his father. Upon the death of the

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in 1290, Nicholas became one of the

competitors for the Crown of Scotland When the crown of Scotland became vacant in September 1290 on the death of the seven-year-old Queen Margaret, 13 claimants to the throne came forward. Those with the most credible claims were John Balliol, Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale, ...

, deriving his claim from his grandmother Marjorie, an illegitimate daughter of King

Alexander II of Scotland Alexander II (Medieval Gaelic: '; Modern Gaelic: '; 24 August 1198 – 6 July 1249) was King of Scotland from 1214 until his death. He concluded the Treaty of York (1237) which defined the boundary between England and Scotland, virtually unch ...

."Balfour Paul, p.5" He performed homage on 27 July 1296 to King

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at Elgin and on 28 August at

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Family and issue

Nicholas married Margaret Comyn, daughter of Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan and Elizabeth de Quincy. They are known to have had the following issue: *

William William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

(died 1321) *John, Sheriff of Berwick, married Margaret, widow of Hugh de Perisby, and daughter of Merleswain, Lord of Ardross. Had issue.

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References

*Balfour Paul, Vol. I {{DEFAULTSORT:Soules, Nicholas de, 02 13th-century Scottish people Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Competitors for the Crown of Scotland Lords of Liddesdale