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- Picard baron based for much of his time in the north of England, as well as at Bailleul-en-Vimeu close to

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in northern

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. He was the nephew and next known successor of

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, the first Balliol in England.Stell, "Balliol, Bernard de". Bernard had succeeded to the lordships of his uncle by 1130 × 1133; during

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, perhaps in 1135, he appears to have sworn homage to

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, King of the Scots, who had taken over much of northern England in the name of his niece,

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, and in the name of his son, Henry, heir and claimant to the earldom of Northumbria. During David's campaign in 1138, and before the

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, Bernard and

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were sent to try to negotiate with David; after failing, Balliol allegedly renounced his homage to King David. Although Balliol and his cause were successful in that battle, Bernard experienced defeat three years later fighting alongside King

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at the

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. In the years following Balliol continued to suffer as his lands were repeatedly attacked by the Scots, and the Scottish-backed William Comyn, who was installed as

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between 1141 and 1144. Bernard appears to have founded the new settlement and Castle of Barnard in

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, named after him; despite being named after him, however, the earliest Norman ring work there appears to predate 1130. Bernard had at least four younger brothers, Radulf (Ralph), Enguerrand (Ingram), Hugh and Joscelin, and by his wife Maud (Matilda) fathered four sons, Enguerrand (Ingram), Guy, Eustace and

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, and one daughter, Hawise; Enguerrand predeceased him, and he was succeeded by Guy.

Notes

References

* Stell, G. P., "Balliol, Bernard de (d. 1154x62)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 200
, accessed 24 Jan 2008
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