Guy I de Balliol was a Picard baron who was granted land in northern

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

in the late eleventh century. In the 1090s, he was established in the north of England by King William Rufus, as part of King William's carve-up of the forfeited earldom of Northumberland.Stell, "Balliol, Bernard de". According to historian Frank Barlow, Balliol's dynasty was one of those that "originated in the reign" and were "planted ... in the frontier areas in order to protect and advance the kingdom".Barlow, ''William Rufus'', p. 172. Geoffrey Stell said that Guy's northern territories were given "almost certainly in return for support rendered in William's campaigns on the eastern frontier of Normandy in 1091 and 1094". Guy himself originated in a frontier area, coming from

Bailleul-en-Vimeu Bailleul () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Situated in the west of the department, 5 miles to the south of Abbeville, on the D93 road. Population Notable people Guy I de Balliol, Anglo-No ...

close to Abbeville on the frontier of the

county of Ponthieu Ponthieu (, ) was one of six feudal counties that eventually merged to become part of the Province of Picardy, in northern France.Dunbabin.France in the Making. Ch.4. The Principalities 888-987 Its chief town is Abbeville. History Ponthieu play ...

with the duchy of Normandy. Guy's nephew Bernard I de Balliol succeeded to Guy's estates before 1130 × 1133, meaning that Guy had died by then.

Notes

References

* Barlow, Frank, ''William Rufus'', (New Haven, 2000), * Stell, G. P., "Balliol, Bernard de (d. 1154x62)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 200
, accessed 24 Jan 2008
11th-century births 1120s deaths Anglo-Normans People from Yorkshire Guy People from Somme (department) 11th-century English landowners 12th-century English landowners William II of England {{Normandy-stub