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noble. He was a competitor for the Crown of Scotland and died in 1296. 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

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, England. The family also had lands at Ballencrieff and

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in Lothian, Scotland. Upon the death of the

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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

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."Balfour Paul, p.5" Robert died in 1296 and was succeeded by his brother

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*Balfour Paul, James. The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom. United Kingdom, D. Douglas. Volume I, 1904. * *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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Pinkeney, Robert de 13th-century English people Year of birth unknown 1296 deaths Competitors for the Crown of Scotland