Eustace de Balliol (died 1274), Baron of Kirklington,
Sheriff of Cumberland and Governor of
Carlisle Castle
Carlisle Castle is a stone keep medieval fortress located in the city of Carlisle near the ruins of Hadrian's Wall. First built during the reign of William II in 1092 and rebuilt in stone under Henry I in 1122, the castle is over 930 yea ...
was an English knight.
He was a younger son of
Hugh de Balliol and Cecily de Fontaines. Eustace served as the Sheriff of Cumberland and the Governor of Carlisle Castle from October 1261 until 1265. Eustace married Helewise, daughter of Ranulph de Lexington and Ada de Gernon. He took the cross in 1271 and went on crusade in the Holy Land, as part of
Lord Edward's crusade
Lord Edward's Crusade, sometimes called the Ninth Crusade, was a military expedition to the Holy Land under the command of Prince Edward Longshanks (later king as Edward I) in 1271 – 1272. In practice an extension of the Eighth Crusade, ...
. He returned and learned that his wife Helewise had died. Eustace married secondly Agnes, daughter of
William de Percy and Joan Briwere. He died in 1274 and had no surviving issue.
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Year of birth unknown
1274 deaths
13th-century English people
Christians of Lord Edward's crusade
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