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JOHN DE BALIOL

John de Baliol, or John de Balliol, of Barnard Castle, Northumberland, was a Norman noble. He was born about 1220 and died in 1269. He was the father of king John Baliol, and was known as a great baron in the reign of Henry III, to whose cause he strongly attached himself in his struggles with the barons. In 1263 he laid the foundation of Balliol College, Oxford, which was completed by his widow Devorguila or Devorgilla. She was daughter and co-heiress of Allan of Galloway, a great baron of Scotland, by Margaret, eldest daughter of David, Earl of Huntingdon, brother of William the Lion. It was on the strength of this genealogy that his son John Baliol became temporary King of Scotland.
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