De Lacy

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crest of de Lacy
crest of de Lacy
Lacy´s purple lion
Lacy´s purple lion

De Lacy (Lascy, Lacie, Lacey, Lacy) is an old Norman noble family originating from Lassy (Calvados). The first records are about Hugh de Lacy (1020 – 1049). Descendents of Hugh de Lacy left Normandy and came to England along with William the Conqueror. Walter and Ilbert de Lacy fought in the battle of Hastings. The family took a major role in the Norman conquest of England and Ireland. The family is linked to the Scottish Royal family; Elizabeth de Burgh, whose great grand father was Walter de Lacy, married Robert the Bruce. Another link exists to the Royal Windsor family by Sarah Ferguson via Wingfield, Meade, O´Brien, Fitzgerald, De Burgh and therefore back to Walter de Lacy and Hugh de Lacy.

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[edit] Walter de Lacy (Lascy, Lasci)

Walter de Lacy (before 1040, lord of Lassy (Normandy) – 27 March 1085, Hereford) was a companion of William I of England and came to England in the year 1066 to fight in the battle of Hastings. Walter de Lacy was buried at Gloucester Cathedral.

His grandson Gilbert de Lacy, lord of Longtown, Weobley and Ludlow became a Templar in the 1150s, and acted as a witness to a charter between the English and French kings in May 1160. He was in the Holy Land in the same year; his name appears as a witness on a letter from Walter of Hereford to Henry II. He granted the Templars Guiting in Gloucestershire.

Gilbert's son Hugh de Lacy (1118-86) also granted the Templars lands, this time in Ludlow.

Hugh de Lacy had a son Walter de Lacy (before 1170 to 24 February 1240/41). He married secondly Margaret de Braose the daughter of William de Braose, 7th Baron Abergavenny, another important Norman dynasty of Marcher Lords. She founded the Convent of Augustinian nuns at Aconbury, which she placed under control of the Hospitallers. Her subsequent attempts to free her foundation from their control involved her in a long dispute involving the Pope.

[edit] Ilbert de Lacy

Trim Castle Co. Meath EIRE (De Lacey)
Trim Castle Co. Meath EIRE (De Lacey)
Pontefract Castle, founded by Ilbert de Lacy
Pontefract Castle, founded by Ilbert de Lacy

Ilbert de Lacy (1045, Lassy (Normandy) – 1093, Pontefract) built Pontefract Castle on land granted by William I of England.

[edit] Henry de Lacy, Baron of Pontefract

Henry de Lacy (1070, Halton, – 1123) was the grandson of Ilbert de Lacy. Henry de Lacy, Baron of Pontefract and Lord of Blackburnshire, built Kirkstall Abbey.

[edit] Robert de Lacy

The legend says, Robert de Lacy (? – 1193) has built Clitheroe Castle. The purple lions in the arm of Clitheroe support the legend.

[edit] Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath

See Hugh de Lacy

Hugh de Lacy (before 1135 – July 25, 1186, Durrow, Leinster) was the great-grandson of Walter de Lacy of the Norman Conquest. In 1172 County Meath was granted by Henry II of England to Hugh de Lacy. He was the 1st Lord of Meath. You can follow the pedigree up to the Earls of Meath. Hugh de Lacy and his son Walter de Lacy (before 1170 – 1241) built Trim Castle and Kilkea Castle. Hugh de Lacy was killed while supervising the construction of a Motte castle at Durrow, Co. Offaly in 1186 at the instigation of Sinnagh (the Fox) and O'Breen (see Annals of the Four Masters, 1186.5). De Lacy was initially buried at Durrow Abbey. In 1195 the archbishops of Cashel and Dublin disinterred him and buried his body in Bective Abbey in Meath and his head in St. Thomas’s Abbey in Dublin. In 1205 his body was also interred in St. Thomas's Abbey.

[edit] Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster

Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster(before 1179 – after December 26, 1242), was the younger son of Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath.
image:buckler_Hugh_de_Lacy.gif arm of Hugh de Lacy [1]

[edit] John de Lacy

John de Lacy (1150, Lincoln, – 1190, Palestine) was the father of Baron Roger de Lacy. He was Lord of Flamborough and Constable of Chester.

[edit] Baron Roger de Lacy

Roger de Lacy (1171, Lincoln, – 1212, Pontefract) was commander at Château-Gaillard. Roger de Lacy served John of England the younger brother of Richard I of England and defended the Château against Philip II of France. Amongst his other titles, he was the 7th Baron of Halton. Roger de Lacy is buried in Stanlow Abbey.
image:buckler_Roger_de_Lacy.gif arms of Roger de Lacy [2]

[edit] Walter de Lacy

Walter de Lacy (before 1170 – 24 February 1241) was Lord of Meath, Longtown, Weobley and Ludlow. His daughter Gille de Lacy married Richard de Burgh (before 1200 to 17 February 1241/42) Lord of Connaught and Strathearn. The pedigree spawns from Walter de Burgh (c.1230 - 1271), Richard Og de Burgh (2nd Earl of Ulster) (1259 - July 26, 1326) to Lady Elizabeth de Burgh the wife of Robert the Bruce.

[edit] Jean (John) de Lacy (Lacie)

John de Lacy (1192 – July 22, 1240), son of Roger, became Earl of Lincoln and 8th Baron of Halton. He and his cousin Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford, signed Magna Carta. John de Lacy was buried in Stanlow Abbey.
image:Arm_Jean_de_Lacy.gif arms of Jean de Lacy [3]

[edit] Maud de Lacy, Countess of Lincoln

Maud de Lacy, Countess of Lincoln (1223 – 1287) was the daughter of John de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln (1192-1240) and Margaret de Quincy (1208-1266). She married Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford. Their known children were:
1) Isabel de Clare (1240-1270), who married William of Montferrat;
2) Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford;
3) Thomas de Clare (1245-1287);
4) Bogo de Clare (1248-1294);
5) Margaret de Clare (1249-1313), who married Edmund, Earl of Cornwall;
6) Rohese de Clare (1252-after 1299), who married Roger de Mowbray; and
7) Eglentina de Clare, who died in infancy in 1257.

[edit] Edmund de Lacy

For more details on this topic, see Edmund de Lacy, 2nd Earl of Lincoln.

[edit] Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln

For more details on this topic, see Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln.

[edit] Alice de Lacy

Main article: Alice Plantagenet, 4th Countess of Lincoln

Alice de Lacy (December 25, 1281, Denbigh Castle – October 2, 1348, Barlings Abbey) married Thomas Plantagenet, 2nd Earl of Lancaster on October 28, 1294. She and Thomas where divorced about 1318, because she was convicted of adultery with the Earl of Surrey's squire, Sir Ebulo Lestrange, Lord Strange, a Shropshire Baron. Her husband continued to hold the title of Earl of Lincoln, having been left the right to bear it in the Will of the previous Earl of Lincoln; Alice he kept in custody in Lancaster.

However, upon the execution of the Earl of Lancaster, the Earl of Suffolk seized the Countess from Lancaster - much to her delight - to prevent her title being claimed by her brother-in-law, Henry of Lancaster. She then married Sir Ebulo Lestrange before November 10, 1324, although she was considered too old to bear children. She married Hugh de Freyne, Baron Freyne, before March 23, 1336, and died childless in 1348, her title becoming extinct upon her death.

[edit] Peter Count de Lacy

Main article: Peter Lacy

Peter Count de Lacy (September 26, 1678 – May 11, 1751), was born in Killedy, Ireland, and became one of the most successful European commanders of his time. He died at Riga, of which he for many years served as governor.

[edit] Franz Moritz Count de Lacy

Main article: Franz Moritz von Lacy
arms of Count Lacy, photo taken in his crypt in Vienna
arms of Count Lacy, photo taken in his crypt in Vienna

Francois Maurice Count de Lacy (October 21, 1725, St. Petersburg – November 24, 1801, Vienna) served Maria Theresia and was a famous field marshal. Francois Maurice was a close friend to Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, and became one of his advisers.

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[edit] Further reading

These sources relate to the de Lacys who were also Barons of Halton.

  • Starkey, H. F. Old Runcorn, Halton Borough Council, 1990.
  • Whimperley, Arthur. Halton Castle: An Introduction & Visitors' Handbook, 1981.
  • Whimperley, Arthur. The Barons of Halton, MailBook Publishing, Widnes, 1986.

Coordinates: 48°14′53″N, 16°16′55″E

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