Beatrix de Vesci
| Beatrix de Vesci | |
|---|---|
| Baroness of Alnwick Castle | |
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| Husband | Eustace Fitz John (1089 - 1157) |
| Father | Ivo de Vesci (c. 1045 – c. 1100) |
| Born | Alnwick Castle, Northumberland |
| Died | c. 1125 Knaresborough, Yorkshire |
Beatrix de Vesci of Alnwick Castle, was an eleventh-century medieval noble lady of house de Vesci.[1]
Life
Daughter and sole heir of Ivo de Vesci,[2] the builder and first Baron of Alnwick Castle, and his wife, Alda,[3][4] Beatrix de Vesci was one of the richest heiresses of her time.[5] She was the first wife of Eustace Fitz John, also known as Eustacius fitz John de Burgo.[6]
According to Dugdale, Beatrix had two sons, William and Geoffrey.[7] However, it is most often said that she died during childbirth of her first and only son, William de Vesci.[8] William de Vesci took his mother’s surname and would become the ancestor of the de Vesci baronial house.[9][10] William served as Sheriff of Northumberland from 1157 to 1170,[11] and Sheriff of Lancashire from 1166 to 1170.[12]
Upon the death of Eustace Fitz John, his lands passed to his son William by consent of King Henry II.[13]
Beatrix de Vesci's grandson, Eustace de Vesci, was one of the Surety Barons of the Magna Carta.[14]
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