“ID: I036776
Name: Baldric de Toeni , Lord of Linesay 1
Sex: M
Name: Baldric de Lindsay
Birth: ABT 1045 in Conches, Seine-Et-Marne, Normandy, France 1
Death: in Linesay, East Lothian, Scotland
Note:
The Lindsays of Scotland are one of the most ancient and honorable houses of the scottish kingdom. They intermarried with the royal princesses and at one time were second only to the royal family. According to the historian of the Lindsay family the first of the name to appear in Scotland were tow brothers, Walter and William de Lindsay, Anglo-Normans, about 1116. They were the sons of Baron Baldric de Linesay, a Norman kinght related to and contemporary with William the Conqueror.

The de Linesays were of Norman extraction and the family was seated near Rouen for many centuries, and through their Norwegian ancestor, Malahulc, are remote descendants of the great house of De Toeny, the hereditary standardbearers of Normandy.

Arms--Quarterly first and fourth gu., a fesse chequy, argent and az., for Lindsay; and second and third, or, a lion rampant hr, debruised of a ribbon in bend sa. for Abernethy.

Crest: An ostrich proper holding in his mouth a key

Motto--Toujours loyal


Father: Hugo de Toeni , Seigneur de Conches b: ABT 1020 in Conches, Seine-Et-Marne, Normandy, France

Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown
Children
Sir Walter De Linesay b: ABT 1070 in Linesay, East Lothian, Scotland
Sir William De Linesay b: ABT 1072 in Linesay, East Lothian, Scotland

Sources:
Title: william de lindsay.ged
Repository:
Media: Other
Text: Date of Import: 9 Jul 2005
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