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Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester
1264Apr, 25

Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester

Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, medieval English nobleman; Earl of Winchester (b. 1195)
Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester (c. 1195 – 25 April 1264), hereditary Constable of Scotland, was a nobleman of Anglo-Norman and Scottish descent who was prominent in both England and Scotland, at his death having one of the largest baronial landholdings in the two kingdoms.

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    Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester

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