Richard fitz Eustace
Richard fitz Eustace was a prominent 12th-century noble. He was a son of Eustace fitz John and Agnes de Halton. He inherited the titles of his mother, becoming Baron of Halton, and the position of Constable of Chester. Richard died c.1163.
Richard had in the reign of King Henry II of England one knight's fee in Smathe, Yorkshire. His second wife Albreda de Lissours, would inherit after Richard's death the barony of Pontefract from her mother Albreda de Lacy, the daughter of Robert de Lacy, Baron of Pontefract. Albreda married William FitzWilliams, after the death of Richard and had issue.Marriage and issue
He married firstly Jane, daughter of Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk and Alice de Toni, they had issue:
- Roger of Warkworth, married Adelisa de Vere, had issue.
He married secondly Albreda, daughter of Robert de Lissours and Albreda de Lacy.
- John, Constable of Chester, married Alice de Essex, had issue.
- Robert the Hospitaller, prior of the Knights Hospitaller in England.
- Mary, married Robert de Aldford, had issue.
- Aubrey, married Henry Bisset, had issue.
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