Bernard II de Balliol [SEP] father
Bernard II de Balliol
Bernard II de Balliol (died c. 1190) was the fourth and youngest son of Bernard I de Balliol, lord of Balliol and Barnard Castle. Bernard appears to have succeeded his older brother Guy II de Balliol to the Balliol estates sometime between the early 1160s and 1167.
Bernard is most famous for his role in the capture of William the Lion, King of the Scots, near Alnwick in 1174. Bernard, described as a "man noble and high-spirited", was said by
Barnard Castle (castle)
Barnard Castle () is a ruined medieval castle situated in the town of the same name in County Durham. 
History.
A stone castle was built on the site of an earlier defended position from around 1095 to 1125 by Guy de Balliol. Between 1125 and 1185 his nephew Bernard de Balliol and his son Bernard II extended the building.
In 1216 the castle was besieged by Alexander II, King of Scotland. It was still held by the Balliol family although its ownership was disputed