Simon (

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1162 ×1163) was a twelfth-century Anglo-Norman.

Uncertain parentage

Simon may have been a son of Avelina de Hesdin and her second husband, Robert fitz Walter. As such, Simon seems to have been a

uterine brother A sibling is a relative that shares at least one parent with the subject. A male sibling is a brother and a female sibling is a sister. A person with no siblings is an only child. While some circumstances can cause siblings to be raised separat ...

of Avelina's sons by her earlier marriage to Alan fitz Flaald: Jordan fitz Alan (fl. 1128–1130), William fitz Alan (died 1160), and

Walter fitz Alan Walter FitzAlan (1177) was a twelfth-century English baron who became a Scottish magnate and Steward of Scotland. He was a younger son of Alan fitz Flaad and Avelina de Hesdin. In about 1136, Walter entered into the service of David I, King o ...

(died 1177). Simon is recorded to have witnessed a grant of Walter to Paisley Priory. The fact that he appears at the bottom of the listed witnesses, and is described as a brother of Walter, could indicate that the men were uterine brothers. Simon is also recorded to have issued a confirmation of a grant by Alan and his mother concerning the latter's lands of

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, Sporle, and Newton. Simon is sometimes alleged to have been a son of Avelina and Alan, and to have been an ancestor of the Boyd family. Round (1901) pp. 125–126 n. 3; Eyton (1856) p. 346 n. 7.

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Simon, brother of Walter son of Alan @ People of Medieval Scotland, 1093–1314
12th-century births Year of death unknown Clan Boyd {{Scotland-noble-stub