Nicholas de Segrave, 1st Baron Segrave
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Nicholas de Segrave, 1st Baron Segrave (died November 1295) was an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 baronial leader.

Segrave was one of the most prominent baronial leaders during the reign of King Henry III
Henry III of England
Henry III was the son and successor of John as King of England, reigning for 56 years from 1216 until his death. His contemporaries knew him as Henry of Winchester. He was the first child king in England since the reign of Æthelred the Unready...

. In 1295 he was summoned to Parliament as Baron Segrave
Baron Segrave
Baron Segrave is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created by writ in 1295 for Nicholas de Segrave. The sixth Baron Segrave had previously succeeded to the title of Baron Mowbray, and thereafter the two baronies have remained united with two exceptions. In 1831 the Segrave Barony was given...

(some sources claim that he was summoned already in 1283). He died in November of the same year and was succeeded in the barony by his son John
Baron Segrave
Baron Segrave is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created by writ in 1295 for Nicholas de Segrave. The sixth Baron Segrave had previously succeeded to the title of Baron Mowbray, and thereafter the two baronies have remained united with two exceptions. In 1831 the Segrave Barony was given...

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His daughter Eleanor was married to Alan la Zouche, 1st Baron la Zouche of Ashby
Alan la Zouche, 1st Baron la Zouche of Ashby
Alan la Zouche, 1st Baron la Zouche of Ashby was born at North Molton, Devonshire, the only son of Roger La Zouche and his wife, Ela Longespee, daughter of Stephen Longespee and Emmeline de Ridelsford. He received seisin of his father's lands after doing homage on October 13, 1289...

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