Sunday 1 November 2009

The KINGS of SCOTLAND (4)

2. Claricia, died unmarried.

3. Hodierna, died unmarried.

4. Henry, Earl of Northumberland and Huntingdon,
married in 1139 Ada, daughter of William, Earl of
Warenne, second Earl of Surrey. He predeceased his
father David I. ,12 June 1152, and was buried at Kelso.
His wife died 1178. By her he had :

(1) MALCOLM, afterwards Malcolm iv. the Maiden.'

(2) WILLIAM, afterwards William ' the Lion.'

(3) David, Earl of Huntingdon, born about 1144 ; married 26
August 1190 Maud, daughter of Hugh, Earl of Chester. He
died at Jerdelay 17 June 1219, leaving issue :

i. Robert, died an infant, and was buried at Lindores.
ii. Henry, died an infant, also buried there,
iii. John le Scot, Earl of Chester and Earl of Huntingdon ;
d. s. p. June 5, 1237.
iv. Margaret, was married to Alan, Lord of Galloway, in
1209. Her third daughter, Devorgilla, was married to
John Baliol of Barnard Castle, and had with other
issue :
(i) JOHN BALIOL, who was a Competitor in 1291,
and afterwards King of Scotland,
(ii) Alianora, was married to John Comyn of Badenoch
and Tynedale. (See title Badenoch.)
v. Isabella was married to Robert de Brus, Lord of Annandale.
(See title Annandale.) It was through her that
King Robert Bruce had a claim to the crown.
vi. Ada was married to Henry de Hastynges ; her grandson
John was a Competitor in 1291.
Earl David had also three illegitimate children :
(i) Henry of Stirling.
(ii) Henry of Brechin. These appear frequently in
charters of the period as sons of Earl David.
Henry of Stirling died apparently unmarried or
s. p. Henry of Brechin held the lordship of that
name, and by a wife named Julian, had issue,
(iii) Ada, was married to Malise, son of Earl Ferteth
and brother of Earl Gilbert of Strathearn.

(4) Ada was married in 1161 to Florent III., Count of Holland ;
her great grandson Florence V., Count of Holland, was a
Competitor in 1291.

(5) Margaret, was married first, in 1160, to Conan iv., Duke of
Brittany, Earl of Richmond, and by him had issue ;
second, to Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford.

(6) Matilda, died young 1152.


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