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Darvagilla McPead -Of Fife
- Preferred Name: Darvagilla McPead -Of Fife[1] [2]
- Gender: F
- Death: ABT 1100 in Scotland with note: Added source that shows birth and death dates were too late.
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Lady
- Birth: ABT 1040 in Scotland with note: Added source that showed birth date was earlier and death was about 1100.
- FSID: GXDM-GGX
Family 1: Alan "Aulay" de Grant -Barron, b. ABT 1040 in Scotland d. ABT 1100 in Scotland
- Gregory le Grant II, b. ABT 1200 in Inverness-shire, Scotland d. ABT 1249 in Inverugie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Sources:
- Title: Alan Grant Scots Gaelic: Amhlaidh
Author: https://www.geni.com/projects/Clan-Grant/17790
Publication: Name: https://www.geni.com/people/Alan-Grant/6000000003827138010;
Note: About Alan Grant
Alan 2nd. Allan, only Son to Patrick Grant of Freuchy, succeeded in his Fathers inheritance of Freuchy and Balachastle, a man of aspiring inclinations, particularly zealous for revenging MacPead, the murder of his brother in law, Duncan, King of Scotland.
The projects fallen upon to allay Allans design against MacPead was to give him in marriage McPead Thane of Fife's daughter, called Darvagilla, a woman of singular inducements, of whom he begat Sons and one Daughter, named Isobell Grant, married to Bancho Stuart of Lochaber.
The eldest son and Representative is called Gregory Grant, the next was Patrick Grant, married to Agnes, daughter to Ingeham, whose sister Mary was married to Alexander, King of Scotland, and was Mother to Alexander the third, 95th King of Scotland in the year 1239.
Lawrence, third Son to Allan Grant, was Bishop of Moray.
Robert, fourth Son, was married to Anna Forbes, daughter to Lord Pitsligo; and Malcolm or Mitchell Grant, the youngest son, was Lieut. of North Scotland, he was a man of deserved esteem in the World, and became and now is Chief and Progenitor of the surname Mitchell or Malcolm in Scotland.
Page: Grant Clan
- Title: ANE ACCOUNT OF THE RISE AND OFFSPRING OF THE NAME OF GRANT
Author: Printed for Sir Archibald Grant Bart., of Monymusk 1876
Publication: Name: https://www.clangrant.org/index.aspx?pid=14;
Note: 10. Audlaw 1st. Aud Law or Allan Grant, Representative of Heming Grant`s family, a man of desirable accomplishments, [p11] is married to a Daughter of Neil MacGregor, a man lineally descended of Gregorius Magnus, King of Scotland. This Aud Law, or as some call him, Aralop, was reputed wise and valliant, and at this time Wales, a Principality, possessed by the Danes, having rejected the English, calls him to be their King as being of the Royal blood of Dane, and in Banishment in Ireland, till by the Actings of Malcolm, King of Scotland, and Edmund their King, projects are diverted, as Buchanan in his History more fully narrates, Aud Law or Avala tho` thus greatly aspiring, yet fate orders his being married as said to Mora McGregor, with whom as portion or Tochar he enjoys and obtains the Barrony of Balachastle and Freuchy in Stratton Spey, and begat hopeful children with her the Representative of which is -
Patrick Grant of Freuchy and Balachastle born about the year 1020, was honorably married, and begat hopeful children, their representative Allan or Analar was his first born, and three Daughters - their names are Wishilla, married to Duncan the second of that name, 88th King of Scotland, in the 11th Century, there was still as yet much of the old correspondence and amity maintained betwixt the Norwegians and Grants, and upon the account of this marriage of King Duncan and Wishilla, Daughter of Captain Grant of Freuchy, there was a good understanding between the Kingdoms of Scotland and Denmark, till by the barbarous [p12] acting of MacPead, Thane of Fife, Duncan is murdered.
Fergusia Grant, 2nd Daughter to Patrick Grant of Freuchy and Balachastle, was married to Hacken, Prince of Norway; Mora, the third daughter was married to Dunbar, Earl of March; and Colobella the youngest, was married to the Progenitor of the Moffatts in Scotland.
12. Alan 2nd. Allan, only Son to Patrick Grant of Freuchy, succeeded in his Father`s inheritance of Freuchy and Balachastle, a man of aspiring inclinations, particularly zealous for revenging MacPead, the murder of his brother in law, Duncan, King of Scotland.
The projects fallen upon to allay Allan`s design against MacPead was to give him in marriage McPead Thane of Fife`s daughter, called Darvagilla, a woman of singular inducements, of whom he begat Sons and ane Daughter, named Isobell Grant, married to Bancho Stuart of Lochaber. The eldest son and Representative is called Gregory Grant, the next was Patrick Grant, married to Agnes, daughter to Ingeham, whose sister Mary was married to Alexander, King of Scotland, and was Mother to Alexander the third, 95th King of Scotland in the year 1239. Lawrence, third Son to Allan Grant, was Bishop of Moray. Robert, fourth Son, was married to Anna Forbes, daughter to Lord Pitsligo; and Malcolm or Mitchell Grant, the youngest son, was Lieut. of North Scotland, he was a man of deserved esteem in the World, and [p13] became and now is Chief and Progenitor of the surname Mitchell or Malcolm in Scotland.
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