Freskin de Moravia

• Preferred Name: Freskin de Moravia
  
• Alternate Name: Friskinus de Moravia
  
• Gender: M
  
• Burial: in Duffus, Morayshire, Scotland at LATI: N7.7 LONG: E3.4 with note: Standardized - deleted UK.
  
• Death: 1172 in Duffus, Morayshire, Scotland at LATI: N7.7 LONG: E3.4 with note: Duffus Castle, Duffus, Moray, Scotland
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: 1st Lord of DuffusBET 1166 AND 1171 in Duffus Castle, Duffus, Morayshire (now Moray), Scotland at LATI: N7.7008 LONG: E3.395 with note: [Notes by BrandAngela (2022), consolidated her in one place:] Laird Freskin "The Fleming" Sutherland, 1st Lord of Duffus Birthdate: circa 1107 Birthplace: Flanders, France (now Netherlands) Death: before 1166 Duffus Castle, Duffus, Morayshire (now Moray), Scotland Place of Burial: Duffus, Morayshire (now Moray), Scotland Immediate Family: Son of Comte Ollec de Flandre, II Father of William of Sutherland and Andrew, Bishop of Moray
  
• FSID: GX14-QCB
  
• Clan Name: with note: Description: Moray allegedly of Flemish origins, granted large estates by David I, including Strabrock, W Lothian, and Duffus, Moray: confirmed in these by royal charter 1166-1171
  
• Birth: ABT 1100 in Pembrokeshire, Wales at LATI: N1.8611 LONG: E4.9229
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Freskin (died before 1171) was a Flemish nobleman who settled in Scotland during the reign of King David I, becoming the progenitor of the Murray and Sutherland families, and possibly others.
  
  «b»Origins«/b»
  Freskin was said to have come to the Lowlands of Scotland from Flanders, and thence to Moray in the north. From a charter granted to one of his sons by King William the Lion, it can be ascertained that Freskin held from King David the lands of Strathbrock in West Lothian, as well as Duffus, Roseisle, Inchikel, Machir and Kintrae in Moray. The name Freskin is Flemish, and in the words of Geoffrey Barrow "it is virtually certain that Freskin belonged to a large group of Flemish settlers who came to Scotland in the middle decades of the 12th century and were chiefly to be found in West Lothian and the valley of the Clyde". Freskin was one of several Flemings who had lands in Moray bestowed upon him; this seems to have been an attempt by the kings of Scotland to replace the native Gaelic nobility, who had resisted their rule and prevented them forming a cohesive kingdom, most notably in the 1130 uprising led by Angus, Earl of Moray.
  
  «b»Issue«/b»
  Freskin probably had only one son, William. It is sometimes said that he had two others, Hugh and Andrew, but these may in fact have been sons of William. William inherited his father's lands and took the name de Moravia, or "of Moray" in English. The Moray or Murray family became prolific in Scotland, and their chief now holds the title Duke of Atholl. Hugh, one of William's sons, acquired a large tract of land in Sutherland. His son, William, took the surname Sutherland, and was created Earl of that region in the 1230s, a title which is still held by his descendants today.
  
  The connection between the Murrays and Sutherlands is shown by the similarity of their arms: the Murrays bear azure, three stars argent and the Sutherlands bear gules, three stars or.
  
  «b»The Douglas connection
  «/b»It is also quite possible that the house of Douglas descend from Freskin's family. Bricius de Douglas, son of William, Lord of Douglas, became Bishop of Moray in 1203. A man named Freskin of Kerdal is found amongst the benefactors of Spynie Cathedral, and Bricius refers to him as his uncle. The parentage of Freskin of Kerdal is not known, but he was undoubtedly a descendant of the original Freskin.
  
  The connection is further supported by the similarity of the families' arms: both bear three silver stars on blue, in varying arrangements. Belief in the common descent of the Murrays and Douglases was certainly extant in the early 15th century:
  
  «i»"Of Murrawe and the Douglas,
  How that thare begynnyng was,
  Syn syndry spekis syndryly
  I can put that in na story.
  But in thare armeyis bath thai bere
  The sternys[stars] set in lyke manere;
  Til mony men it is yhit sene
  Apperand lyk that had bene
  Of kyn be descens lyneale
  Or be branchys collaterele«/i»
  
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  Freskin Moravia
  Born: Circa 1100 In: Duffus, Moray, Scotland
  
  Died: Before 1171
  
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  Duffus Castle, possibly begun by Freskin.
  Freskin (died before 1171)[1] was a Flemish nobleman who settled in Scotland d
  
  === Freskin, whose curious name has been the ===
  Freskin, whose curious name has been the subject of some speculation. He is said to have been a person of Flemish origin, whom David I took north with him from the Lowlands and settled in Moray, when he suppressed an insurrection of the natives of that province in 1130. From the terms of a charter granted to one of his sons by William the Lion, it would appear that Freskin held from King David the lands of Strabrok in Linlithgowshire, along with his lands in Moray, but he is nowhere designed 'Flandrensis' or le Flamyng, as was the custome when Flemings were mentioned in early charters. It may be, as has been surmised, that his name is the same as Fresicus, the Low Latin for Friscian, and was therefore sufficiently distinctive. On the other hand, Freskin may be a corruption of some compund of the Gaelic 'Fear,' with a noun or adjective descriptive of some trait of character or physical peculiarity. [The Scots Peerage II:120-121]Freskin, a person of unknown descent, but who is believed to be of Flemish origin, upon whom King David I, in pusuance, it is said, of a colonising policy, bestowed wide landed possessions. These included Strabrock (Uphall and Broxburn), in West Lothian, and the lands of Duffus, Roseisle, Inchkeil, Macher, and Kintray, forming the larger part of the parish of Duffus and a portion of the modern parish of Spynie, between Elgin and the Moray Firth. At least Freskin is said to have held these lands of King David I, for Freskin himself is named only once, in a charter granted to his son William, between 1166 and 1171, by King William the Lion, which confirms the lands named as having been held by Freskin. Freskin therefore must have died before 1166. According to the editor of the 'Registrum Moraviense,' followed by Sir William Fraser in his 'Sutherland Book,' he had three sons, Hugh, who was the ancestor of the Sutherland family, William of Duffus, and Andrew, a churchman. But Hugh, son of Freskin, is only named once, in a writ dated between 1147 and 1150, and that in such circumstance as to make the evidence untrustworthy, while Andrew is clearly identical with a namesake of later date. The weight of testimony rather points to the probability that Freskin had only one son, a view already adopted by Lord Hailes and George Chalmers. Shaw, in his 'History of Moray,' also assigns to Freskin only one son. [The Scots Peerage VIII:319-320]
  
  === GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Friskinus ===
  
  GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Friskinus
  
  BIRTH: Also shown as Born North Holland, Netherlands.
  
  BIRTH: Also shown as Born Abt 1101
  
  DEATH: Also shown as Died Deceased

• m. BEF 1132

1. Margaret Kersdale Of Moray, b. 1132 in Orkney, Scotland     d. 1221 in Somme, Picardie, France
2. William Murray of Sutherland, b. 1138 in Duffus Castle, Morayshire, Scotland     d. 1203 in Duffus, Morayshire, Scotland