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William de Moravia 2nd Earl of Sutherland

Preferred Name: William de Moravia 2nd Earl of Sutherland^[1]^[2]
Alternate Name: William Earl Of Sutherland 2nd
Alternate Name: William de Moravia
Gender: M
Biography: 1306 with note: GEDCOM data
Death: 7 JUL 1307 in Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland at LATI: N7.973 LONG: E3.9771 with note: GEDCOM data
Birth: ABT 1240 in Sutherland, Scotland at LATI: N8.2835 LONG: E4.6033
Burial: JUL 1307
FSID: LTKS-CTQ
Notes:
=== !#21-v12-p538-540*; !son & h; ! E === !#21-v12-p538-540*; !son & h; !<title> Earl of Sutherland; === WILLIAM (SUTHERLAND), EARL OF SUTHERLAND === WILLIAM (SUTHERLAND), EARL OF SUTHERLAND [SCT], son and heir. He paid £20 in 1263 and again in 1266 as part of a fine due to the King. According to local tradition the Earl of Sutherland beat off Norse raiders in an engagement outside Dornoch, apparently in August 1263. In 1269 he was at Nairn with William, 2nd Earl of Ross (whose sister Eupheme had m. his brother, Walter of Duffus, died 1263) and there met Archibald Heroch, Archdeacon of Moray, who became Bishop of Caithness in 1275; in which year they amicably divided the lands which had been in dispute between their predecessors for more than 30 years. He attended the Parliament [SCT] at Scone which on 5 February 1283/4 recognised. Margaret (born circa 1282), daughter of Eric II Magnusson, King of Norway, by Margaret (died 9 April 1283), daughter of King Alexander III [SCT], as her grandfather's heir, and later signed the letter of 14 March 1289/90 from Birgham to Edward I, King of England, consenting to the proposed marriage between Margaret, Queen of Scots, and the King's son Edward of Carnarvon (afterwards Edward II), then aged about eight and six respectively. During the interregnum in Scotland after Queen Margaret's death in Orkney (circa 26 October 1290) he was reckoned one of the supporters of the Bruce claim to the succession. He does not appear to have taken any part in the war against King Edward I, March-July 1296; but, although the King of England came north and was at Elgin, 26-29 July, when he went to Rothes, and to Invercharrad on the Deveron next day, Earl William did not come across from Sutherland to meet him but waited for a month before he went to Berwick to sign the Homage Roll on 28 August 1296. In May 1297 the Earl received a copy of the circular letter sent by King Edward about the proposed expedition to Flanders. Although he did not take part in this expedition, he received another letter 3 months later commending his loyalty (presumably for having refrained from joining the insurrection started in May by Sir William Wallace) and calling upon him to support Sir Brian FitzAlan, of Bedale, the newly appointed Keeper of Scotland. On 4 April 1304 King Edward sent the Earl a letter from St. Andrews thanking him for his good faith and good will so often shown. Two years later the Earl's name was on the list of those adherents of King Edward who were to be given lands as a reward for their support. The name and parentage of his wife have not been recorded. Remaining constant in the allegiance which he had sworn at Berwick in 1296, he died while Sir Aymer de Valence (afterwards Earl of Pembroke) was Guardian of Scotland in April 1306-September 1307, probably before the death of King Edward on 7 July 1307. [Complete Peerage XII/1:538-40] _______________________________ William Sutherland, second Earl of (d 1325), eldest son of William, first earl, succeeded his father in infancy in 1248. The first earl was the son of Hugh Freskin, who obtained the district of Sutherland from William the Lion in 1196. Hte second earl was present at the parliament of Scone on 5 Feb 1284, and he also attended the convention at Brigham on 14 March 1290. In 1292 he gave his oath to aid Robert the Bruce in his claims to the crown; and although on 28 Aug 1296 he did homage to Edward I at Berwick-on-Tweed, he shortly afterwards took part in excursions against England. He also fought on the side of Bruce at Bannockburn in 1314, and he subscribed on 6 April 1320 the letter of independence of Scotland. He died in 1325, leaving a son Kenneth, who succeeded as third earl, fell at Halidon HIll in 1333, and was father of William fourth earl of Sutherland. [Dictionary of National Biography XIX:179] ________________________________ William, second Earl of Sutherland, who is said to have been quite a youth at his father's death. He appears in the Exchequer Rolls of 1263 and 1266, when £20 in each year was paid as part of the fine due to the King, and at a later date the sum of £15 was exigible from the earldom of Sutherland every seven years. In 1269 the Earl appears as a witness to a charter by William, Earl of Ross, at Nairn, granting lands to the church of Moray. On 22 September 1275 the Earl, yielding to the advice of friends, made a final agreement with the then Bishop of Caithness in regard to certain lands which had been in dispute between Bishop Gilbert and the first Earl. An amicable arrangement was now made, both parties yielding somewhat, and signed in the cathedral of Dornoch. Except appearing as a witness to charters, one of which indicates that he held lands in Aberdeenshire, the Earl is little heard of until, in February 1283-84, he attended the Parliament at Scone which accepted the infant Margaret of Norway as Queen of Scotland failing direct issue of King Alexander III or his lately deceased son. The Earl also took his share in public affairs after King Alexander's death, and in the interregnum which followed, rather inclined to the English party, though he was one of the supporters of the claims of Bruce to the vacant throne. For the most part, however, he remained in his own country, though he signed the homage roll at Berwick on 28 August 1296. After this he adhered faithfully to the English King, and in 1306 was still his partisan, and died in that allegiance between April 1306 and September 1307. [The Scots Peerage VIII:323] === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.</blockquote> </ul> Preferred Parents: Father: <A HREF=/individual/25161>William de Moravia 1st Earl of Sutherland</A>, b. ABT 1190 d. 1248 in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Moray, Perthshire, Scotland Mother: <A HREF=/individual/25162>Unknown </A>, Family 1: <A HREF=/individual/26619>Joanna de Menteith</A>, b. 1235 in Scotland d. 1285 in Sutherland, Scotland <ul> </ul> <ol> <li><A HREF=/individual/28274>Kenneth Sutherland 4th Earl of Sutherland</A>, b. in Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 27 JUL 1333 in Battle of Halidon Hill, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom </ol> Sources: <ol> <A NAME="S1"></NAME><li>Title: The Sutherland book.Memoirs(Correspondence,-Charters,) Author: National Library of Scotland. Publication: Name: http://digital.nls.uk/dcn23/9683/96839197.23.pdf; Note: Correspondence,charters,plates,portraits,facsimiles and genealogical tables. Page: Update. <A NAME="S2"></NAME><li>Title: Kenneth Sutherland Sources Author: Various, Kenneth Sutherland Sources, Balfour, Paul J. (1911) The Scots Peerage Vol. 8. David Douglas. Edinburgh, pages 323-329. Fraser, W. (1894) The Sutherland Book Vol. I. Privately Published. Edinburgh, pages 15–37. Traquair, Peter (1998) Freedom's Sword: Scotland's Wars of Independence. Note: "4 different books.". [PFT:AQ] [_Type] Book [S:Titl] Kenneth Sutherland Sources [S:Auth] Various [S:Publ] Balfour, Paul J. (1911) The Scots Peerage Vol. 8. David Douglas. Edinburgh, pages 323-329. Fraser, W. (1894) The Sutherland Book Vol. I. Privately Published. Edinburgh, pages 15–37. 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