Gregory le Grant II

• Preferred Name: Gregory le Grant II^[1]
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: LTP4-YWY
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: 1st Laird of Stratherick
  
• Death: ABT 1249 in Inverugie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland at LATI: N7.1508 LONG: E2.0948
  
• Life Sketch: with note: Description: Sir Gregor-More on Grégory GRANT, perpétua le nom de Grant accordé à son père dans sa postérité. Il épousa Marie Bizet, fille de la maison de Lovat, pair d'Ecosse, qui lui apporta en dot la terre de Stroterich. Il bâtit le château de Grant, dans l'Inverneshire, sur la rivière de Spey, ce qui fait que le chef du nom s'appelle toujours Grant de Grant.
  
• Birth: ABT 1200 in Inverness-shire, Scotland at LATI: N7.4763 LONG: E4.2255 with note: Inverness, Highlands...The place is correct but, the United Kingdom wasn't established until 1801 so, Scotland by itself is OK to put down. The reason you do this on family search is to get the color coded places correct for accuracy.
  
• Occupation: Sheriff of Inverness
  
• Notes:

  === Also known as:, and other information. ===
  He was known also by other names by descendants in France, such as Gregor More le Grant / Gregor Mor, (aka: the Great / or le Grandt, le Grant, or le Graunt. Per documentation in France, he was the brother of William MacGregor, son of Sir Malcolm MacGregor. Per Charles Grant, Vicomte de Vaux, who later immigrated to England and then to Canada, in the late 1700's (18th century).
  
  Gregory le Grant / le Graunt was with Alexander II, King of Scotland, in 1214, and Alexander III in 1249.
  
  He was the son of Malcolm Mac Gregor, Lord of Glenurchy.
  
  He married, in Stratherich / Stratherick, Scotland, Marie Bizet de Lovat, also known as Mary Bisset.

• m. 1257 in Inverness, Scotland

1. Laurence Grant, b. ABT 1230 in Inverness-shire, Scotland     d. ABT 1275 in Scotland

1. 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 records