Mary de Monthermer

• Preferred Name: Mary de Monthermer^{[1] [2]}
  
• Gender: F
  
• FSID: LVYV-WH8
  
• Death: 30 MAR 1371 in Dunfirmline Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland at LATI: N6.25 LONG: E3.1667
  
• Burial: 1371 in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom at LATI: N6.25 LONG: E3.1667
  
• Birth: OCT 1297 in Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France at LATI: N3.6667 LONG: E0.5 with note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_de_Monthermer
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  The Life Summary of Mary
  When Mary de Monthermer Countess of Fife was born in 1301, in Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, her father, Sir Ralph 1st Lord Monthermer Monthermer Earl of Gloucester & Hertford de Monthermer,Knt, was 31 and her mother, Joan of Acre, was 29. She married Duncan Mac Duff I in 1322, in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She died on 30 March 1371, in Fife, Scotland, at the age of 70, and was buried in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  
  thepeerage.com: Mary de Monthermer was born in 1298.2
  She was the daughter of Ralph de Monthermer, Earl of Gloucester and Joan of Acre.3,1
  She married Duncan MacDuff, 8th Earl of Fife, son of Duncan MacDuff, 7th Earl of Fife, after 1306.2
  She died after 1371.2
  Children of Mary de Monthermer and Duncan MacDuff, 8th Earl of Fife
  Isabel MacDuff d. a 12 Aug 1389
  Elizabeth MacDuff, Countess of Fife1 b. b 1332, d. a 12 Aug 1389
  Citations
  [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 215. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
  [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, page 83.
  [S106] Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED), online http://www.daml.org/2001/01/gedcom/royal92.ged. Hereinafter cited as Royal Genealogies Website.
  
  English Noblewoman and Countess of Fife. Her mother was Joan of Acre, daughter of King Edward II of England.
  
  Her mother faced intense disapproval of King Edward when she secretly married a squire in her household, Ralph de Monthermer. Ralph was imprisoned in Bristol Castle until Joan pleaded her case to the king. In early August, 1297, King Edward relented, released Ralph, and bestowed upon him the earldom of Gloucester, Hereford and Atholl. After Joan's death, he was known as 1st Baron Monthermer.
  
  Mary married Donnchadh (Duncan) IV, Earl of Fife (1289-1353) on November 7, 1307. They had one surviving daughter, Isabella, Countess of Fife (13200-1389).
  
  In 1332, Mary and her daughter were captured at Perth by supporters of King David II of Scotland. In 1346, Mary's husband was tried for treason and sentenced to a traitor's death by Edward III of England. He obtained mercy, but died 3 years later.
  Mary's mother Joan was a daughter of Edward I of England. In early 1297, her mother faced the intense disapproval of King Edward when she decided to secretly marry Ralph de Monthermer, a squire in her household.[2][3] For her second marriage, the King had hoped to marry Joan to Amadeus V, Count of Savoy. Ralph was subsequently imprisoned at Bristol Castle for a brief time.[3][4] Joan is said to have told her father that if it was no disgrace for an earl to marry a poor woman, it should not be blameworthy for a countess to advance a capable young man. Monthermer was released and their Clare estates restored. Monthermer was made Earl of Gloucester and Hertford during his wife's lifetime.[4]
  
  He and Joan had two sons and two daughters before her death on 23 April 1307.[4] Mary de Monthermer was the eldest of them. Mary and her full-siblings most likely lived in her mother's quarters in Windsor Castle and Marlborough Castle until her marriage.[5] Mary also had four half-siblings from her mother's first marriage to Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford. They were Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, Eleanor de Clare, (wife of Hugh le Despenser the Younger), Margaret de Clare, and Elizabeth de Clare.
  
  Upon Joan's death, Ralph ceased to be referred to as Earl of Gloucester, passing the title onto Joan's only son from her first marriage. In 1318, Mary's father married the widowed Isabel le DIn 1307, her grandfather Edward I and her uncle Edward II arranged for her to wed Donnchadh IV, Earl of Fife (1289–1353).[1][6] A papal dispensation was granted on 4 November 1307.[6] A posthumous child, Duncan had spent his minority in England.[6] As was common for the time, she was very young – only nine years old. They had one surviving daughter, who was born fourteen years after they married. She would come to inherit Duncan's lands:
  
  Isabella, Countess of Fife (sometimes called Elizabeth)[7] (1320–1389); married four times with no issue.
  Near 6 November 1314, Duncan was able to free himself from English control and leave for Scotland. Mary would not join him until January 1320.[6] In 1332, Mary and her daughter were captured at Perth by supporters of King David II of Scotland. Isabella was sent as a ward to Northumberland, where she married her guardian Sir William Felton. Felton was styled "Lord of Fife" in right of his wife, as Isabella had no brothers.
  
  In 1346, Mary's husband was tried for treason and sentenced to a traitor's death by Edward III of England. He was able to obtain mercy however and was permitted to return to Scotland to raise money for his ransom, which he did in 1350. Duncan died three years later. Mary would die at least eighteen years later (sometime after 1371);[1][6] their daughter succeeded as Countess of Fife, but resigned the earldom to Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany the same year her mother died.[6]espenser, daughter of Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester.[3]
  
  History of Mary de Monthermer (1297-1371)
  Mary MacDuff, Countess of Fife (née de Monthermer; October 1297 – circa 1371) was an English noblewoman. She was a daughter of Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron Monthermer and his wife Joan of Acre. Othe
  
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1. Isabella MacDuff -Countess of Fife, b. 1320 in Fife, Scotland     d. 12 AUG 1389 in Innermeath, Argyllshire, Scotland

1. Title: Peerage, The
   Author: Darryl Lundy, The Peerage, a genealogical survey of teh Peerage of Britian as well as the royal families of Europe(http://thepeerage.com : accessed 22 Aug 2019), Joan of Acre;
   Note: Joan of Acre was born circa April 1272 at Acre, IsraelG.2 She was the daughter of Edward I \'Longshanks\', King of England and Eleanor de Castilla, Comtesse de Ponthieu. She married, firstly, Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester, son of Richard de Clare, 5th Earl of Gloucester and Matilda de Lacy, on 30 April 1290 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, EnglandG.2 She married, secondly, Ralph de Monthermer, Earl of Gloucester before 2 August 1297, without her father\'s consent, although this was pardoned on 2 August 1297. She died on 23 April 1307 at Clare, Suffolk, EnglandG.3 She was buried at Priory Church of the Austin Friars, Clare, Suffolk, EnglandG.3 She was also known as Joan Plantagenet.4 From 30 April 1290, her married name became de Clare. From 1297, her married name became Monthermer.Children of Joan of Acre and Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester5 b. 10 May 1291, d. 24 Jun 1314 Lady Eleanor de Clare+1 b. Oct 1292, d. 30 Jun 1337 Margaret de Clare+1 b. 1293, d. Apr 1342 Elizabeth de Clare+6 b. 16 Sep 1295, d. 4 Nov 1360Children of Joan of Acre and Ralph de Monthermer, Earl of Gloucester Mary de Monthermer+1 b. 1298, d. a 1371 Joan de Monthermer1 b. 1299 Thomas de Monthermer, 2nd Baron Monthermer+1 b. 1301, d. 1340 Edward de Monthermer, 3rd Baron Monthermer1 b. 1304, d. b 3 Feb 1340Citations [S106] Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED), online http://www.daml.org/2001/01/gedcom/royal92.ged. Hereinafter cited as Royal Genealogies Website. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain\'s Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 82. Hereinafter cited as Britain\'s Royal Families. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain\'s Royal Families, page 83. [S125] Richard Glanville-Brown, online , Richard Glanville-Brown (RR 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada), downloaded 17 August 2005. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 244. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 245.
   
2. Title: Mary de Monthermer MacDuff, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66M9-RR9K : 12 May 2022), Mary de Monthermer MacDuff, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 232317620, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66M9-RR9K;