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Alexander Dunbar of Cockburn



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Father: Patrick Dunbar, 7th\8th Earl of Dunbar, Earl of March IV, b. 1242 in Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland   d. 10 OCT 1308 in Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

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  1. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Alexander of Dunbar Sir - birth: about 1286; Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Author: drummond.FTW, Not Given, Not Given
    Note: birth: about 1286; Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom death:
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2808310001
  2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: (Sir) Alexander Dunbar - birth: about 1242; Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Author: "FamilySearch® Ancestral File™ v4.19", The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3 Feb 2001, SLC - Family History Library, 25 N. West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 U.S.A., SLC - Family History Library, 25 N. West Temple Street~~Salt Lake City~~UT~~84150~~U.S.A.
    Note: birth: about 1242; Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2007360093
  3. Title: Turnberry Band From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnberry_Band#The_Turnberry_Alliance;
    Note: The Turnberry Band, also known as the Turnberry Bond, was a pact between Scottish and Anglo-Irish nobles signed on 20 September 1286 at Turnberry Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland. The agreement may have concerned a campaign in Ireland, and may have later formed the basis that bound the group around the claim of the Bruce family to the Scottish throne. The Turnberry Alliance English Translation Bond by Patrick Earl of Dunbar, Patrick, John, and Alexander his sons, Walter Stewart, Earl of Menteith, Alexander and John his sons, Robert of Bruce, Lord of Annandale, and Robert of Bruce, Earl of Carrick, and Richard of Bruce his sons, James, Steward of Scotland, and John his brother, Enegus, son of Dovenald, and Alexander his lawful son, whereby they engage to adhere to Sir Richard de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, and Sir Thomas of Clare in all their affairs, and to stand faithfully by them and their accomplices against all their adversaries, saving their fidelity to the King of England, and also to him who should obtain the kingdom of Scotland by reason of relationship to Alexander King of Scotland last deceased. At Turnebyry in Carrick, on the eve of St. Matthew, 20th September 1286,....[1] Signatories Patrick de Dunbar, Earl of Dunbar Patrick de Dunbar, son of Patrick de Dunbar, Earl of Dunbar John, son of Patrick de Dunbar, Earl of Dunbar Alexander, son of Patrick de Dunbar, Earl of Dunbar Walter Stewart, Earl of Menteith Alexander Stewart, son of Walter Stewart, Earl of Menteith John Stewart, son of Walter Stewart, Earl of Menteith Robert de Brus, Lord of Annandale Robert de Brus, Earl of Carrick, son of Robert de Brus, Lord of Annandale Richard de Brus, son of Robert de Brus, Lord of Annandale James Steward, High Steward of Scotland John Stewart, son of James Stewart, High Steward of Scotland Richard de Burgh, Earl of Ulster Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond Aonghas mac Domhnaill, Lord of Islay Alexander, son of Aonghas mac Domhnaill, Lord of Islay Notes The Red Book of Menteith II:xxxi, No. 12.
  4. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Alexander of Dunbar Sir -
    Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222795
  5. Title: Legacy NFS Source: (Sir) Alexander Dunbar -
    Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222797
  6. Title: Scots Peerage Volume 3 'Dunbar, Earl of Dunbar' paged 259-262
    Author: Information on the Earls of Dunbar: Names Sir Patrick of Dunbar as the son of Alexander Dunbar (wife unknown) who was the 3rd son of Patrick 8th Earl of Dunbar. Married Isabella Randolph daughter of Thomas Randolph, first Earl of Moray and heiress of her brother John Randolph. Children: - George Dunbar, became 10th Earl of Dunbar - John Dunbar, created Earl of Moray in 1372 - Sir Patrick Dunbar of Bele (or Beil) - Agnes Dunbar, married Sr James Douglas of Dalketh. - Sir David Dunbar of Cumnock - Agnes 'Elizabeth' Dunbar, married 2ndly John Maitland of Thirlstane Patrick died in 1356/57 in Candia on his way to the Holy Land, was buried there.
    Publication: Name: https://www.electricscotland.com/books/pdf/ScotsPeerageVol3.pdf;
  7. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Alexander De Dunbar - birth-name: Sir Alexander Dunbar
    Author: Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;, www.ancestry.com, null, Page number: Database online.
    Note: birth-name: Sir Alexander Dunbar birth: 1287; Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland death: 11 November 1351; Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3244437348
  8. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Alexander of Dunbar Sir - birth-name: Alexander De Dunbar
    Author: Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;, www.ancestry.com, null, Page number: Database online.
    Note: birth-name: Alexander De Dunbar birth: 1287; Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland death: 11 November 1351; Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3245003596
  9. Title: PATRICK Dunbar (-Candia, Crete [Oct/Dec] 1356) - Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#GeorgeDunbardied1420A;
    Note: b) ALEXANDER Dunbar (-after 1331[1614]). m ---. The name of Alexander’s wife is not known. Alexander & his wife had one child: i) PATRICK Dunbar (-Candia, Crete [Oct/Dec] 1356). He fought at the battle of Poitiers 19 Sep 1356[1615]. m ISABEL Randolph, daughter of THOMAS Randolph Earl of Moray & his wife Isabel Stewart of Bonkyll . She was co-heiress of her brother John Earl of Moray in 1346. Her issue became sole heirs after the death of her older sister Agnes Ctss of Dunbar without surviving issue in [1367]. Patrick & his wife had four children: (a) GEORGE Dunbar ([1336]-[1416/20]). He succeeded as Earl of Dunbar in 1368, following the resignation of his great uncle and re-grant of the earldom in his favour. - see below. (b) JOHN Dunbar (-before 15 Feb 1392). He was created Earl of Moray by his father-in-law Robert II King of Scotland 9 Mar 1372. - EARLS of MORAY. (c) AGNES Dunbar (-before 1378, bur Newbottle Monastery). David II King of Scotland granted revenue from "burgi…de Aberdeen…[et] de Hadyngton" to "Agneti de Dunbarr" by charter dated 21 Jan 1370[1616]. The date of her marriage is shown in Burke's Peerage, Vol. II, p. 2001, although this shows Agnes as the daughter of Patrick Earl of Dunbar & his second wife Agnes Randolph of Moray[1617], which is clearly impossible from a chronological point of view. Her parentage and marriage are confirmed by the undated charter under which Robert II King of Scotland confirmed the property of "Georgii de Dunbarr comitis Marchie consanguinei nostri" and which names "dñm Jacobum de Douglas milite dñm de Dalketh…[et] sororem nostram Agnetem de Dunbarr…uxorem"[1618]. Her place of burial is confirmed by the testament of her husband "Jacobus de Douglas dominus de Dalkeith", dated 30 Sep 1390, which requested burial "in monasterio…de Newbotyll juxta corpus quondam Agnetis socie mee"[1619]. m (21 Nov 1372) as his first wife, JAMES Douglas of Dalkeith and Arbroath, son of JOHN Douglas & his wife Agnes --- (-1420). (d) [1620]ELIZABETH Dunbar . Burke's Peerage records the marriage of "Agnes" and John Maitland[1621]. m JOHN Maitland of Thirlestane and Lethington, son of ROBERT Maitland of Thirlestane & his wife --- Keith (-[1395]).
  10. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Alexander of Dunbar Sir -
    Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222797
  11. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Alexander De Dunbar - birth: about 1287; ,Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
    Author: "Genealogical Research of Kirk Larson", Larson, Kirk, Personal Research Works including Bethune & Hohenlohe Descendants,1981-2001, Kirk Larson, Private Library, Kirk Larson, 23512 Belmar Dr.~Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 U.S.A.~Kirk Larson~23512 Belmar Dr.~~Laguna Niguel~~CA~~92677~~U.S.A., (253) 390-9307 (fax)
    Note: birth: about 1287; ,Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland death: 11 November 1368; ,Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3248100112
  12. Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/11306770;
  13. Title: Dunbar, Earl of Dunbar - Scots Peerage Volume 3, pages 262-270
    Author: Identifies Patrick 9th Earl of Dunbar as the son of Sir Patrick 8th Earl of Dunbar and wife (possibly Marjorie Comyn) born 2nd or 4th of March 1282 and aged 24 when his father died and he inherited the title, was present with his father at the Siege of Caerlaverock in July 1300 at age 16; identifies him as a signer of the Declaration of Arbroath on 6 April 1320; Supported both the English and Robert the Bruce in the War for Scottish Independence, changing allegiance several times; married firstly Lady Ermigarda before 1303, married 2nd by Papal dispensation dated 18 August 1320 Agnes Randolph eldest daughter of Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray and Regent of Scotland. Alive 4 July 1368, present at Parliament at Sterling, believed to have died shortly thereafter in July/Aug 1368. One son Sir John born to 1st marriage, who was a hostage of King David II in 1351 but who predeceased his father. Was succeeded by his nephew George, son of Sir Patrick Dunbar and Isabel Randolph, sister of Agnes.
    Publication: Name: https://www.electricscotland.com/books/pdf/ScotsPeerageVol3.pdf;
  14. Title: Ancestry Family Trees
    Author: Ancestry Family Tree
  15. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Alexander of Dunbar Sir - Published information: death: 11 November 1351; Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Note: Published information: death: 11 November 1351; Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2386360679
  16. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Alexander of Dunbar Sir -
    Author: Stirnet.com, Peter Barns-Graham, Chairman, Name: http://www.stirnet.com;, Page number: Dunbar01, Dunbar02,
    Note: Peter Barns-Graham, Chairman, Stirnet.com (http://www.stirnet.com).
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3246398939
  17. Title: Legacy NFS Source: (Sir) Alexander Dunbar - birth: about 1242; Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Author: "Genealogical Research of Kirk Larson", Larson, Kirk, Personal Research Works including Bethune & Hohenlohe Descendants, 1981-2001, Kirk Larson, Private Library, Kirk Larson, 23512 Belmar Dr., Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 U.S.A., Kirk Larson, 23512 Belmar Dr.~~Laguna Niguel~~CA~~92677~~U.S.A., (253) 390-9307 (fax)
    Note: birth: about 1242; Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Unknown:
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2007360094
  18. Title: Legacy NFS Source: (Sir) Alexander Dunbar -
    Author: The Scots Peerage; Sir James Balfour Paul {1904-1914, 2000 rev} with Addenda et Corrigenda {2000}, Page number: III:259-260
    Note: Source Media Type: Book
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736741135
  19. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Alexander De Dunbar - birth: about 1287; ,Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
    Author: "FamilySearch® Ancestral File™ v4.19", The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3 Feb 2001, SLC - Family History Library, 25 N. West Temple Street~Salt Lake City, UT 84150 U.S.A.~SLC - Family History Library~25 N. West Temple Street~~Salt Lake City~~UT~~84150~~U.S.A.
    Note: birth: about 1287; ,Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland death: 11 November 1368; ,Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3248100114
  20. Title: Legacy NFS Source: (Sir) Alexander Dunbar -
    Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222795
  21. Title: Legacy NFS Source: (Sir) Alexander Dunbar -
    Author: Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom; GE Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, Page number: IV:508
    Note: Source Media Type: Book
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736741118

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