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David of Scotland 8th Earl of Huntingdon



Preferred Parents:
Father: Henry of Scotland Earl of Huntingdon and Northumbria, b. 19 NOV 1114 in Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland   d. 12 JUN 1152 in Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Mother: Ada de Warenne, b. 1120 in Lewes Castle, Sussex, England   d. 6 DEC 1178 in Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Family 1: Maud or Matilda of Chester,    b. 1171 in Chester, Cheshire, England    d. 6 JAN 1233 in Sawtry, Huntingdonshire, England
  1. Isobel of Huntingdon , b. 1199     d. 1251 in Buried Saltre Abbey, Huntingdonshire, England
  2. Margaret of Huntingdon, b. 1194 in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England     d. 6 JAN 1233 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England
  3. Ada de Huntingdon, b. 1195 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England     d. BET 2 NOV 1241 AND 30 JUN 1242 in Sawtry, Huntingdonshire, England
Sources:
  1. Title: David of Scotland, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV28-2WSG : 10 June 2020), David of Scotland, 1219; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV28-2WSG;
  2. Title: Find a Grave
    Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69830361/david-of_scotland?_gl=1*3gh8xj*_ga*MTcwMDMxMDIzMi4xNTg4NjAxOTgx*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY3MDcwNDk4Ni4zNzQuMS4xNjcwNzI5MTcxLjU3LjAuMA..;
  3. Title: The Medieval Lands Project, "DAVID of Scotland Earl of Huntington"
    Author: fmg.org
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm#Daviddied1219;
    Note: DAVID ([1144]-Yardley, Northants 17 Jun 1219, bur Sawtrey Abbey). William of Newburgh names "Hunteduniensem comitem David fratrem regis Scottorum" when recording that he became the leader of a rebellion in England [in 1174][474]. He received Garioch in Aberdeenshire from his brother in 1174, possibly becoming Earl of Garrioch, although there is no evidence of this creation[475]. Earl of Huntingdon in 1185, on the resignation of his brother King William. "Comes David frater regis Scottorum" founded Lindores Abbey, for the souls of "comitis Henrici patris mei et comitisse Ade matris mee…regis Willelmi fratris mei et regine Ermegard et…Matilde comitisse sponse mee et…David filii mei", by undated charter (dated to before 1203 from the names of the subscribers)[476]. "Comes David frater regis Scottorum" donated "ecclesiam de Lundors…ecclesiam de Dunde…ecclesiam de Durnach" to Lindores Abbey, for the souls of "comitis Henrici patris mei et comitisse matris mee et Malcolmi regis fratris mei et…regis Willelmi fratris mei et Regine Armengard…et Matildis sponse mee et…David filii mei", by undated charter[477]. He was deprived of all his English honours in [1215/16], but restored 13 Mar 1218[478]. The Annals of Waverley record the death in 1219 of “comes David, frater Willelmi regis Scotiæ”[479]. John of Fordun’s Scotichronicon (Continuator) records the death "apud Jerdelay in Anglia…die…Sancti Botulphi" of "comes David" and his burial "apud abbatiam de Sautreia"[480]. [m firstly ---. No direct evidence has been of this supposed first marriage of David. However, the date of David’s marriage to Matilda of Chester is late for this to have been his first marriage. In addition, his foundation charter for Lindores abbey refers to the donation of his daughter Ada, who was already married at the time and therefore considerably older than David’s children by his marriage to Matilda. Secondary sources generally assume that Ada was illegitimate. However, it is possibly that she was the daughter of an otherwise unrecorded earlier marriage of David, especially as she was given his mother’s name.] m [secondly] (26 Aug 1190[481]) MATILDA of Chester, daughter of HUGH de Kevilloc Earl of Chester & his wife Bertrade de Montfort ([1171]-[6] Jan 1233). The Annales Londonienses record that "Ranulphus comes Cestriæ" had four sisters, of whom "primogenita…Matilda" married "comiti David"[482]. Benedict of Peterborough records the marriage in 1190 of "David frater Willelmi regis Scotiæ" and "sororem Ranulfi comitem Cestriæ"[483]. "Comes David frater regis Scottorum" founded Lindores Abbey, for the souls of "…Matilde comitisse sponse mee et…David filii mei", by undated charter (dated to before 1203 from the names of the subscribers)[484]. "Comes David frater regis Scottorum" donated "ecclesiam de Lundors…ecclesiam de Dunde…ecclesiam de Durnach" to Lindores Abbey, for the souls of "…Matildis sponse mee et…David filii mei", by undated charter[485]. The Testa de Nevill includes a writ of King John dated 1212 which records that "comes Cestrie" gave land "in Forthington et in Ulesbi" in Lincolnshire to "comiti Davidi in maritagium cum sorore ipsius comitis"[486]. The Annales Cestrienses record the death “circa Epiphaniam Domini” 1233 of “Matildis mater comitis Johannis”[487]. Mistresses (1) - (3): ---. The names of David's mistresses are not known.
  4. Title: David Earl of Huntingdon -englishmonarchs.co.uk
    Publication: Name: https://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/dunkeld_15.html;
  5. Title: Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. III Compiled by J. Orton Buck and Timothy Field Beard Published by Order of The Crown of Charlemagne In The United States of America 1978
    Author: Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. III Compiled by J. Orton Buck and Timothy Field Beard Published by Order of The Crown of Charlemagne In The United States of America 1978 in Mary Owen (June 2.2013) Genealogy.com. Charlemagne and Warrens.
    Publication: Name: https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/warren/14545/;
    Note: This record gives the blood lines of the Warrens from the leader Charlemagne and verified by the Publication of the Crown of Charlemagne Organization.
    Page: Verified publish source.
  6. Title: Wikipedia. "Sawtry Abbey"
    Author: Wikipedia.org
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawtry_Abbey;
    Note: History of the abbey.
  7. Title: Wikipedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David,_Earl_of_Huntingdon;

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