Dunbar, Earl of Moray John
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1. Dunbar, Earl of Moray John (son of Dunbar, Earl of March Patrick and Randolph, Countess of Moray Lady Agnes); died in 1394 in Tournay. Notes:
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John married the king's daughter and received a charter for the whole
earldom of Moray, except the lordship and lands of Lachaber and Badenoch,
kept for the king's son, Alexander Stewart. On his death he left two sons
and a daughter, Mabella, married to Robert, 6th Earl of Sutherland.John married Stewart, Princess of Scotland Marjorie on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
2. Dunbar, Earl of March Patrick (son of Patrick Earl of Dunbar). Notes:
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Patrick was styled "Comes Marchiae et Moraviae" in right of his wife.
Burke's "Dormant and Extinct Peerages" (London, 1883) reports: "Patrick
Dunbar, the 10th earl, was with his father at Carlaverock; and, after the
battle of Bannockburn, gave refuge to Edward II in his castle of Dunbar,
and secured the king's escape in a fishing boat to England. Making peace,
however, with Robert Bruce, he signed the letter to the Pope in 1320, was
appointed Governor of Berwick Castle, and held that fortress against Edward
III, until the defeat of the Scots at Halidon Hill necessitated its
surrender. Not long after, his Countess, known in history as `Black Agnes,'
dau. of the renowned Regent of Scotland Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray, and
grandniece of Bruce, defended in the absence of her husband, in January,
1337-8, the castle of Dunbar against the English, under the Earl of
Salisbury, during a fierce and determined siege of nineteen weeks, and at
length forced the Earl to abandon the attempt. This gallant resistance of
the Countess of Dunbar is memorable in Scottish annals, and has given
subject to many a minstrel's song. `Black Agnes' became eventually heiress
of her brother, John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray, and her husband added the
Earldom of Moray to his other dignities."Patrick married Randolph, Countess of Moray Lady Agnes on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Randolph, Countess of Moray Lady Agnes (daughter of Randolph, Earl of Moray Sir Thomas and Stewart, Isabel). Notes:
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Agnes, known as "Black Agnes," succeeded her two brothers (who died without
heirs) and assumed the title, Countess of Moray, in 1346. Her brother
Thomas, 2nd Earl, died in August, 1332, 23 days after his father; their
brother John, 3rd Earl, escaped to France after Halidon in July 1333, was
regent in 1335, married Lady Euphemia de Ross.Children:
- 1. Dunbar, Earl of Moray John died in 1394 in Tournay.
Generation: 3
4. Patrick Earl of Dunbar was born in 1242 (son of Patrick Earl of Dunbar and Frazer, Cecilia). Other Events and Attributes:
- Title: Earl of March
Notes:
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Patrick "swore fealty to Edward I of England, and was a steadfast adherent
of the English interest, but his wife, Marjory Comyn, dau. of Alexander
Comyn, Earl of Buchan, sided with the opposite party, and held the castle
of Dunbar for Baliol, until forced to surrender it to Edward in 1296. In
1298, the Earl of March was appointed the King's Lieutenant in Scotland,
and in 1300 was at the siege of Carlaverock. By Marjory, his wife, he had
issue, Patrick, his heir; and George, ancestor of the family of Dunbar, of
Mochrum, the direct line of which ended in the three daus. and co-heirs of
Patrick Dunbar, of Mochrum, who all married Dunbars. Their uncle, the
heir-male, was Cuthbert Dunbar, of Blantyre." - Burke's
"Dormant...Peerages."Children:
6. Randolph, Earl of Moray Sir Thomas (son of Ranulph, Sir Thomas and Bruce, Lady Isabella); died on 28 Jul 1332 in Musselburgh, Scotland. Notes:
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Thomas was created Earl of Moray 1313-14. He was also Lord of Annandale
and of the Isle of Man, etc. Either his year of birth is wrong, or the dates
for his parents are wrong, or both.Sir married Stewart, Isabel about 1303. Isabel (daughter of Stewart, Sir John) was born about 1294. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Stewart, Isabel was born about 1294 (daughter of Stewart, Sir John). Notes:
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Isabel's father, Sir John Stewart, was "of Bonkyl". Her date of birth and/or
marriage are suspicious.Children:
Generation: 4
8. Patrick Earl of Dunbar was born in 1213 (son of Patrick Earl of Dunbar and FitzAlan, Eupheme); died on 24 Aug 1289 in Whittingham, East Lothian, Scotland; was buried in North Aisle Dunbar Church, Dunbar. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: 8th Earl
Notes:
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Patrick sided with the English and in a surprise capture of the castle at
Edinburgh took Alexander III and his queen from the Comyns; after Alexander
III died, Patrick was a regent and one of the famed Seven Earls of
Scotland. - Burke's "Dormant...Peerages." The Dunbar Pedigree by William
Jaggard states that he married Christian, only daughter of Robert de Bruce
VI by whom he had three sons (Patrick his successor, John and Alexander).married Frazer, Cecilia on Yes, date unknown. Cecilia was born about 1218. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Frazer, Cecilia was born about 1218. Children:
- 4. Patrick Earl of Dunbar was born in 1242.
12. Ranulph, Sir Thomas (son of Moray, Thomas of and Juliana); died after 1296. Notes:
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Thomas was Chief of Clan Allan and served as Great Chamberlain of Scotland,
1273-96. {-see "Earls of Moray from 1313 to 1455" in "Family Records of
the Bruce and Cumyns...," M.E.Cummings Bruce (London: William Blackwood &
Sons, 1870), used at Bodleian Library, Oxford, England, 1987.}Sir married Bruce, Lady Isabella about 1292. Lady (daughter of Bruce, Lord of Annandale Robert and Carrick, Countess of Carrick Marjorie) was born about 1272; died in 1358. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Bruce, Lady Isabella was born about 1272 (daughter of Bruce, Lord of Annandale Robert and Carrick, Countess of Carrick Marjorie); died in 1358. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Queen of Norway
Notes:
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Isabella is eldest sister of King Robert I.Children:
- 6. Randolph, Earl of Moray Sir Thomas died on 28 Jul 1332 in Musselburgh, Scotland.
14. Stewart, Sir John Other Events and Attributes:
- Reference Number: 6283
Children:
- 7. Stewart, Isabel was born about 1294.