Dunbar, Earl of March Patrick
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Generation: 1
Generation: 2
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Dunbar, Earl of March Patrick 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]
Children:
- 2. Dunbar, Earl of Moray John
died in 1394 in Tournay.
- 2. Dunbar, Earl of Moray John
Generation: 2
2. Dunbar, Earl of Moray John (1.Patrick1) 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:
Generation: 3
3. Dunbar, Alexander (2.John2, 1.Patrick1)
Notes:
second son
Alexander married Fraser, Mauld on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Dunbar, James Earl ofMoray
died in 1429.
- 4. Dunbar, James Earl ofMoray
Generation: 4
4. Dunbar, James Earl ofMoray (3.Alexander3, 2.John2, 1.Patrick1) died in 1429.
Notes:
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James succeeded his cousin Thomas as Earl of Moray. James was hostage for
the king, 1424-27. James is only son of Alexander and Mauld (who in
addition had two daughters).James married Innes, Isabel on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Dunbar, Baronet Alexander
was born in 1429; died on 10 Mar 1498.
- 5. Dunbar, Baronet Alexander