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     GAV-40 EDV-40. Brochfael Ysgythrog "of the Tusks" ap Cyngen was King of Powys, [Ashley, pp. 152-153] BROCHFAEL YSGYTHROG (OF THE TUSKS) Powys, fl 570s. The first ruler of Powys to establish himself in the bardic memory, where his name became synonymous with his kingdom. This suggests that it was Brochfael more than any of his predecessors who carved out a recognizable kingdom from the mass of petty chieftainships that no doubt existed in eastern, northern and central Wales. Apparently his capital was at Pengwern, the Celtic fortress that became Shrewsbury, and his lands almost certainly extended north toward Chester and possibly westward as far as Builth. Brochfael must have maintained good relations with his neighbours, especially RHUN of Gwynedd and the long-lived MORGAN of Morgannwg, to have developed his kingdom without a history of bloodshed. In addition to his son CYNAN, Brochfael was the father of St Tysilio, whose cult spread throughout Wales and whose mission probably helped bond the emerging kingdoms of Wales for at least a brief period. It was Tysilio who established the ecclesiastical centre of Powys at Meifod. circa 570.¹

     GAV-39 EDV-39 GKJ-39. Cynan Garwyn "the Cruel" ap Brochfael was King of Powys, [Ashley, p. 153] CYNAN GARWYN (the CRUEL) AP BROCHFAEL Powys, fl c600. The son of BROCHFAEL. His nickname means "the Cruel", but he was also renowned for his White Chariot. Whether this was a chariot of state for ceremonies, or whether he drove this into battle, is not stated, but it was probably the latter as, during Cynan's reign, the Mercians began to establish themselves in central and western England. circa 600.¹

     Selyf ap Cynan died circa 613; killed in the battle of Chester.¹
     He was King of Powys, [Ashley, p. 153] SELYF AP CYNAN Powys, ? -613 (or 615?). The son of CYNAN AP BROCHFAEL whose kingdom stretched down through the Welsh Marches from Chester to Shrewsbury, and possibly further south. His name is recorded in the annals because he was killed in the battle of Chester that marked the victory of ATHELFRITH of Northumbria over the Welsh princes of Gwynedd and Powys. Athelfrith's anger was directed toward EDWIN of Northumbria who had sought refuge amongst the Welsh kingdoms. It seems that Powys acted as a haven for several dispossessed rulers at this time. RHUN the son of URIEN of Rheged came to Powys as a monk. This suggests that Selyf was a benign and compassionate ruler. The fact that he is sometimes called Solomon may also indicate his wisdom. His death cast Powys into a period of turmoil before the emergence of CYNDDYLAN as its next strong ruler.¹

     GAV-38 EDV-38. Eiludd ap Cynan was King of Powys, [Ashley, p. 153] EILUDD AP CYNAN Powys, 615?-? The brother of SELYF, Eiludd presumably survived the battle of Chester and endeavoured to regain control of Powys. Since little is heard of Powys at this time it is possible that Eiludd ruled only as a client king of CADFAN of Gwynedd. This period of Powys's history is uncertain but it is probable that following the death of Selyf his family were unable to sustain the large kingdom created by his grandfather, BROCHFAEL, and that Eiludd ruled only Northern Powys, whilst a scion of the family, perhaps a cousin, CYNDRWYN ruled Pengwern to the south.¹

     GAV-37 EDV-37 GKJ-37. Beli ap Eiludd was King of Powys, [Ashley, p. 154] BELI AP EILUDD Powys, fl 630s. Beli features in the ancestry of ELISEDD of Powys, but the ancient genealogy provides us with a confusion over dates. If Beli was genuinely the son of EILUDD, and nephew of SELYF, then he must have lived in the decade or two after the Battle of Chester in 613. This would make him a contemporary with CADWALLON of Gwynedd, and there is little doubt that the rulers of Gwynedd and Powys at this time would have united in their campaign against the Northumbrians. Like Cadwallon, Beli was probably driven into exile by EDWIN. However, his son GWYLOG married the daughter of NOWY of Dyfed, and Nowy is a generation earlier than Beli, which would place him into at least the 590s if not earlier. This would make it impossible for Beli to be the grandfather of Elisedd who lived around 725. These anomalies are far from being resolved. circa 630.¹

     Gwylog ap Beli married Sanan (?), daughter of Nowy (Noe) ab Arthwyr.¹

     GAV-36 EDV-36. Gwylog ap Beli was King of Powys, [Ashley, p. 154] GWYLOG Powys, dates uncertain (fl 700s?). Gwylog is shown both as the father of ELISEDD who lived about 725 and as the son of BELI who lived about 620, and these dates are incompatible. Gwylog also married Sanan, the daughter of NOWY of Dyfed, which would place Gwylog back around the period 620 or even earlier. Clearly the genealogies are at fault. This is not surprising. The period from the Battle of Chester in 613 to the recovery of the lands of Powys under Elisedd in 725 was a dark age for the Welsh when many were driven into exile by the Northumbrians and Mercians, apart from the brief period of triumph of CYNDDYLAN who does not feature anywhere in the genealogies. We must conclude that at least two generations of Powys' rulers have been lost and that during these years the land was probably dominated by the rulers of Gwynedd. circa 700.¹

     Sanan (?) married Gwylog ap Beli, son of Beli ap Eiludd.¹

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     GAV-35 EDV-35. Elisedd ap Gwylog was King of Powys, [Ashley, p. 155] ELISEDD (or ELISEG) Powys, 725-? Elisedd was remembered by his great grandson, CYNGEN AP CADELL, a century later, for having rebuilt Powys and recovered lands from the English. He erected a stone column, now known as "Eliseg's Pillar" which commemorated his descent, tracing it all the way back to VORTIGERN. The genealogy provides us with some dating problems, but we must assume that Elisedd lived sometime in the early/mid eighth century. This coincides with the reign of the Mercian king ATHELBALD, a turbulent period where the Mercians generally had the upper hand but where some victories went to the underdogs. We can imagine that Elisedd succeeded in regaining lands along the Welsh/Mercian border from this powerful king, which made his victories all the more significant. It is possible that Elisedd ruled (or was active as a battle leader) earlier, because there are Welsh border incidents recorded during the reign of the Mercian king CENRED, around the year 708. The fact that the Pillar was erected at Llangollen, well inside the later Welsh border, shows that these territorial gains were not permanent. circa 725.¹

     GAV-34 EDV-34. Brochfael ap Elisedd was King of Powys, [Ashley, p. 155] BROCHFAEL AP ELISEDD Powys, fl 760s. The son of ELISEDD, little is known of his reign, except that it would have paralleled that of Mercia's greatest king, OFFA. Whatever lands Elisedd had gained in the first half of the century, Brochfael probably lost in the second half. Offa undertook many raids into Wales during his reign, some as far west as Dyfed, and Powys was little more than a doorstep to his mighty army. Although the dates of Brochfael's reign are not known, it is possible he reigned for a considerable period. It was during his reign that Offa's Dyke was constructed, a remarkable feat of engineering which must have taken many men many years. It is a sign of Offa's power that it could be achieved at all, and it is probable that it was the men of Powys and of Glywysing who were pressed into service to complete the work. It served as much as a line of demarcation as a defence, and as such shows that Offa effectively agreed a border between the Welsh and the English which would help sustain peace. Brochfael would therefore have benefited from the Dyke in the short term, though in the long term it spelled the end for Powys. Brochfael was succeeded by his son CADELL. circa 760.¹

     Donnell Scott Craig was born in March 1883. He married Miriam Bowman, daughter of Joseph Parker Bowman and May Pomeroy, before 30 October 1921.

Donnell Scott Craig died on 29 April 1932 at Marietta, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 49.

     Donnell Scott Craig Jr. was born on 30 October 1921.
Donnell Scott Craig Jr. was buried in May 1972 at Marietta, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA.
Donnell Scott Craig Jr. died on 21 May 1972 at Marietta, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 50.

     Patrick de Dunbar 5th Earl of Dunbar, Earl of March was born circa 1187; Ravilious says b. ca 1185 citing: Andrew B. W. MacEwen, "A Clarification of the Dunbar Pedigree," The Genealogist, Vol. 9, No. 2, 1991, pp. 229-241, cites Joseph Stevenson, ed., Cronica de Mailros, E Codice Unico in Bibliotheca Cottoniana Servato (Edinburgh, 1835), and other sources.^6,7 He married Euphemia de Brus, daughter of William de Brus Lord of Annandale and Christian/Cristina fitz Alan, before 1213.^8,6

Patrick de Dunbar 5th Earl of Dunbar, Earl of March died after 14 April 1248 at Marseilles, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; en route to the Holy Land to join the Crusade of (ST) LOUIS IX OF FRANCE.^8,7
     He was 5th Earl of Dunbar.⁸

; In 1232 he succeeded his father as Earl of Dunbar. In 1235 he was in command of the army sent against the Bastard of Galloway, whom he subdued. He acted as guarantor of a treaty with England in 1237 and again in 1244. He was in charge of a Scottish army which left Scotland in November 1247 to join the French King Louis IX's crusade, but died at Marseille between May and December 1248. His widow, Euphemia Stewart, lived at Whittingham in East Lothian, and died probably about 1267.⁶

; Leo van de Pas cites: 1. A Genealogical History of the dormant, abeyant,forfeited and extinct peerages of the British Empire, London, 1866, Sir Bernard Burke, Reference: 604
2. The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales Edinburgh, 1977., Gerald Paget, Reference: vol 1 212
3. The Complete Peerage 1936 , H.A.Doubleday & Lord Howard de Walden, Reference: IV 506.⁶

; PATRICK de DUNBAR, 5th EARL OF DUNBAR; led troops in suppression of the rebel Bastard of Galloway 1235; m by 1213 Eupheme, dau of Walter Stewart (see MORAY, E), 3rd Lord High Steward of Scotland, and d Marseilles 1248 en route to the Holy Land to join the Crusade of (ST) LOUIS IX OF FRANCE.⁸ EDV-23.

     Patrick de Dunbar 6th Earl of Dunbar was born before 13 December 1213.^5,2 He married Cecilia FitzJohn, daughter of John Fitz Robert Lord of Warkworth, co. Northumberland and Ada de Baliol, in 1242.^5,6,2

Patrick de Dunbar 6th Earl of Dunbar died on 24 August 1289 at Whittingham, East Lothian, England.^5,2
      ; per Leo van de Pas: [quote] He took an active part in Scottish politics and, in 1255, his surprisal of the castle of Edinburgh saved King Alexander III and his queen from the Comyns. After the death of King Alexander III, he was one of the Regents of Scotland. In 1263 he held a command at Largs against the Norwegians, and on 6 July 1266, was a signatory to the treaty for the cession of the Hebrides and the Isle of Man to Scotland. On 25 July 1281 he was also a signatory to the marriage contract of Margaret of Scotland and Eric of Norway. In general he sided with the pro-English party. Aged seventy-six, he died in 1289. [end quote]²

; Leo van de Pas cites: 1. The Complete Peerage, 1936 , Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden, Reference: IV 506
2. The Scots Peerage 1904-1914, nine volumes , Paul, Sir James Balfour, Reference: III 258
3. A Genealogical History of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited and extinct peerages of the British Empire, London, 1866, Burke, Sir Bernard, Reference: 604.² He was 6th Earl of Dunbar.⁵

; PATRICK de DUNBAR, 6th EARL OF DUNBAR; b c 1213; memb of a pro-English group among the Scots nobility, as which managed to get the boy King ALEXANDER III away from the dominance of the Comyn family, becoming in consequence 1255 Regent of Scotland and Guardian to ALEXANDER and his young consort (dau of HENRY III of England); cmded a div of the Scottish army in the victory over Norsemen at Largs 1263; m 1242 Cecil, dau of John (Fraser?) and d 24 Aug 1289.⁵

     Waltheof/Waldeve (?) 4th Earl of Dunbar married Aline (?)³

Waltheof/Waldeve (?) 4th Earl of Dunbar died in 1182.³
     EDV-25.

; WALTHEOF de DUNBAR, 3rd EARL (OF DUNBAR); hostage 1175 for WILLIAM I ('THE LION') OF SCOTS (then held captive by the English); m Aline - (d 20 Aug 1179) and d 1182.³

     Marjorie/Margery (?) of Scotland was born between 1220 and 1230.³ She married Alan Durward Earl of Atholl, jure uxoris before 1240
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His 2nd wife. Genealogics says m. bef 1240; Med Lands says m. 1244.^1,2,3,5,4,6
      ; [illegitimate] Marjorie; m. Alan Durward, Justicar of Scotland (+after 1264.)²

Reference: Genealogics cites: A descent from Alexander II of Scotland 2011 , Ravilious, John Paul.⁴

     Alan Durward Earl of Atholl, jure uxoris married Isabella (?) Countess of Atholl, daughter of Eanric mac Maelcoluim (?) 3rd Earl of Atholl and Mairead (?), before January 1210
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His 1st wife; her 2nd husband.^5,3,6 Alan Durward Earl of Atholl, jure uxoris married Marjorie/Margery (?) of Scotland, daughter of Alexander II "the Peaceful" (?) King of Scotland, before 1240
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His 2nd wife. Genealogics says m. bef 1240; Med Lands says m. 1244.^4,1,2,3,7,6
Alan Durward Earl of Atholl, jure uxoris died in 1275; Genealogicvs says d. 1275; Med Lands says d. 1268/75.^1,3,6
     Reference: Genealogics cites:

; Per Med Lands:
     "ALAN Durward (-[1268/75], bur Cuprose). "…A hostiar comite Athol…" witnessed the charter dated 5 Jan 1234 under which Alexander II King of Scotland confirmed "terram…de Kalentyr" to Holyrood abbey[432]. "Alan Ostiari dni Regis" confirmed the donation of "nemore de Trostach" to Aberbrothoc by undated charter witnessed by "…David de Hasting…Colyn Ostiari…"[433]. "Alani Hostiarii domini regis" donated "de duabus Dauatis terræ in territorio meo de Luntrathen, viz. Clentolath et Balcassay" to Cupar abbey by undated charter witnessed by "Domino Nigello comite de Carryke, Domino Johane de Hasting, Domino Gilberto de Haya…Domino Colino de Lundein"[434]. He was appointed Justiciar of Scotia in [1244][435]. "Alanus Ostiarius, Justiciarius Scocie" donated property "in parochia de Logindurnach" to Lindores Abbey, for the souls of "pie recordationis domini mei Alexandri quondam…regis Scocie et…Margerie uxoris mee", by undated charter dated to after 1249, witnessed by "Domino Colino Ostiario fratre meo…"[436]. The Chronicle of Melrose reports that he plotted in 1251 to have his illegitimate daughter "by the sister of the king" legitimated and declared heir to the throne, the plot being revealed by Henry III King of England[437]. Alan Durward rebelled again in 1254, defeated a Scottish army, and plotted to capture King Alexander at Edinburgh in 1255 under the pretext of arranging a peace conference[438]. Alan Durward claimed the earldom of Mar in 1257, impugning the legitimacy of his predecessors, a bull of Pope Alexander IV dated 4 Oct 1257 detailing the whole case[439]. "David de Strathbolgy comes Atholiæ" confirmed the donation of "terra de Dunfolemthim" to Cupar abbey made by "Nessus medicus domini regis" [see above], for the souls of "Domini David de Hastings quondam comitis Atholiæ et Forflissæ comitissæ suæ et Elenæ quondam sponsæ nostræ", by undated charter witnessed by "…Domino Alano Hostiario…Domino Thoma Hostiario…"[440]. The Chronicle of Lanercost records the death in 1268 of "dominus Alanus dictus Durward, comitis de Fife propinquus"[441]. John of Fordun’s Scotichronicon (Continuator) records the death in 1275 of "Alanus Ostiarius" and his burial "apud monasterium de Cupro", adding that his lands were divided between "tribus filiabus"[442].
     "[m firstly (before Jan 1210) as her second husband, ISABEL Ctss of Atholl, daughter of HENRY Earl of Atholl & his wife Margaret --- (-before 1242). This possible marriage is discussed by Noel Paton[443]. It would explain why Alan Durward was designated Earl of Atholl in 1233 and 1235, as he may have held the earldom in wardship for his supposed stepson[444].]
     "m [secondly] ([1244]) MARJORY, illegitimate daughter of ALEXANDER III King of Scotland & his mistress ---. "Alanus Ostiarius, Justiciarius Scocie" donated property "in parochia de Logindurnach" to Lindores Abbey, for the souls of "pie recordationis domini mei Alexandri quondam…regis Scocie et…Margerie uxoris mee", by undated charter dated to after 1249, witnessed by "Domino Colino Ostiario fratre meo…"[445]. Her parentage and marriage are confirmed by John of Fordun’s Scotichronicon (Continuator) which records that "Robertus abbas de Dunfermelyn, cancellarius regis" was accused of proposing "sororem regis notham…uxorem Alani Ostiarii" as successor to the throne in 1251[446]. Alan & his [second] wife had three children:
Med Lands cites: He was Justiciar of Scotland.¹

     Ermengarde Durwood married William de Soulis.²
Ermengarde Durwood was born between 1245 and 1255.²

     Nicholas de Soulis married Margaret Comyn, daughter of Alexander Comyn 6th Earl of Buchan and Elizabeth de Quincy.^4,2

Nicholas de Soulis died before 2 January 1296.²
     Reference: van de Pas cites: A descent from Alexander II of Scotland 2011 , Ravilious, John Paul.²

; Contender for the throne of Scotland.¹

     William de Vescy Baron Vescy died circa 1297; died without legitimate issue.²
      ; Contender for the throne of Scotland.¹

     Aufrica de Say married Robert Wardone.¹

      ; Contender for the throne of Scotland.¹

     Willem II (?) Count of Holland, Emperor Elect was born between 19 July 1227 and 3 October 1227.^2,3 He married Elisabeth (?) Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, daughter of Otto I "das Kind/the Child" (?) Duke von Braunschweig and Lüneburg and Mathilde (?) von Brandenburg, on 25 January 1252 at Braunschweig, Stadtkreis Braunschweig, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany (now).^7,2,8,3,9

Willem II (?) Count of Holland, Emperor Elect died on 28 January 1256 at Hoogwoud, Netherlands (now); killed in battle.^2,3
      ; Leo van de Pas cites: 1. Genealogie der Graven van Holland Zaltbommel, 1969. , Dr. A. W. E. Dek, Reference: page 16
2. Nachkommen Gorms des Alten 1978. , S. Otto Brenner, Reference: nr 305.
3. Kwartieren Greidanus-Jaeger in Stamreeksen 1994, 's-Gravenhage., Mr. G.J.J. van Wimersma Greidanus, Reference: 531.²

; Willem II was only seven years old when he became Count of Holland. At first his two uncles, Otto and Willem, acted as regent. However, Otto became Elect of Utrecht in 1233 while Willem was killed in a tournament in 1238, so from then on it was his mother, Machteld, who acted as his regent.

Aged only twenty, he became Emperor Elect, first on 3 October 1247 and again on 25 March 1252; but it was only after the death of Konrad IV in 1254 that he was generally accepted. In 1252 he married Elisabeth of Brunswick and they became the parents of two children. In December 1255 they were in Worms when Elisabeth, on an outing to the castle Trifels near Speyer, was abducted by the robber baron Herman von Rietberg who, after a high ransom was paid, released her.

In February 1255 he placed himself at the head of the 'Rheinische Städtebund'. However, before he could be crowned Emperor he was killed, on 28 January 1256 near Hoogwoud, in a minor battle against the West Friesians. It took until 1284 before his body was recovered and then buried in the Abbey Church of Middelburg.² Willem II (?) Count of Holland, Emperor Elect was also known as William II Count of Holland.⁷ He was Count of Holland between 1234 and 1256.³

     Floris V (?) Count of Holland was born in July 1254 at Leiden, Netherlands (now).^2,3,4 He married Beatrix de Dampierre of Flanders, daughter of Guy II de Dampierre Graaf van Vlaanderen, Graaf van Namen and Mathilde/Maud de Béthune dame de Béthune, Dendermonde, Richebourg and Warneton, in 1270
; his 1st wife; Racines et Histoire says m 1279.^8,2,9,3,4
Floris V (?) Count of Holland died on 27 June 1296 at Muiderberg, Netherlands (now), at age 41; murdered.^1,2,3,4
      ; He was only two years old when he became Count of Holland, his uncle, Floris 'de Voogd' (Regent) acted as his regent. However, when the latter was accidentally killed at a tournament in 1258, it was his aunt Aleida who became Regent of Holland from 1258 until 1263, when she was replaced by Otto II, Count of Gelre. Then in 1266 Floris V was declared to be of age when only twelve years old.

In 1274 he had to act against an uprising in Kennemerland and, in 1277, he both banished his cousin Jan van Avesnes and forced the Bishop of Utrecht to hand properties over to him. In 1284 he defeated the West Friesians while at the same time involved in continual quarrels over Zeeland with his father-in-law, the Count of Flanders. For many years he sided with the English but, in 1296, changed his alliance to the French. On 27 June 1296, instigated by the English, he was murdered by Gerard van Velzen at Muiderberg.

After the murder, Gerard van Velzen and his supporters fled to hide at castle Kroonenburg. However, an army under command of the Count of Cleves took the castle and the supporters of Gerard van Velzen were beheaded. Gerard van Velzen was stripped naked and placed in a barrel with long nails hammered in from the outside. Then the barrel was rolled through the streets of Leiden. While the castle was raised to the ground.²

; Leo van de Pas cites: 1. Genealogie der Graven van Holland Zaltbommel, 1969. , Dr. A. W. E. Dek, Reference: page 16
2. Nachkommen Gorms des Alten 1978. , S. Otto Brenner, Reference: nr.510.² He was Count of Holland between 1256 and 1296.³

; Contender for the throne of Scotland.¹

     John Comyn 7th Earl of Buchan married Isabel (?) of Fife, Countess of Buchan, daughter of Duncan III mac Duff 9th Earl of Fife and Joan de Clare.^1,5

John Comyn 7th Earl of Buchan died between 11 August 1308 and 3 December 1308 at England.^1,5

     Isabel (?) of Fife, Countess of Buchan married John Comyn 7th Earl of Buchan, son of Alexander Comyn 6th Earl of Buchan and Elizabeth de Quincy.^1,5

      ; per Ashley (p. 411): "she crowned Robert Bruce"
     per van de Pas: "Isabel was the daughter of Duncan MacDuff, earl of Fife, and Joan de Clare. She married John Comyn, earl of Buchan. She took the opposite site from her husband, who supported the English. She acted in place of her brother the imprisoned Earl of Fife as premier peer of Scotland at the coronation and placed the crown on the head of King Robert Bruce at Scone, 29 March 1306. In the same year the English captured her and imprisoned her in an iron cage at Berwick and was not released until April 1313. She was childless."^1,2

Reference: van de Pas cites:
     1. The Complete Peerage, 1936 , Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden. II 375
     1. Stirnet Genealogies , Barns-Graham, Peter.² Isabel (?) of Fife, Countess of Buchan was also known as Iseabail inghean Dhonnchaidh MacDuibh.²

     Eleanor (?) married Sir Robert de Brus Lord of Annandale, Earl of Carrick, son of Sir Robert "the Competitor" de Brus 6th Lord of Anandale, Earl of Carrick and Isabella de Clare, after 1292
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Her 1st husband; his 2nd wife.
Robert de Brus's first wife, Margaret of Galloway died in 1292, so I assume that his second marriage, to Eleanor took place after that date.^1,3,4,2 Eleanor (?) married Richard le Waleys 1st Lord Waleys, of Burghwallis, Yorkshire between December 1304 and February 1306
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Her 2nd husband.^3,2,5
     ; Per Weis: “Robert Bruce, eldest s. and h., Earl of Carrick, j.u., b. Writtle July 1243, d. Mar. 1304; m., as 2nd husb., Marjorie (121C-30) Countess of Carrick, d. 1292, bef. 27 Oct., wid. of Adam de Kilconquhar, d.s.p. 1270, eldest dau. and h. of Neil (121C-29), Earl of Carrick; m. (2) Eleanor NN, d. 1330, who m. 2nd, 1306, Richard de Waleys. (SP II: 426427, 432-433; CP II:360, III:55-56, IX:167 note c; G.W.S. Barron, Robert Bruce, see refs. gen. 37).”.⁶
; Per Med Lands:
     "ROBERT [VI] de Brus, son of ROBERT [V] de Brus Lord of Annandale & his first wife Isabel de Clare (Jul 1243-shortly before 4 Apr 1304, bur Abbey of Holm Cultram). The Annals of Tewkesbury record the birth in Jul 1243 of “filium nomine ---” to “Isabel de Clara…[et] R. de Brus”[1041]. The manuscript history of the Bruce family of Carleton records that “Robertus Brus quartus” succeeded “Robertus Brus tertius” and was buried “apud Holme-Coltram”[1042]. Earl of Carrick, de iure uxoris, he resigned this to his son 27 Oct 1292. His father resigned in his favour his claim to the Scottish throne 7 Nov 1292, both father and son refusing to do homage to King John Balliol[1043]. He succeeded his father in 1295 as Lord of Annandale. He became Lord Brus by virtue of his summons to attend the English parliament in 1295[1044].
     "m firstly (Turnberry Castle 1271) as her second husband, MARGARET Ctss of Carrick suo iure, widow of ADAM de Kilconquhar, daughter and heiress of NEIL Earl of Carrick & his wife Margaret Stewart (-[1292]). The manuscript history of the Bruce family of Carleton records that “Robertus Brus quartus” married “filiam et hæredem comitis Karrigg”[1045]. The Liber Pluscardensis names "unicam filiam suam Martham…comitissa de Carrick" as heiress of "Adam comite de Carrick" and records her marriage to "Roberto de Bruys…secundo, futurus Vallis Anandiæ dominus in Scocia et Clevland in Anglia" without the king’s permission[1046]. John of Fordun’s Scotichronicon (Continuator) records the death "in Terram Sanctam pro Christo peregrinaturus" of "Adam comes de Carrik", dated to [1271] from the context, leaving "unicam filiam…Martham, quæ sibi in comitatum successit" and her marriage to "Roberto de Bruce…filio Roberti de Bruce cognomine Nobilis, domini Vallis de Annandia in Scotia et de Clyveland in Anglia"[1047]. The Extracta ex Cronicis Scocie records that "Robertum Bruse filium Roberti de Bruys, cognomine…domini Vallis de Anandia in Scocia et de Cliflande in Anglia" abducted "Martha filia et heres unica Nigelli comitis de Carryk" to "castrum suum de Turnberry" and married her without the licence of the king[1048]. These passage confuse the supposed daughter with her mother.
     "NB: This marriage was to Robert King of Scots, son of Robert Bruce and his wife Marjorie/Margaret, not to Robert Bruce himself. m secondly (licence 19 Sep 1295, divorced [Oct 1296/May 1299]) as her second husband, MATILDA, widow of PHILIP Burnell, daughter of JOHN FitzAlan Lord of Clun and Oswestry & his wife Isabel de Mortimer (-before [1330]). The licence for “Matilda late the wife of Philip Burnel tenant in chief” to marry “Robert de Brus lord of Annandale” is dated 19 Sep 1295[1049]. An order dated 13 Oct 1296 relates to a claim by "Robert de Brus earl of Carrick and lord of Annandale and Matill[idis] his wife in a plea of dower"[1050]. “Matilda formerly the wife of Philip Burnel” sued “Ralph Springehose” and others for land in Wolverhampton and 26 named tenants in Wolverhampton for a third of their holdings “in that vill as her dower” dated [6 May/1 Jun] 1299[1051]. She married thirdly (before 19 Jun 1316) Simon Criketot. Her third marriage is confirmed by an agreement dated “Saturday before Midsummer 8 Edw II” between “Sir Hugh le Despenser and Sir John de Haudlo” and “Simon Criketot” relating to covenants between Sir Hugh and Sir John and “Dame Maud Burnell now wife of the said Simon” on the marriage of “the said Sir John and Dame Maud Lovel daughter of the said Dame Maud Burnel”[1052]. “John de Handlo [Haudlo] and Maud his wife” petitioned for lands, dated to [1330], stating that “Philip Burnel, father of Maud de Handlo, and Maud his wife” were seised of tenements “given in free marriage by Richard Fitz Alan Earl of Arundel, Maud’s brother”, after the death of Maud senior[1053].
     "m thirdly as her first husband, ELEANOR, daughter of --- (-[13 Apr/8 Sep] or [16 Mar/19 Oct] 1331). A charter dated 2 Dec 1305 refers to "Alianora widow of Robert de Brus"[1054]. She married secondly ([2 Dec 1305/8 Feb 1306]) as his first wife, Richard le Waleys of Burgh Wallis, Yorkshire, Lord Waleys. The primary source which confirms her second marriage has not yet been identified."
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Reference: Genealogics cites: The Complete Peerage, 1936 , Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden. 3:56, 12-2:321.²