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Alan, Earl Of Menteith
Alan, Earl of Menteith (d. c. 1310) was a Scottish nobleman. Life Menteith was the son of Alexander, Earl of Menteith, and is first on record as a hostage in England, to ensure the good behaviour of his father in 1296. He and his brother Peter Menteith accompanied the English King as esquires on his expedition to Flanders in 1297. He supported King Robert the Bruce in his initial attempt to seize power following the deposition of John Balliol. Menteith was declared forfeit by Edward I of England, and his lands and title given to John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings. He was captured at the Battle of Methven, and given to Hastings' disposal. Menteith was committed to Abergavenny Castle; he died a prisoner before 13 March 1308/09, when John de Hastings had licence "to demise to Margery, late the wife of Alan, earl of Menteth, for her life, the manor of Wotton..." Menteith was succeeded in his Earldom by his son Alan II, Earl of Menteith, who was then a minor. Marriage and issue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander, Earl Of Menteith
Alexander of Menteith (d. bef. 1306), a Scottish nobleman and member of the Stewart family, he was the Earl of Menteith. Life Alexander was the eldest son and heir of Walter Bailloch Stewart and Mary I, Countess of Menteith and was the Mormaer or Earl#Scotland, Earl of Menteith succeeding his mother the de jure countess.George Edward Cokayne, ''The complete peerage; or, A history of the House of lords and all its members from the earliest times'', Vol. VIII (London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., 1932), p. 662 The first mention of him in records is with his brother John de Menteith in a compact dated on 20 September 1286, at Turnberry, Ayrshire, Turnberry, Carrick, Scotland, Carrick, between Bruce and the Stewarts.''The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland'', ed. James Balfour Paul, Vol VI (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1909), p. 133 In another writ, of uncertain date, granted by their father to Kilwinning Abbey, he and his brother are sty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |