Gille Críst, Earl of Angus ruled until 1206 as
Mormaer
In early medieval Scotland, a mormaer was the Gaelic name for a regional or provincial ruler, theoretically second only to the King of Scots, and the senior of a ''Toísech'' (chieftain). Mormaers were equivalent to English earls or Continental c ...
of
Angus
Angus may refer to:
Media
* ''Angus'' (film), a 1995 film
* ''Angus Og'' (comics), in the ''Daily Record''
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* Angus, New South Wales
Canada
* Angus, Ontario, a community in Essa, Ontario
* East Angus, Quebec
Scotland
* An ...
. He was a son of
Gille Brigte of Angus and younger brother of
Adam of Angus.
Almost nothing is known of him except that he married Marjorie of Huntingdon, the daughter of
Henry of Scotland
Henry of Scotland (''Eanric mac Dabíd'', 1114 – 12 June 1152) was heir apparent to the Kingdom of Alba. He was also the 3rd Earl of Northumbria and the 3rd Earl of Huntingdon. He was the son of King David I of Scotland and Queen Maud, 2nd Cou ...
and
Ada de Warenne
Ada de Warenne (or Adeline de Varenne) ( 1120 – 1178) was the Anglo-Norman wife of Henry of Scotland, Earl of Northumbria and Earl of Huntingdon. She was the daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey by Elizabeth of Vermandois, an ...
, and that he was succeeded by his son Donnchad before 1206. His daughter Bethóc (Beatrix) was married to
Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland
Walter Steward of Dundonald (died 1246) was 3rd hereditary High Steward of Scotland and Justiciar of Scotia.
He was the eldest son of Alan fitz Walter, 2nd High Steward of Scotland but which wife of Alan's was his mother is not clear. He was ...
and was mother to
Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland
Alexander Stewart (about 1220-1282), known as Alexander of Dundonald, was a Scottish magnate who in 1241 succeeded his father as hereditary High Steward of Scotland.
Origins
He was the son of Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland.
Care ...
. It is claimed that Marjorie of Huntingdon married secondly (as his second wife), Sir William de Lindsay of Luffness and Crawford (born c. 1148 – died c. 1200), but such a marriage did not occur. Gille Críst, Earl of Angus and Marjorie of Huntingdon were ancestors of
Robert I (known as Robert the Bruce), King of Scots (b. 11 July 1274 - d. 7 June 1329).
[According to Beryl Platts, ''Scottish Hazzards'', vols. 1, 2, 4 & 5 (the Procter Press, 1985); the author states that Sir William de Lindsay born about 1148 who married, firstly, Aleanora de Limesay (daughter of Gerard, Lord of Limesay and Amicia de Bidun) about 1174 by whom he had three sons, also married, secondly, Margaret of Huntingdon (daughter of Henry of Huntingdon, Earl of Huntingdon and Ada de Warenne). eryl Platts disagrees with the statement made by Lord Lindsay that Marjorie of Huntingdon had three sons with Sir William de Lindsay (died c. 1200).]
Gille Críst, 4th Earl of Angus had by his first wife, Marjorie of Huntingdon (youngest daughter of
Henry of Scotland
Henry of Scotland (''Eanric mac Dabíd'', 1114 – 12 June 1152) was heir apparent to the Kingdom of Alba. He was also the 3rd Earl of Northumbria and the 3rd Earl of Huntingdon. He was the son of King David I of Scotland and Queen Maud, 2nd Cou ...
, Earl of Huntingdon and his wife,
Ada de Warenne
Ada de Warenne (or Adeline de Varenne) ( 1120 – 1178) was the Anglo-Norman wife of Henry of Scotland, Earl of Northumbria and Earl of Huntingdon. She was the daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey by Elizabeth of Vermandois, an ...
), the following son and daughter:
*Donnchadh (or Donnchad), 5th Earl of Angus who succeeded him before 1206.
*Bethóc (or Beatrix) who was married to
Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland
Walter Steward of Dundonald (died 1246) was 3rd hereditary High Steward of Scotland and Justiciar of Scotia.
He was the eldest son of Alan fitz Walter, 2nd High Steward of Scotland but which wife of Alan's was his mother is not clear. He was ...
and mother to Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland.
Gille Críst, 4th Earl of Angus had by his second wife, Ingibiorg Ericsdottir of Caithness (daughter of Eric Thorliotsson), the following son:
*
Magnus II, Earl of Orkney
Magnus II (born 1185 or 1190 – died 1239) was the first in the Angus line of Scottish earls (or jarls) of Orkney. His title was "Earl of Orkney and Caithness."
He was the son of Gille Críst, Earl of Angus, and his second wife, Ingibiorg Erics ...
and Caithness
See also
*
Sir Robert de Pinkeney, Baron of Pinkeney (d. 1296). 13th-century English noble and a
competitor for the Crown of Scotland.
References
Bibliography
* Sir James Balfour Paul. ''The Scots Peerage'': founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's, The Peerage of Scotland, (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), vol. 1, pp. 4, 5, 12, 13, & 160-165.
* Cokayne, G.E., ''The Complete Peerage''. New ed., vol. 1, (London, 1910), p. 146.
* Roberts, John L., ''Lost Kingdoms: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages'', (Edinburgh, 1997), pp. 53–54
* Weir, Alison. ''Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy'' (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), p. 196.
* Richardson, Douglas. ''Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families'', vol. 4, (2013), pp. 582–583: [author states, "They had three sons, ... , and four daughters. Children of Henry of Scotland, by Ada de Warenne: i. Malcolm IV of Scotland, ii. William the lion, King of Scots, iii. David of Scotland, iv. Maud of Scotland, v. Margaret of Scotland, vi. Ada of Scotland, vii. ______ of Scotland (daughter)."].
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12th-century births
1206 deaths
People from Angus, Scotland
12th-century mormaers
13th-century mormaers
Mormaers of Angus