Gilbert de Umfraville (died 1245) was a 13th-century English baron. Gilbert was the eldest son of Richard de Umfraville, Lord of
Redesdale. He succeeded his father as Lord of Redesdale and Baron
Prudhoe
Prudhoe ( ) is a town in south Northumberland, England, about west of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne and just south of the River Tyne. Situated on a steep, north-facing hill in the Tyne valley, Prudhoe had a population of 11,675 at the 201 ...
from November 1226
at his seat of
Prudhoe Castle. He also had lands at
Otterburn.
Life
In November 1226, Gilbert de Umfraville succeeded his father Richard de Umbraville as Lord of Redesdale and
Baron Prudhoe following the latter's death.
In 1228, he was summoned by Henry III to help with the Welsh 'Kerry' campaign. He and other barons were ordered to muster at
Shrewsbury in preparation for aiding the English garrison at
Montgomery Castle
Montgomery Castle ( cy, Castell Trefaldwyn) is a stone-built castle looking over the town of Montgomery in Powys, Mid Wales. It is one of many Norman castles on the border between Wales and England.
Its strategic importance in the Welsh M ...
after they were attacked by forces led by
Llywelyn ab Iorwerth
Llywelyn the Great ( cy, Llywelyn Fawr, ; full name Llywelyn mab Iorwerth; c. 117311 April 1240) was a King of Gwynedd in north Wales and eventually " Prince of the Welsh" (in 1228) and "Prince of Wales" (in 1240). By a combination of war and d ...
.
Marriage and issue
* He married firstly Theophania de Balliol, daughter of
Eustace de Balliol
Eustace de Balliol (or Eustace de Helicourt) (died c. 1209) was the cousin and successor of Bernard II de Balliol, lord of Balliol and Barnard Castle. He was the lord of Château de Hélicourt, Hélicourt in Picardy, an estate near the chief seat ...
and Agnes de Percy.
* He married secondly
Matilda of Angus, daughter of
Máel Coluim, Earl of Angus
Máel Coluim, Earl of Angus, was a Scottish nobleman who was mormaer of Angus, Scotland, Angus roughly from 1214 to 1240. He was the last of his family in the male line with title over that province.
He married Mary, daughter and heiress of Hump ...
and Mary de Berkeley and had issue:
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Gilbert, married Elizabeth Comyn, daughter of
Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan, had issue; died in 1308.
See also
*
Umfraville
The Umfraville family were Anglo-Norman landowners, administrators and soldiers who were prominent from about 1120 to 1437 on the northern border of England, where they held the strategic lordships of Prudhoe and Redesdale in Northumberland. T ...
Sources
* Burke, Sir Bernard, ''A Genealogical History of the Extinct Peerages of the British Empire'' (London 1883)
*
Paul, Sir James Balfour, ''
The Scots Peerage
''The Scots Peerage'' is a nine-volume book series of the Scottish nobility compiled and edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, published in Edinburgh from 1904 to 1914. The full title is ''The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Rober ...
'', (Edinburgh, 1904), vol. i, ''Angus''.
References
1245 deaths
People from Prudhoe
Gilbert
Year of birth unknown
13th-century English people
Earls of Angus
Peers jure uxoris
13th-century mormaers
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