Henry of Atholl, the son of
Maol Choluim (
Gd: ''Eanraig mac Mhaoil Chaluim''), was
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
Atholl
Atholl or Athole ( gd, Athall; Old Gaelic ''Athfhotla'') is a large historical division in the Scottish Highlands, bordering (in anti-clockwise order, from Northeast) Marr, Badenoch, Lochaber, Breadalbane, Strathearn, Perth, and Gowrie. H ...
,
Scotland
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, from sometime in the 1190s until his death in 1211. Henry had no sons, but did have at least two daughters—
Isabella and
Forbhlaith. Before he died, Henry married off Isabella to
Thomas
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, brother of the second-most important man in Scotland,
Alan, Lord of Galloway
Alan of Galloway (before 1199 – 1234), also known as Alan fitz Roland, was a leading thirteenth-century Scottish magnate. As the hereditary Lord of Galloway and Constable of Scotland, he was one of the most influential men in the Kingdom of S ...
. Henry also married off Forbhlaith to Sir
David de Hastings.
Bibliography
* Anderson, Alan Orr, ''Early Sources of Scottish History: AD 500-1286'', Vol. II, (Edinburgh, 1922), p. 478, n. 8
* Roberts, John L., ''Lost Kingdoms: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages'', (Edinburgh, 1997), pp. 54–5
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