Padraig or Patrick of Atholl was

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, from 1236/7 until 1241. The

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tells us that while he was lodging in Haddington,

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, his enemies, "most wicked men," torched his lodging, killing both him and his two unknown companions. The chronicle had a high opinion of Padraig, and says that Padraig was "one imbued with all courtly wisdom and wit." Padraig was succeeded by his aunt Forbhlaith, with her husband

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. Consequent upon his murder the Scottish nobility, led by Patrick II Earl of March, exhorted by David de Hastings, pursued

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who sought protection from King Alexander II. Despite the king securing Walter in a number of safe houses he was eventually banished, with the loss of his estates, to England., citing

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Bibliography

* Anderson, Alan Orr, ''Early Sources of Scottish History: AD 500-1286'', Vol. II, (Edinburgh, 1922), pp. 530–1

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Padraig, Earl of Atholl 1241 deaths People from Perth and Kinross Year of birth unknown Mormaers of Atholl 13th-century mormaers