Sir David II Strathbogie (died 28 December 1326) was
Earl of Atholl,
Constable of Scotland, and Chief Warden of
Northumberland
Northumberland ( ) is a ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North East England, on the Anglo-Scottish border, border with Scotland. It is bordered by the North Sea to the east, Tyne and Wear and County Durham to the south, Cumb ...
.
The eldest son and heir of
John Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl
John of Strathbogie (c. 1266 – 7 November 1306) was warden and Justiciary of Scotland.
Early years and family
John was born in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland around 1266. He was the son of David I Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl (d. 1270), by his s ...
by his wife Marjory (or Margaret) daughter of Donald, 10th Earl of Mar, Sir David was a prisoner in England in 1300. He succeeded his father in 1306 and was restored to his earldom and Scottish estates in 1307 by the surrender of them by
Ralph de Monthermer, to whom was paid a large sum of money.
That year he rebelled against
Robert the Bruce
Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (), was King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329. Robert led Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against Kingdom of Eng ...
who banished him, forfeiting his office, title, and lands, the latter being given to Sir
Neil Campbell. Strathbogie received three manors in
Norfolk
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as a compensation for his Scottish possessions. In 1321, he was granted the feudal barony of
Chilham,
Kent
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, which had belonged to his father and grandmother. In 1322 he was summoned to the English parliament as Lord Strathbogie. In that year he was appointed ''custos'' of
Northumberland
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, responsible for defence against Scottish raids.
[Alexander Rose, ''Kings in the North The House of Percy in British History'' 2002 p213] His wife was co-heiress in 1324 to her uncle,
Aymer de Valence, knt.,
Earl of Pembroke
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, by which she inherited
Mitford Castle
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and manor, the manor of
Ponteland, and lands in Little Eland,
Northumberland
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, and the manor of Foston (in
Foston on the Wolds),
Yorkshire
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.
In 1325 he was commander of the English troops in
Gascony
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.
Marriage
Strathbogie married Joan, elder daughter of Sir
John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, Joint Guardian of Scotland, by his spouse Joan (1292–1326), daughter of
Sir William de Valance, Lord of Pembroke, Valence, Montignac, Bellac, etc., half-brother of King
Henry III of England
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(both had the same mother, Isabella, Countess of Angoulême).
His claim to the earldom of Atholl was maintained by his eldest son and heir,
David III Strathbogie, titular Earl of Atholl, a leading supporter of
Edward Balliol
Edward Balliol or Edward de Balliol (; – January 1364) was a claimant to the Scottish throne during the Second War of Scottish Independence. With English help, he ruled parts of the kingdom from 1332 to 1356.
Early life
Edward was the el ...
.
His second son, Sir Aymer de Strathbogie, Knt., of Felton,
Jesmond
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,
Ponteland, and Tarcet (in Thormeburre), was Knight of the Shire for Northumberland (as Adomar de Atholl) in 1381. Sir Aymer married Mary, said to be a daughter of Walter Steward. They are buried in the chancel of the Holy Trinity of
St. Andrew's,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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(brass now destroyed) and left children.
Footnotes
References
* Banks, T.C., ''Baronies in Fee'', London, 1844, pp. 110–111.
*
Sir James Balfour Paul,
Lord Lyon King of Arms
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, ''
The Scots Peerage
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'', Edinburgh, 1904, vol.1, 428–430.
* Richardson, Douglas, ''Plantagenet Ancestry'', Baltimore, Md., 2004, pps: 50 and 596.
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Nobility from Perth and Kinross
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Year of birth unknown
Mormaers of Atholl
14th-century Scottish earls