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) in the Eighth Crusade, in the company of

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, by his spouse Maud, ''suo jure'' Countess of Angus. In 1266, Isabel was heiress to her brother, Richard de Dover, by which she inherited the barony of Chilham, with the manor of Chingford Earls, Essex. In 1270, they leased the latter to the

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by licence from the king. David was succeeded by his only son, John of Strathbogie, 9th Earl of Atholl, Warden and Justiciar of Scotland.

References

* Richardson, Douglas, ''Plantagenet Ancestry'', Baltimore, 2004, pp. 49–50. 1270 deaths David I Christians of the Eighth Crusade Scottish soldiers Year of birth unknown Mormaers of Atholl 13th-century mormaers {{Scotland-earl-stub