Isabella of Atholl was

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or ban-mormaer of Atholl,

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, from the death of her father

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in 1211 until the accession of her son Padraig in 1236–7. It has often been thought that, after the death of Thomas of Galloway in 1232, she married again, this time to the powerful political figure

Alan Durward Alan Hostarius (or Alan Durward) () (died after 1264, or in 1275) was the son of Thomas de Lundin, a grandson of Gille Críst, Mormaer of Mar. His mother's name is unknown, but she was almost certainly a daughter of Máel Coluim, Mormaer of ...

; this however, rests solely in the fact that Alan styles himself "Count of Atholl" in a few documents between 1233 and 1234. However, as Matthew Hammond has shown, this more is more likely to refer to fact that Alan, as a grandson of Máel Coluim, Earl of Atholl, probably sought to inherit the province.

Bibliography

* Anderson, Alan Orr, ''Early Sources of Scottish History: AD 500-1286'', Vol. II, (Edinburgh, 1922), p. 478, n. 8 * Hammond, Matthew H., "The Durward family in the thirteenth century", in Steve Boardman and Alasdair Ross (eds.), ''The Exercise of Power in Medieval Scotland, c.1200–1500'', (Dublin/Portland, 2003), pp. 118–38 * Roberts, John L., ''Lost Kingdoms: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages'', (Edinburgh, 1997), pp. 54–5 1230s deaths Nobility from Perth and Kinross Year of birth unknown Mormaers of Atholl 13th-century Scottish women 13th-century mormaers 12th-century Scottish women 12th-century Scottish nobility {{Scotland-earl-stub