Robert de Umfraville, 8th Earl of Angus, of Prudhoe, Chollerton, Harbottle, and Whelpington, Northumberland ( 1277 – 1325) was an Anglo-Norman baron in

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and the eighth

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Life

Robert was the second son of Gilbert de Umfraville and Elizabeth Comyn, daughter of

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. Umfraville was more than thirty years old at his father's death. Umfraville adhered to King

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both against Scots and barons, and was regularly summoned to the English parliaments as Earl of Angus (although in name only- the title had ceased to have any meaning whatsoever since the outbreak of the 1296

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). He was summoned to the coronation of King Edward II of England in February 1308. He was Joint Lieutenant and Guardian of Scotland from 21 June 1308, and appointed to treat for peace with the Scots on numerous occasions. He fought at the

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, and was taken prisoner after the battle by

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, but soon released. In 1316 he was commissioned to treat with the Scots for a truce.Burke, J. pp.527–529 Though formerly in opposition to the Despensers, he sat in judgment on

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. King Robert deprived him of his Scottish estates and title, and before 1329 the real earldom had been vested in the House of Stewart, from whom it passed in 1389 to a branch of the Douglases. Robert died in 1325 and was buried at

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, Northumberland, England.

Marriages and issue

Robert married twice. His first wife was Lucy, sister and heiress of William of Kyme, whose considerable estates in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, including the castle of Kyme, passed thus to the Umfravilles. They had the following known issues: *Gilbert (d.c.1380), married firstly Joan de Willoughby and secondly Maud de Lucy; had issue. *Elizabeth, married Gilbert de Boroughdon. By his second wife, Eleanor, the widow of Richard Fitz Marmaduke of Horden, they had the following known issue: *Robert (d.1379), married Eleanor de Widdrington; without issue. *Thomas (d.1387), married Joan de Roddam; had an issue. *Annora, married Stephen le Waleys, 2nd Lord Waleys.

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*Burke, John. *Joseph Bain (ed.) ''Calendar of documents relating to Scotland'', volume 3; *. {{DEFAULTSORT:Angus, Robert De Umfraville, Earl Of

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People from Northumberland 1270s births 1325 deaths Burials at Newminster Abbey

Robert The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, prais ...

14th-century Scottish earls

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