Patrick III ( born Patrick III, Earl of Dunbar ; c. 1213 - August 24, 1289) [1] - a major 13th-century Anglo-Scottish tycoon, 7th Earl of Dunbar (1249–1289), ruler of the feudal barony of Dunbar and the castle of the same name in East Lothian .
| Patrick III, Earl of Dunbar | |||||||
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| English Patrick III, Earl of Dunbar | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Patrick II | ||||||
| Successor | Patrick IV | ||||||
| Birth | c. 1213 Scotland | ||||||
| Death | August 24, 1289 Whittingham , East Lothian , Scotland | ||||||
| Burial place | Dunbar , East Lothian , Scotland | ||||||
| Kind | Dunbar | ||||||
| Father | Patrick II | ||||||
| Mother | Efimia Stewart (?) | ||||||
| Spouse | Cecilia Fitzjon Christiana de bruce | ||||||
| Children | Patrick IV de Dunbar John de Dunbar Alexander de Dunbar Agness de Dunbar Cecilia de Dunbar | ||||||
Origin
The representative of the Scottish clan Dunbar . The only son and heir to Patrick II, Earl of Dunbar (1232–1249), grandson of Patrick I, Earl of Dunbar (1182–1232), great-grandson of Waltoff, Earl of Dunbar (1166–1182), descendant of Gospatrick I, Earl of Northumbria . His successors controlled the border mark on the border with England, but the title of Count March was received in 1290 by his son Patrick IV, Count Dunbar .
Career
After the death of his father, Patrick II, a member of the Eighth Crusade, in 1249 [2] , the 35-year-old Patrick III inherited the county of Dunbar in southern Scotland and lands in Northern England. In the same 1249, Patrick III, Earl of Dunbar, brought homage for his possessions in England to King Henry III Plantagenet . Count Dunbar was a member of the pro-English faction that opposed the Comin clan , but in 1255 he and his associates succeeded in removing the Comin and their faction from power. In the same 1255, Count Dunbar was appointed one of the regents and guardians of the kingdom during the infancy of the young king Alexander III . In 1258, the Komin faction returned to power in the kingdom, and Count Dunbar was expelled from the government [2] .
In 1263, Count Dunbar founded the Carmelite or White Monk Monastery at his residence, Dunbar . At the Battle of Largs in 1263, Patrick III, Earl of Dunbar, left wing of the Scottish army. In 1266 , when the King of Norway, Magnus VI, ceded the Isle of Man and the Hebrides to the King of Scotland, Alexander III, Count Patrick witnessed the signing of the Perth Treaty between Scotland and Norway.
Patrick, Earl of Dunbar, was second on the list of thirteen counts who signed the marriage contract of Princess Margaret of Scotland and King of Norway Eirik Magnusson in 1281 . In 1284, Count Dunbar took part in the parliament in Skån, where Princess Margaret of Norway was declared the heir to the Scottish throne (1283–1290) [3] .
On August 24, 1289, Count Dunbar died in Whittingham and was buried in Dunbar ( East Lothian ) [2] .
Family
Until 1240, Patrick de Dunbar married Cecilia, the daughter of John Fitzrobert (c. 1190-1240), Lord Warkworth in Northumberland [2] [4] . The second time he married Christian [5] [6] [7] , the daughter of Robert de Bruce, 5th Lord Annandale (c. 1215–1295) [8] . The spouses had five children:
- Patrick IV (1242-1308), Count Dunbar and March , the eldest son and successor of his father [9]
- Sir John de Dunbar , Knight [10]
- Sir Alexander de Dunbar , Knight [11]
- Agnes de Dunbar , wife of Cristella de Seton of Jedborough Forest (d. C. 1300) [12]
- Cecilia de Dunbar , wife of Sir James Stuart, 5th Lord Steward of Scotland (c. 1243-1309) [13] [14] .
Notes
- ↑ Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry , Baltimore , Md., 2005, p.209, ISBN 0-8063-1759-0
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Richardson (2005) p.209
- ↑ Foedera , p228
- ↑ Foster, Joseph, editor, The Visitation of Yorkshire 1584/5, & 1612 by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald , and Henry St. George, Norroy King of Arms , London, 1875: 609
- ↑ Harvey, Charles CH, & MacLeod, John, editors, Calendar of Writs preserved at Yester House 1166-1625 , Scottish Record Society , Edinburgh, 1930, p. 8, no.14, for a Charter of circa 1240-1248 by “ Cristiana de Brus Comitissa de Dunbar. "
- ↑ Miller, James, The History of Dunbar , Dunbar, 1830, p.24, where she is named "Christian, only daughter of 'the Competitor', Robert Bruce"
- ↑ Burke, Sir Bernard, Ulster King of Arms , Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages , London, 1883, p.606, which gives this lady the name of 'Christiana' and states that she is the daughter of Robert Bruce Lord of Annandale
- ↑ Fiona Watson, “Dunbar, Patrick, eighth earl of Dunbar or of March, and earl of Moray (1285–1369)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, October 2005 accessed 29 September 2008
- ↑ Dunbar, Sir Alexander H., Bt., Scottish Kings, a Revised Chronology of Scottish History, 1005-1625 , Edinburgh, 1899: 87 - 93 and 282
- ↑ Miller, James, The History of Dunbar , Dunbar, 1830: 24
- ↑ Miller (1830) p.24
- ↑ Richard Maitland of Lethington, Knt., The Genealogy of the House and Surname of Setoun ", 1561 reprint, Edinburgh, 1830
- ↑ Simpson, David, The Genealogical and Chronological History of the Stuarts , Edinburgh, 1713.
- ↑ Burke, Messrs., John and John Bernard, The Royal Families of England Scotland and Wales, with Their Descendants etc., London, 1851, volume 2, page xlvi.
Sources
- Sir Bernard Burke, "Ulster King of Arms", Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages , London, 1883, P ..
- Thomas Rymer, Foedera Conventiones, Literae et cuiuscunque generis Acta Publica inter Reges Angliae . London 1745. (Latin) [1]
Links
- Dunbar Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Date of appeal September 19, 2014.