HUNTINGDON, Earl David

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• Name	HUNTINGDON, David
  Prefix	Earl
  Birth	17 Jun 1152	Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
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  Death	17 Jun 1219	Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  Burial	24 Jun 1219	Sawtry Abbey, Sawtry Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England
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  Father	SCOTLAND, Prince Henry ,   b. 1114, Scotland Scotlandd. 12 Jun 1152, Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland (Age 38 years)
  Mother	WARREN, Countess Gundred de ,   b. 1117, Warwick, Warwickshire, England Warwick, Warwickshire, Englandd. 1166, Kendal -Westmorland-England (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	1134	England
  Notes	MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married 1134/1139
  Family ID	F16900	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	MESCHINESKEVEL, Countess Maud de ,   b. 1169, Chester, Cheshire, England Chester, Cheshire, Englandd. 6 Jan 1223, Chester, Cheshire, England (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	26 Aug 1190	Scotland
  Children	1. HUNTINGDON, Margaret ,   b. Abt 1194, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, Englandd. Aft 6 Jan 1233, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England (Age > 39 years)
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  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 2	MESCHINES, Lady Matilda de ,   b. 26 Aug 1171, Chester, Cheshire, England Chester, Cheshire, Englandd. 6 Jan 1233, Abbey Saltre, Huntingtonshire, England (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	26 Aug 1190	Scotland
  Children	+ 1. HUNTINGDON, Isabelle ,   b. 1183, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, Englandd. 20 Mar 1251, Abbey of Saltre, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England (Age 68 years)
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  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  David of Scotland (Medieval Gaelic: Dabíd) (1152 – 17 June 1219) was a Scottish prince and 8th Earl of Huntingdon. He was, until 1198, heir to the Scottish throne. Life He was the youngest surviving son of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon and Ada de Warenne, a daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey, and Elizabeth of Vermandois. His paternal grandfather was David I of Scotland. Huntingdon was granted to him after his elder brother William I of Scotland ascended the throne. David's son John succeeded him to the earldom. In 1190 his brother gave him 'superiority' over Dundee and its port. The same year he endowed Lindores Abbey in Fife and a church dedicated to St Mary in Dundee.[1] In the litigation for succession to the crown of Scotland in 1290–1292, the great-great-grandson Floris V, Count of Holland... claimed that David had renounced his hereditary rights to the throne of Scotland. He therefore declared that his claim to the throne had priority over David's descendants. However, no explanation or firm evidence for the supposed renunciation could be provided. Marriage and issue On 26 August 1190 David married Matilda of Chester (1171 – 6 January 1233), daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester. He was almost twenty years Matilda's senior. The marriage was recorded by Benedict of Peterborough.[2] David and Matilda had seven children: Margaret of Huntingdon (c. 1194 – c. 1228), married Alan, Lord of Galloway, by whom she had two daughters, including Dervorguilla of Galloway. Robert of Huntingdon (died young) Ada of Huntingdon, married Sir Henry de Hastings, by whom she had one son, Henry de Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings. Matilda (Maud) of Huntingdon (-aft.1219, unmarried) Isobel of Huntingdon (1199–1251), married firstly, Henry de Percy and had issue and secondly, Robert Bruce, 4th Lord of Annandale, by whom she had two sons, including Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale. John of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon (1207 – 6 June 1237), married Elen ferch Llywelyn. He succeeded his uncle Ranulf as Earl of Chester in 1232, but died childless. Henry of Huntingdon (died young) Earl David also had three illegitimate children:[5] Henry of Stirling Henry of Brechin Ada, married Malise, son of Ferchar, Earl of Strathearn After the extinction of the senior line of the Scottish royal house in 1290, when the legitimate line of William the Lion of Scotland ended, David's descendants were the prime candidates for the throne. The two most notable claimants to the throne, Robert Bruce, 5th Lord of Annandale (grandfather of King Robert I of Scotland) and John Balliol were his descendants through David's daughters Isobel and Margaret, respectively. Possible Robin Hood connection David is a possible inspiration figure for the Robin Hood legend because the legend plays at the same time as David lived in the 1190s. Another similarity is the Earl of Huntingdon question, because a historian names Robin Hood as a possible Earl of that area. Also both had taken part in the Third Crusade and by 1194 David had taken part at the siege of Nottingham Castle where the High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derby County was taken captive. [Note: No sources cited supporting this contention. - dvm] [Source: Updated extracts from Wikipedia, "David, Earl of Huntingdon". See link in Sources for access to full article (and current updates); downloaded 30 July 2018, dvmansur.] David of Scotland (Medieval Gaelic: Dabíd) (c. 1144 – 17 June 1219) was a Scottish prince and Earl of Huntingdon. He was a claimant to the Scottish throne. He was the youngest surviving son of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon and Ada de Warenne, a daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey, and Elizabeth of Vermandois. His paternal grandfather was David I of Scotland. Huntingdon was granted to him after his elder brother William I of Scotland ascended the throne. David's son John succeeded him to the earldom. In the litigation for succession to the crown of Scotland in 1290–1292, the great-great-grandson Floris V, Count of Holland of David's sister, Ada, claimed that David had renounced his hereditary rights to the throne of Scotland. He therefore declared that his claim to the throne had priority over David's descendants. However, no explanation or firm evidence for the supposed renunciation could be provided. On 26 August 1190 David married Matilda of Chester (1171 – 6 January 1233), daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester. He was almost thirty years Matilda's senior. The marriage was recorded by Benedict of Peterborough.[1] David and Matilda had seven children: Margaret of Huntingdon (c. 1194 – c. 1228), married Alan, Lord of Galloway, by whom she had two daughters, including Dervorguilla of Galloway. Robert of Huntingdon (died young) Ada of Huntingdon, married Sir Henry de Hastings, by whom she had one son, Henry de Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings. Matilda (Maud) of Huntingdon (-aft.1219, unmarried) Isobel of Huntingdon (1199–1251), married Robert Bruce, 4th Lord of Annandale, by whom she had two sons, including Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale. John of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon (1207 – 6 June 1237), married Elen ferch Llywelyn. He succeeded his uncle Ranulf as Earl of Chester in 1232, but died childless. Henry of Huntingdon (died young)[2][3] Earl David also had three illegitimate children:[4] Henry of Stirling Henry of Brechin Ada, married Malise, son of Ferchar, Earl of Strathearn After the extinction of the senior line of the Scottish royal house in 1290, when the legitimate line of William the Lion of Scotland ended, David's descendants were the prime candidates for the throne. The two most notable claimants to the throne, Robert Bruce, 5th Lord of Annandale (grandfather of King Robert I of Scotland) and John of Scotland were his descendants through David's daughters Isobel and Margaret, respectively.