Aulay

Notes:

"Aulay (a name which is very variously spelt), named in 1217, who had grants of the lands of Faslane, and of Roseneath, Gleufruin, and others on the Gareloch, from his brother Earl Maldouen, confirmed by King Alexander II. 31 May 1226. He made liberal grants to the Abbey of Paisley, especially a large range of net fishing in the Gareloch, reserving to himself every fourth salmon taken. He was also a witness to various charters by his brother the Earl, and was still alive in 1250." [The Scots Peerage, citation details below]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Aulay

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 1217

Notes:

Second earl of Lennox. "When he was fully invested in his earldom is unknown, but the first notice of him is a charter by himself to the church of Kilpatrick of the lands of Cochnach and others. This charter is of uncertain date, and can be fixed only as between 1182 and 1199, the year when Jocelyn, Bishop of Glasgow, died, who was present at the granting. Maldouen and Malcolm, two of the granter's sons, are witnesses. Between 1208 and 1214 he, as son and heir of Alwin, Earl of Lennox, bestowed the church and the church lands of Campsie upon the church of Glasgow. He also, at some unknown date, granted to Maldouen, Dean of Lennox (perhaps a kinsman), the lands of Luss, which afterwards came by marriage into possession of, and still belong to, the ancient family of Colquhoun. It is not certain when the second Earl Alwin died, but it was apparently before 1217, when his son Maldouen seems to have been Earl." [The Scots Peerage, citation details below]

Alwin married Eve of Menteith. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From The Scots Peerage, citation details below:

ALWIN, first Earl of Lennox, though he is distinctly named in his son's charters as Alwin the elder, Earl of Lennox, is historically a very shadowy personage, but the combined evidence of a contemporary poet and of an ancient Celtic genealogy, without following the latter to its ancient and perhaps mythical beginning, makes it probable that his father was named Muredach, and his grandfather Maldouen. The latter, Mr. Skene goes so far as to suggest, was identical with Meldionneth, son of Machedeth, the 'good and discreet judge,' who, in 1128, aided in settling a dispute as to the bounds of Kirkness. Be this as it may, the evidence, so far as it goes, seems to suggest that the immediate ancestors of Alwin were not only Celtic chiefs but were Mormaors of their own district. So also probably was Alwin before he was made Earl. The date of his creation, if such a ceremony ever took place, can only be presumed, as the evidence is very meagre. One charter by King William the Lion granting the Lennox to his brother David is now accessible, and its date may be stated to be between 1178 and 1182. This writ was unknown to Mr. Skene, and it qualifies his view that David was Earl of Lennox during Malcolm's reign, as the charter conveys the earldom of Lennox ('comitatum de Leuenaus cum omnibus pertinenciis'), thus showing that the earldom bad been already constituted and its limits defined before 1178. But there is evidence that Prince David may have had the earldom earlier, as he grants the churches of Campsie and Altermunin to the monks of Kelso, by a charter which is confirmed by King William about 1177, or perhaps so early as 1173. He may therefore have had an earlier grant of the earldom. It may be noted that Prince David is nowhere styled 'Earl' of Lennox, but his occupancy complicates the difficulty of fixing the date of Alwin's possession as Earl, though it is probable it was not quite so early as 1154, the date usually assigned, while, as stated, it may have been so late as 1185.

There are no charters of the first Earl Alwin known to exist in any form, but there can be little doubt that he was Earl for a time, and did grant lands to the church of Kilpatrick, though the date is uncertain. The poem by Muredach Albanach, his contemporary, adds little or nothing to our knowledge of him, except that his chief seat was at Balloch, afterwards a residence of the Earls. It is not known when he died, but it must have been before 1199. He left issue, but the name of his wife is unknown.

Notes:

"Gilchrist is the first Earl of Menteith whose name has come down to us. He witnessed a charter of Malcolm IV [S.] to the church of Scone in 1164, and one of William the Lion, between 1175 and 1178, to the city of Glasgow." [Complete Peerage, citation details below]

Murdac married (Unknown daughter of Alwyn Mor). (Unknown (daughter of Alwyn Mor) was born about 1100. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Possibly, according to CP, the Maldouen mac Murdac "who witnessed a charter of David I to Glasgow c. 1136".

Notes:

"[O]r Alwyn Mac Arkil, prominent at the court of David I (1124-53)." [Complete Peerage, citation details below]

According to The Complete Peerage (7:587), he was possibly a son of Arkil, son of Ecgfrith, and Arkil's wife Sigrid, a granddaughter of Aldun, Bishop of Lindisfarne. When the Danish fleet came up the Humber to York in 1069, many English joined them, including Arkil; in 1070, after this act of rebellion, he fled.