Malise of Strathearn

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6th earl of Strathearn.

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

1. Malise of Strathearn died before 1329.

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5th earl of Strathearn.

"[F]irst appears upon record as one of those Scottish nobles who, about August 1244, promised to observe the treaty of 1237, already referred to, and he was present in the Parliament of Scotland in February 1244-45. He was one of those Earls who took part in the coronation of the young King Alexander III, and he supported the party of the English King in the change of government on 20 September 1255. He was high in favour with King Henry III, and was deputed by him to attend specially on the young Queen of Scotland. He had a safe-conduct from the English King to go abroad in May 1259, but had returned in the following year. His grants to the monastery of Inchaffray were considerable. In 1247 he confirmed the gifts of his predecessors. In December 1257 he bestowed on the monks the advowson of the church of Cortachy in Forfarshire, which he had acquired by marriage, and in March following he gave certain serfs to them in property. In 1266 he gave them rights of building from the quarry of Nethergask; in 1268 and 1270 he granted certain annual rents, and he died between that and 23 November 1271. One chronicler says that he died in France, praising him as a man distinguished by birth and generosity, and munificent above all his compatriots. His remains were brought home to Scotland and buried in Dunblane." [The Scots Peerage, citation details below]

Malise married Matilda. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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4th Earl of Strathearn.

"[He] was a witness to his father’s charters to Inchaffray, 1199-1220, being described as s. and h. in that of 1210. He witnessed the pact made between Alexander II of Scotland and Henry III of England, in the presence of the Papal Legate at York, Sep. 1237." [Complete Peerage, citation details below]

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Earl of Orkney and Caithness. His parentage is uncertain.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1150

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3rd Earl of Strathearn.

"As Gilbert, s. of Earl Ferteth, he witnessed a charter by King Malcolm to the monks of Scone at Stirling in 1164; and he was probably the Earl Gilbert named as Justiciary about 1190. He founded the Abbey of Inchaffray in 1200; was one of the Seven Earls who took measures for the Coronation of King Alexander II at Scone, 6 Dec. 1214.; and attended the funeral of his father, William the Lion, at Arbroath, 4 days later." [Complete Peerage, citation details below]

Gilbert married Maud d'Aubigny. Maud (daughter of William II d'Aubeney and Maud de Senlis) died after 1209. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Complete Peerage calls her "probably" a daughter of William d'Aubeney and Maud de Senlis.

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Also called Ferquhard. Earl of Strathearn.

"[He] is thought to have had a principal share in the erection of the diocese of Strathearn, afterwards Dunblane, in or before 1155. In 1160, with ?ve other of the old Celtic Earls, he headed an unsuccessful rebellion against King Malcolm IV, besieging him in the castle at Perth." [Complete Peerage, citation details below]

CP calls him "probably" son and heir of Malise.

Ferteth married Ethen before 1150. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1166

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Nicknamed "Le Breton".

William married Maud de Senlis. Maud (daughter of Robert fitz Richard and Maud de Senlis) was born about 1125; died after 1185. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1135

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Also called Maud de St. Liz and (mysteriously) Maud de Clare.

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Earl of Strathearn, by which means, see below.

"MALISE, probably Mormaer of Strathearn, witnessed, circa 1120, King Alexander’s foundation charter of Scone as Mallus comes; and as Mallus comes he also witnessed, circa 1128, King David’s charter to Dunfermline Abbey. He may therefore be regarded as EARL OF STRATHEARN. He was present at the dedication of the church of Glasgow, 11 July 1136; and fought under King David at the battle of the Standard, 22 Aug. 1138." [Complete Peerage, citation details below]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1130

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Justice in eyre of Henry I.

William married Cecily le Bigod. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Cecily de Belvoir.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Abt 1134
• Alternate death: Bef 1136

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Also called Robert de Clare, because apparently people were assigned de Clare as a surname entirely at random in the twelfth century. Steward to kings Henry I and Stephen.

Robert married Maud de Senlis in 1112. Maud (daughter of Simon I de Senlis and Maud of Northumberland) was born about 1092; died after 1158. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1140
• Alternate death: Between 1158 and 1163
• Alternate death: Bef 1165

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Also called Maud de St. Liz.