David Strathbogie, 3rd Baron Strabolgi

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David Strathbogie, 3rd Baron Strabolgi (also David IV Strathbogie or David Strabolgi ) (* around 1332; † October 10, 1369 ) was an English nobleman.

Origin and childhood

David Strathbogie was the eldest son of his father David Strathbogie and his wife Katherine de Beaumont . His father came from a Scottish family that had lost their Scottish possessions and the title of Earl of Atholl in the course of the First Scottish War of Independence . His father had tried to retake the estates during the Second Scottish War of Independence , but was killed in action against the supporters of the Scottish King David II in late November 1335 . His widow and young David were subjected to Scottish attacks after his death in Lochindorb Castle, Northern Scotland. In 1336 the English King Edward III. even an army to save them, after which they were able to flee to England.

Military service

The young David was now the heir to the English title of Baron Strabolgi and his father's English possessions. He was the heir to the claim to the Scottish title of Earl of Atholl, to the Scottish estates of the Strathbogie family and, through his grandmother, Joan Comyn, to estates of the Comyn family in Scotland. Due to the further course of the war with Scotland, these claims were soon invalid. In England Strathbogie inherited several estates in Norfolk , while his mother was entitled to Brabourne in Kent and lands in Hertfordshire as Wittum until her death . After Strathbogie came of age on May 8, 1355, he took part in the campaign of the Prince of Wales to France during the Hundred Years War , which led to the Battle of Poitiers the following year . After his mother's death in 1368, he inherited her Wittum, but he died a few months later.

Marriage and offspring

Strathbogie had married Elizabeth Ferrers († 1375), a daughter of Henry Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby and his wife Isabel de Verdon before 1361 . With her he had two daughters:

  • Philippa of Atholl (around 1361-1395) ⚭ (1) Sir Ralph de Percy; ⚭ (2) John Halsham
  • Elizabeth of Atholl (1361 – after 1416) ⚭ (1) Sir Thomas Percy; ⚭ (2) Sir John le Scrope; ⚭ (3) Robert de Thorley

Since Strathbogie had died without male offspring, his English title fell in Abeyance on his death . His possessions were divided between his two daughters. His widow was second married to John Malewayn . In 1373, Henry Percy, 4th Baron Percy , acquired the guardianship of Strathbogie's daughters, the right to marry them and run their estates for £ 760. He married the two daughters to his two younger sons.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Brown: The wars of Scotland, 1214-1371 . Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 2004, ISBN 0-7486-1237-8 , p. 240.
  2. ↑ Chris Given-Wilson: The English Nobility in the Late Middle Ages. The Fourteenth-Century Political Community . Routledge, Woodbridge 2002, ISBN 1-138-15686-8 , p. 134.
predecessor Office successor
David Strathbogie Baron Strabolgi
1335-1369 		Title in Abeyance
personal data
SURNAME Strathbogie, David, 3rd Baron Strabolgi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Strathbogie; David IV; Strabolgi, David, 3rd Baron Strabolgi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH around 1332
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1369