Gillebride, 1st Earl of Angus

Gillebride, 1st Earl of Angus (also Ghillebrite , English Gilbert , * before 1130 , † around 1187 ), was a Scottish nobleman .

Life

Even though his father Gilchrist, who fought in the standard battle on August 22, 1138 , is sometimes referred to as "Earl"; Gillebride was the first to officially bear the title of Earl of Angus .

It can be found for the first time on a document dating from 1150 to 1153. There he appeared as "Ghillebrite, Earl of Angus," a witness of certification for David I. on. In 1164 he signed as a witness for Malcolm IV on the deed of foundation with which the monastery of Scone was elevated to an abbey and received the abbey church.

He was active both politically and militarily. In the wars that Wilhelm the Lion waged against England, he appeared again and again as one of the commanders; when taking Warkworth in 1174, he was referred to as a general. After Wilhelm was captured by the English in the same year and had to renounce Scottish sovereignty in the Treaty of Falaise , Gillebride was one of the Scottish hostages who placed themselves in English custody as a guarantor of compliance with this treaty.

The last mention of Gillebride can be found in the deed of donation with which King William assigned the churches of Elgin and Eren to the newly elected Richard, Bishop of Moray in 1187 . Shortly afterwards Gillebride must have died.

Gillebride was married twice, but the names of his wives are unknown. There were at least five sons from these marriages:

• Adam , later 2nd Earl of Angus
• Gille Críst , later 3rd Earl of Angus
• Gilbert, received the lands of Powrie, Ogilvie and Kilmundie from William the Lion between 1172 and 1177. He is considered to be the progenitor of the "Ogilvie of that Ilk" family.
• William, together with Adam, witnessed a deed in 1178
• Angus, mentioned variously between 1170 and 1190

Magnus of Angus († 1239), from 1236 Jarl of Orkney and Mormaer of Caithness , was either his son or a son of Gille Chríst and thus his grandson.

literature

• James Balfour Paul (Ed.): The Scots Peerage . tape 1 . David Douglas, Edinburgh 1904, Earl of Angus , p. 160 f . ( online at www.archive.org [accessed September 1, 2014]).

Web links

• Earl of Angus. fmg.ac, accessed September 1, 2014 . 

predecessor	Office	successor
questionable	Earl of Angus around 1150 – around 1187	Adam