Isabel Strathbogie

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Isabel Strathbogie (also Isabel, Countess of Atholl ) († after 1329) was a Scottish noblewoman.

origin

Isabel was a daughter of John of Strathbogie, 9th Earl of Atholl and his wife Marjory of Mar . Her father was executed as a traitor to the English king in 1306 during the Scottish War of Independence . Her brother David inherited the title Earl of Atholl , but initially supported the English. In 1312, however, David switched to the side of the Scottish King Robert I.

Relationship with Edward Bruce

According to the chronicler John Barbour , Edward Bruce , a brother of the Scottish king, seduced Isabel around 1313 . Isabel became pregnant, but Edward Bruce refused to marry her. This disgrace is said to have led Isabel's brother David to betray the Scots just before the Battle of Bannockburn . This description probably only reflects part of the events. In fact, there were major points of conflict between the Scottish king and David Strathbogie. In favor of Robert I, the chronicler Barbour blamed Edward Bruce alone. Presumably Robert I had sought a marriage between Edward and Isabel from autumn 1312, and the two were engaged by February 1314 at the latest. Because of their kinship, a papal dispensation was required for marriage , but its granting should not be a major obstacle. However, at this time the English King Edward II, who was hostile to Scotland, had better relations with Pope Clement V , so that the Pope refused to grant the dispensation. Since Edward Bruce could not marry Isabel without the Pope's permission, he broke off the engagement even though Isabel was pregnant. She had a son, Alexander, probably around 1314 . Edward Bruce did not seek a dispensation, but later married a daughter of the Earl of Ross , who was also called Isabel. He was killed in action against the English in Ireland in 1318 .

Further life

Although Isabel's brother had betrayed Robert I in 1314 and fled to England after the defeat at Bannockburn, the King subsequently regarded Isabel as a Countess of Atholl and gave her part of her brother's confiscated Scottish possessions for lifelong use. The king also provided her son with his own possessions, although he was only illegitimate. But he was excluded from the line of succession. When several Scottish nobles under the leadership of William Soulis planned a conspiracy against Robert I in 1320 , Isabel's brother, who was in exile in England, is said to have been one of the conspirators. The conspiracy was betrayed by an unnamed woman. Possibly Isabel betrayed the conspiracy to obtain further advantages and possessions from the king. After the conspiracy was uncovered, however, no further possessions were awarded. Probably not until 1326 did the king give her further possessions in Forfarshire , which she was allowed to bequeath to her son. Shortly before his death in 1329, the king gave Isabel further possessions in Clackmannanshire , which after her death would fall to her cousin Donald, 8th Earl of Mar. The date of her death is unknown.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , p. 27.
  2. ^ Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 387.
  3. ↑ Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , p. 135.
  4. ↑ Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , p. 136.
  5. ↑ Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , p. 168.
  6. ↑ Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , p. 136.
  7. ↑ Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , p. 222.
  8. ↑ Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , p. 262.
  9. ↑ Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , p. 299.
personal data
SURNAME Strathbogie, Isabel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Strathbogie, Isabel, Countess of Atholl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish nobles
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH after 1329