Isabella, Countess of Fife
Isabella, Countess of Fife (also Isabella Macduff, Countess of Fife ) († around 1389 ) was a Scottish magnate .
Isabella came from the Scottish clan MacDuff . She was the only child of Duncan, 9th Earl of Fife and his wife Mary de Monthermer . After the death of her father in 1353, she inherited his possessions and the right to the title of Earl of Fife . Her first marriage was to William de Ramsay . After his death around 1360 she married Walter Stewart , a son of Robert Stewart, Earl of Atholl . After his death around 1362, Isabella married Thomas Bisset , who, however, died in 1365. Eventually she married John Dunbar , who died before 1371. Their four marriages had remained childless, after which in 1371 she gave Fife to Robert Stewart , a brother of her second husband. This surrender was legal under feudal law, since her father had given his earldom to the Scottish king in 1315 and received it back from him as a fief .
Web links
- Andrew McDonald: Macduff family (per. C. 1095-1371). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , p. 277.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Duncan |
Earl of Fife around 1353-1371 |
Robert Stewart |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Isabella, Countess of Fife |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Isabella Macduff, Countess of Fife |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish magnate |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1389 |