Matilda, Countess of Angus

Matilda, 6th Countess of Angus (also Maud , * before 1230 , † before 1267 ) was a Scottish noblewoman .

Life

Her father was Maol Choluim, 5th Earl of Angus , her mother was Mary Maud (born Berkeley, 1193-1228). When her father died around 1242, she inherited him as Countess of Angus .

Her first marriage was to John Comyn , grandson of William Comyn, Earl of Buchan , who was killed as Earl of Angus in 1242 on a campaign in France according to the Chronicle of Melrose . From this marriage came a son who, however, died in childhood.

The chronicle mentioned further reports that she married Gilbert de Umfraville in 1243 . He was the landlord of Prudhoe and Redesdale in Northumberland , and was described by contemporaries as an "important baron" and "unparalleled ornament for the north of England". Iure uxoris also Earl of Angus , he was referred to in 1244 as "one of the most important among the influential people of Scotland", but died before March 13, 1245. Her son and heir Gilbert de Umfraville came from this marriage .

The third marriage was concluded before September 26, 1247 with Richard of Dover, Lord of Chilham , a son of the illegitimate king son Richard of Chilham . She is by the wedding gift of Heinrich III. (Animals from the royal enclosure at Eleham Park). This marriage resulted in a son (Richard † before January 10, 1266) and a daughter (Isabel of Chilham).

With various documents, undated and probably issued during her widowhood, she confirmed the donations made by her ancestors to the monastery in Arbroath and to the priests of Kirriemuir.

literature

John Anderson: Umfraville, Earl of Angus . In: James Balfour Paul (Ed.): The Scots Peerage . tape 1 : Abercorn – Balmerino . David Douglas, Edinburgh 1904, p. 167–168 (English, Text Archive - Internet Archive - Matilda, Countess of Angus).

Web links

Earl of Angus. fmg.ac(English).; accessed on September 1, 2014
Maud, Countess of Angus on thepeerage.com With details of the three children

Individual evidence

↑ The title Earl of Angous and Katania used by her father on one of the royal deeds suggests that her mother was the daughter and heir of John, Jarl / Mormaer of Caithness , who died in 1231 (John Anderson: V. Malcolm, Earl of Angus In: James Balfour Paul (Ed.): The Scots Peerage . Band 1 : Abercorn – Balmerino . David Douglas, Edinburgh 1904, p. 165–166 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive - here p. 166). ).
↑ Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland Beall: The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215, and Some of Their Descendants who Settled in America During the Early Colonial Years . 5th edition. Genealogical Publishing Com, Baltimore, Md. 1999, ISBN 0-8063-1609-8 , pp. 141 ( books.google.de ).
^ Douglas Richardson: 5. Richard de Dover (or de Chilham) . In: Kimball G. Everingham (ed.): Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families . Extension of the work Plantagenet ancestry of seventeenth-century colonists by David Faris (= Royal ancestry series ). 2nd Edition. tape 1 . Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, Md. 2011, ISBN 978-1-4610-4513-7 , pp. 132 ( books.google.de - excerpt).

predecessor	Office	successor
Maol Choluim	Earl of Angus around 1242-1267	Gilbert de Umfraville

personal data
SURNAME	Matilda, Countess of Angus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Maud, Countess of Angus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Scottish nobles
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1230
DATE OF DEATH	before 1267

[1] The title Earl of Angous and Katania used by her father on one of the royal deeds suggests that her mother was the daughter and heir of John, Jarl / Mormaer of Caithness , who died in 1231 (John Anderson: V. Malcolm, Earl of Angus In: James Balfour Paul (Ed.): The Scots Peerage . Band 1 : Abercorn – Balmerino . David Douglas, Edinburgh 1904, p. 165–166 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive - here p. 166). ).

[2] Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland Beall: The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215, and Some of Their Descendants who Settled in America During the Early Colonial Years . 5th edition. Genealogical Publishing Com, Baltimore, Md. 1999, ISBN 0-8063-1609-8 , pp. 141 ( books.google.de ).

[3] Douglas Richardson: 5. Richard de Dover (or de Chilham) . In: Kimball G. Everingham (ed.): Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families . Extension of the work Plantagenet ancestry of seventeenth-century colonists by David Faris (= Royal ancestry series ). 2nd Edition. tape 1 . Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, Md. 2011, ISBN 978-1-4610-4513-7 , pp. 132 ( books.google.de - excerpt).