Patrick Dunbar, 7th Earl of Dunbar

Coat of arms of Patrick Dunbar during the siege of Caerlaverock Castle

Patrick Dunbar, 7th Earl of Dunbar (also Patrick (IV), Earl of Dunbar ; also Earl of March ; called Patrick with the blak Beard ) (* 1242 , † October 10, 1308 ) was a Scottish magnate and military. During the First Scottish War of Independence , he was one of the few Scottish nobles to consistently support the English crown.

origin

Patrick Dunbar was the eldest son of his father of the same name, Patrick Dunbar, 6th Earl of Dunbar . The identity of his mother is not exactly clear, allegedly she was Christian Bruce , a daughter of Robert V de Brus , according to other sources a Cecilia . After his father's death in 1289, Dunbar inherited his possessions and the title of Earl of Dunbar . As the first member of his family, he also called himself the Earl of March.

Role during the Scottish War of Independence

During the Scottish succession controversy , he took part in the Scottish Parliament in Birgham in 1290 , claiming the Scottish throne as the great-grandson of Ada , an illegitimate daughter of King William I. However, he quickly renounced this claim, instead he supported the claim to the throne of Robert V de Brus. To avoid civil war, the Scottish nobles asked the English King Edward I to rule on the claims of the aspirants to the throne, and on June 13, 1291, Dunbar was one of the Scottish nobles sworn allegiance to Edward I. When the war with England broke out in 1296, Dunbar supported the English King Edward I against the Scottish King John Balliol , who claimed supremacy over Scotland. However, Dunbar's wife Marjory supported the Scottish side. She succeeded in April 1296 that the crew of Dunbar Castle also switched sides. A little later, however, the crew had to surrender after the Scottish defeat in the Battle of Dunbar . The initially victorious Edward I summoned Dunbar to an English parliament in September 1296 . In May 1298 he appointed him in command of Berwick and in November 1298 as commander in chief of the English troops in southern Scotland. During the English campaign in the summer of 1298, Dunbar and the Earl of Angus brought the scout to Edward I, who was able to show the English the location of the Scottish army. Then the English were able to capture and defeat the Scots in the battle of Falkirk . In 1300, Dunbar took part in the siege of Caerlaverock Castle on the English side . He was summoned to a Scottish Parliament held by the King of England about May 28, 1305, and was a member of the twenty-member council of the royal governor. But he was not one of the Scottish envoys who attended the English Parliament in Westminster in 1305 . When Robert Bruce rose to the rank of King of Scots in March 1306 and thus rebelled against the English king, Dunbar firmly refused. In the following new fights, however, possibly due to his advanced age, he no longer played an active role.

Marriage and offspring

Dunbar had married Marjory Comyn , daughter of Alexander Comyn, 6th Earl of Buchan . His heir became his son of the same name Patrick Dunbar, 8th Earl of Dunbar .

Literature and web links

Fiona Watson: Dunbar, Patrick, seventh earl of Dunbar or of March (1242-1308). 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
Patrick de Dunbar, 7th Earl of Dunbar on thepeerage.com , accessed January 23, 2019.

Individual evidence

^ Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 389.
^ Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 49.
^ Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 102.
↑ Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , p. 47.
^ Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 141.
↑ Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , p. 83.
↑ Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , p. 84.
↑ Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , p. 100.

predecessor	Office	successor
Patrick Dunbar	Earl of Dunbar 1289-1308	Patrick Dunbar

personal data
SURNAME	Dunbar, Patrick, 7th Earl of Dunbar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dunbar, Patrick (IV); Dunbar, Patrick, Earl of March; Patrick with the blak Beard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Scottish magnate and military
DATE OF BIRTH	1242
DATE OF DEATH	October 10, 1308

[1] Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 389.

[2] Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 49.

[3] Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 102.

[4] Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , p. 47.

[5] Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 141.

[6] Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , p. 83.

[7] Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , p. 84.

[8] Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , p. 100.