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Henry of Brechin

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Henry of Brechin (son of David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon); died in 1238.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married: Juliana de Cornhill, the daughter of Ralph de Cornhill.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon was born between 1143 and 1152 (son of Henry of Huntingdon, Earl of Huntingdon and Northumberland and Ada de Warenne); died on 17 Jun 1219 in Yardley, Worcestershire, England; was buried in Sawtry Abbey, Cambridgeshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Title(s): 12 Jun 1152; On 12 June 1152 he succeeded as the 9th Earl of Huntingdon, the Earl of Doncaster and as the Earl of Carlisle.
    • Title(s): 1180; He gained the title of Earl of Garioch in 1180.
    • Land/House: 1190; His brother gave him superiority over Dundee and its port in 1190.
    • Religion: 1190, Lindores Abbey, Newburgh, Fife, Scotland; He endowed Lindores Abbey in Fife and a church dedicated to St Mary in Dundee in 1190.
    • Title(s): 1205; In 1205 he gained the title of the Earl of Cambridge.
    • Miscellaneous: 1215/16; in 1215/16 he was deprived of all of his English honors, but was restored to them on 13 March 1218.
    • Last Full Review: 27 Apr 2020

    Notes:

    Name:

    Children:
    1. Henry of Sterling
    2. 1. Henry of Brechin died in 1238.
    3. Ada


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Henry of Huntingdon, Earl of Huntingdon and Northumberland was born in 1114 in Scotland (son of David I "the Saint", King of the Scots and Maud of Huntingdon, Queen of Scotland); died on 12 Jun 1152; was buried in Kelso, Roxburgh, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: He was also a Prince of Scotland.
    • Title(s): 1136

    Notes:

    Title(s):
    He became the Earl of Huntingdon.

    Henry married Ada de Warenne in 1139. Ada (daughter of William II de Warren, Earl of Surrey and Isabel de Vermandois, Countess of Leicester) was born about 1120 in Surrey, England; died in 1178. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Ada de Warenne was born about 1120 in Surrey, England (daughter of William II de Warren, Earl of Surrey and Isabel de Vermandois, Countess of Leicester); died in 1178.
    Children:
    1. William I "the Lion", King of the Scots was born in 1143; died on 4 Dec 1214 in Stirling, Scotland; was buried in Arbroath Abbey, Arbroath, Scotland.
    2. 2. David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon was born between 1143 and 1152; died on 17 Jun 1219 in Yardley, Worcestershire, England; was buried in Sawtry Abbey, Cambridgeshire, England.
    3. Ada de Huntington was born about 1146 in Scotland; died between 11 Jan 1216 and 1222.
    4. Marjory of Huntingdon was born in 1152 in England.
    5. Margaret de Huntingdon was born in 1154 in Northumberland, England; died in 1201.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  David I "the Saint", King of the Scots was born about 1080 in Scotland (son of Malcolm III "Canmore", King of the Scots and Saint Margaret of Scotland); died on 24 May 1154 in Carlisle, Cumberland, Scotland; was buried in Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reign: From 1124 to 1154; King of the Scots
    • Crowned: 22 Apr 1124, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland

    Notes:

    Death: Moriarty (1952) gives his death date as 29 May 1153

    Name:


    King David introduced feudalism into Scotland thereby undermining Celtic common law. He also brought Normans into Scotland establishing them as feudal lords. In England, he was the Earl of Huntingdon.

    Crowned:
    He was crowned the King of Scotland.

    David married Maud of Huntingdon, Queen of Scotland in 1113/14. Maud (daughter of Waltheof II, Earl of Huntingdon, Northampton, and Northumberland and Judith de Lens) was born in 1072; died in 1130/31. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Maud of Huntingdon, Queen of Scotland was born in 1072 (daughter of Waltheof II, Earl of Huntingdon, Northampton, and Northumberland and Judith de Lens); died in 1130/31.

    Notes:

    Name:
    She was also Countess of Huntingdon and Northumberland.

    Children:
    1. 4. Henry of Huntingdon, Earl of Huntingdon and Northumberland was born in 1114 in Scotland; died on 12 Jun 1152; was buried in Kelso, Roxburgh, Scotland.

  3. 10.  William II de Warren, Earl of Surrey was born in — in Sussex, England (son of William I de Warenne, Earl of Surrey and Gundrada St. Omer); died on 11 May 1138; was buried in Lewes Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: He was the 2ed Earl of Warren.
    • Military: 1106; He fought at Tenchebray in 1106 for Henry I.

    Notes:

    Military:

    William married Isabel de Vermandois, Countess of Leicester about 1118. Isabel (daughter of Hugh Magnus de Crépi, Duke of France and Burgundy and Adelaide de Vermandois, Countess de Vermandois and Valois) was born in 1081 in Vermandois, Normandie, France; died in Jul 1147 in Church of St. Nicholas of Meulan, Meulan-en-Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Isabel de Vermandois, Countess of Leicester was born in 1081 in Vermandois, Normandie, France (daughter of Hugh Magnus de Crépi, Duke of France and Burgundy and Adelaide de Vermandois, Countess de Vermandois and Valois); died in Jul 1147 in Church of St. Nicholas of Meulan, Meulan-en-Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France.

    Notes:

    Death: Weis (1982) and von Redlich (1941) give her death date as 13 February 1131.

    Children:
    1. William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey was born in 1118; died on 6 Jan 1148 in Laodicea, Turkey.
    2. Gundred de Warren was born in 1117; died in 1166.
    3. 5. Ada de Warenne was born about 1120 in Surrey, England; died in 1178.