Henry of Huntingdon, Earl of Huntingdon and Northumberland

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

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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]

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. 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.

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

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

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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]

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She was also Countess of Huntingdon and Northumberland.

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• Reign: From 1058 to 1093; King of the Scots
• Crowned: 17 Mar 1058, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland

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Crowned:
He was crowned the King of the Scots.

Died:
He was killed in battle while besieging Alnwick Castle.

Malcolm married Saint Margaret of Scotland in 1068 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Margaret (daughter of Edward the Atheling and Agatha von Braunschweig) was born in 1045 in Hungary; died on 16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland; was buried in say 18 Nov 1093 in Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Travel: 1057
• Travel: 1066
• Canonized: 1250; St. Margaret was canonized 1250 and her feast day is November 16th,

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There is much debate about the ancestry of Agatha, the mother of St. Margaret, Queen of Scotland. The dynastic usurpation and post-invasion trauma of 1066 dictated that St. Margaret's maternal origins were of secondary importance to the English Chroniclers until the marriage of her daughter, Edith-Matilda, to Henry I in 1100. There are two basic solutions, Slavic or Salian. Humphreys (2003) leans towards the Slavic, however I have followed the Salian. Moore (2019) has proved the Salian.

Travel:
She moved to the court of Edward the Confessor.

Travel:
After the defeat of Harold Godwinson in 1066, she again went into exile in Scotland.

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Married:
The marriage was against St. Margaret's wishes.

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He was a Saxon, but held in high regard by the Conqueror. Thus, it was King William I who gave his niece's hand in marriage.

Died:
He was beheaded on the order of King William I.

Waltheof married Judith de Lens in 1070. Judith (daughter of Lambert of Boulogne, Count of Lens in Artrois and Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale) was born in 1054. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Living: After 1086

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• General Information: He is the historical basis of the "King Duncan" in Shakespeare's play Macbeth.
• Reign: From 1034 to 1040; King of the Scots
• Military: 1035, County Durham, England; In 1035 Duncan led a large Scots army south to besiege Durham, but the expedition ended in disaster. Duncan survived.
• Last Full Review: 10 Jun 2020

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Died:
He led an army north into Moray, Macbeth's domain, apparently on a punitive expedition against Moray. There he was killed in action, at Bothnagowan, now Pitgaveny, near Elgin, by the men of Moray led by Macbeth, probably on 14 August 1040

Buried:
He is thought to have been buried at Elgin[13] before later relocation to the island of Iona.

Duncan married Suthen about 1030. Suthen (daughter of Siward, Danish Earl of Northumbria) was born in 1009; died in 1040. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Last Full Review: 10 Jun 2020

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Identity: Stuart (2002) states Duncan's wife was Sibil, a cousin of Siward, Earl of Northumbria. Sibil was born about 1009.

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• Moved To: After 1050

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He was also known as Edward "the Exile."

Moved To:
He was exiled to Hungary, where he held lands in Berenger county.

Edward married Agatha von Braunschweig in 1043/44 in Kiev, Ukraine. Agatha (daughter of Ludwig von Braunschweig, Count in the Derlingau and Gertrude von Egisheim) was born on 1023 to 1030; died after 1067. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She is said to be the daughter of either: St. Stephen I, King of Hungary; or, Ludolphe, Margrave of Saxony; or, St. Henry II, Emperor of Germany; or, Gavril Radomir, Emperor of Bulgaria and his Hungarian wife. Moore (2019) as proved Ludolphe (Ludwig).

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• Military: About 1057; He conquered of Macbeth, and placed Malcolm, his son-m-law, on the throne of Scotland about 1057.

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He came to England with the Danish invaders.

Died:
When he was about to die, he arose from his bed, and arrayed himself in his richest and best armor, saying, "It was a shame for a warrior to die in his bed."

Siward married Ælflæd II of Northumberland on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
He was killed in the Battle of Lille.

Lambert married Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale in 1053/54. Adelaide (daughter of Robert I "the Devil", Duke of Normandy and Herleva de Falaise) was born in 1029/30 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France; died before 1090. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]