Martyn Family History

Scott H. Martyn
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Henry OF SCOTLAND 3rd Earl of Huntingdon and Northumbria [7043]
(1114-1152)
Ada DE WARENNE [7044]
(1120-1178)
Marjory of Scotland [7032]
(1152-1213)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Gille CRIST 4th Earl of Angus [7031]

Marjory of Scotland [7032] 1657

  • Born: 1152, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England 1657
  • Marriage (1): Gille CRIST 4th Earl of Angus [7031]
  • Died: 1213, Forfar, , Angus, Scotland at age 61 1657
  • Buried: 1213, Sawtry, , Huntingdonshire, England 1657

   FamilySearch ID: LB5S-FN5.

  General Notes:

Margaret's parents were Henry of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon and Northumbria, and Ada de Warenne. She has traditionally been considered the second-eldest daughter, younger than Ada, but it is possible that Margaret was the eldest since she married before Ada and was named after their paternal great-grandmother Saint Margaret (while Ada was named after their maternal great-grandmother Adelaide of Vermandois)

Margaret of Huntingdon is the daughter of Henry of Huntingdon, Earl of Huntingdon and Ada de Warenne.1,2
She married Sir William de Lindesay, son of Walter de Lindesay.
She married Gilchrist, 4th Earl of Angus, son of Gillbride, 2nd Earl of Angus, after 1200.
Her married name became de Lindesay. She was also known as Marjorie of Huntingdon.1
Citations
1. Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 192.
2. Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), volume 1, page 4.
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Ada's children (in an approximate order of birth) were:
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7. Marjorie of Huntingdon, who married Gille Críst, Earl of Angus. They were also ancestors of Robert the Bruce.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_de_Warenne
She was also called Margaret Princess of Scotland
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Marjorie of Huntingdon married secondly (as his second wife), Sir William de Lindsay of Ercildum and Crawford (born c. 1148 \endash died c. 1200).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gille_Cr%C3%ADst,_Earl_of_Angus

  Noted events in her life were:

1. MARR: in 1169, in , , , Scotland. 1660

2. Royal House: House of Dunkeld, in 1152, in , , , Scotland. 1660

3. Title Of Nobility: Countess of Angus, on an unknown date,. 1660


Marjory married Gille CRIST 4th Earl of Angus [7031] [MRIN: 5538], son of Gille BRIGTE OF ANGUS Earl of Angus [7039] and Countess Sybil DUNBAR of Ogilvy [7040]. (Gille CRIST 4th Earl of Angus [7031] was born in 1154 in Forfar, , Angus, Scotland,1657 died on 11 December 1207 in Forfar, , Angus, Scotland 1657 and was buried in Dunfermline Abbey, Dumfermline, Fife, Scotland 1657.)