SCOTTISH ANCESTRY

"Windows Into Our Past A Genealogy of the Garton, Smith & Associated Families, Volume 2", compiled by Judy Parsons Smith © 2003

Further information this line can be found in Windows Into Our Past, A Genealogy of the Parsons, Smith & Associated Families, Vol 1.

Eochaid IV, the Poisonous [i]

Eochaid IV, the Poisonous  (Eocha’-annuine), son of Aed Find, the White, d. 826; m. Urgusia , daughter of Urguis . 

Eochaid, the Poisonous  ruled as King of Dalriada beginning in 781.  His name was Latinized to Achaius . 

Eochaid IV & Urgusia had a son:

Alpin of Kintyre [ii]

Alpin , son of Eochaid IV & Urgusia , d. ca. 837, slain in Galloway, near Laicht Castle; m. Royal Princess Unuistricc of Picts.

Alpin, King of  Argyll claimed the Pictish throne. 

Alpin & Unuistricc had two (2) sons:

Kenneth MacAlpin  
Donal III, succeeded  to the throne following his brother, d. 863

Kenneth MacAlpin [iii]

Kenneth  MacAlpin (Cinaed ), son of Alpin & Unuistricc, d. 6 Feb 859, at Forteviot (Abernethy) the Pictish capital..

Kenneth MacAlpin  ruled as High King of the Picts and Scots (King of Albany) from 843 until 859.  Kenneth MacAlpin had annexed the Pictish kingdom around 850.  This began the development of Scottish rule.  Kenneth was of a very religious disposition and accordingly he built a church in 850 at Dunkeld.  It is here that he brought the relics of St. Columbia  from Iona.

Kenneth MacAlpin  had three (3) children:

Constantine II of Alba  
Maolmhuire (daughter)  
Aodh (Hugh) , the fair-haired, succeeded his brother in 881.

Constantine II of Alba [iv]

Constantine II of Alba (Causantin) , son of Kenneth MacAlpin , d. 881, slain in battle by the Norse, near the parish of Crail. 

Constantine was King of Albany /Scots in 862.  Constantine had a son:

Donald II of Alba [v]

Donald II of Alba (Domnall IV) , son of Constantine II of Alba, d. 900, killed.  Domnall ruled as King of Albany/Scots in 889.  Domnall had a son:

Malcolm of Alba  [vi]

Malcolm of Alba  (Mael-Coluim), son of Donald II of Alba, d. 954, killed by the men of Moray, at Fetteressoe. 

Malcolm ruled as King of Scots beginning in 943.  He was a ruler of great abilities and prudent in his dealings.  In 945, Edmund of England  ceded Cumbria to Scotland in order to form an alliance. 

Malcolm of Alba  had two (2) sons:

Duff, d. 965 , assassinated at Forres
Kenneth II of Alba
[vii]

Kenneth II of Alba [viii]

Kenneth  II of Alba  (Cinaed ) , son of Malcolm of Alba , d. 994/995, assassinated by Finella, wife of  Maormor of the Mearns .

Kenneth ruled as King of Albany/Scots beginning in 970.  During his reign a law was passed as to the proper inheritance of the throne.  Thence forward the crown was to fall to the son, or the nearest male heir, of the king. 

Kenneth II of Alba  had a son:

Malcolm II  of Alba [ix]

Malcolm II  of Alba[x] (Mael-Coluim), son of Kenneth II of Alba , b. abt. 954; d. 25 Nov 1034; bur. Iona. 

Malcolm II ruled as King of Scots from 25 Mar 1005 to 1034.  He fought a battle in 1008 with Uchtred and overcame the Danes in 1017.  He published the legal code of Scotland, known as “The Laws of King Malcolm MacKenneth ”.  He was regarded as one of the most victorious Scottish kings.  Led the Scots to defeat the Danes in 1010. 

Malcolm III  had two (2) daughters:

Beaxtrix  
Doda, mother  of MacBeth

Bethoc (Beatrix)  [xi]

Bethoc (Beatrix) , Heiress of Scone, daughter of Malcolm II  of Alba[xii] , m. 1000 to Crinan the Thane, Mormaer of Atholl , b. 978; d. 1045, in battle.  Crinan the Thane was Governor of the Scots Islands and Lay Abbot of Dunkeld.  Crinan & Beatrix had:

1.       Duncan I Maccrinan  
2.      
Maldred of Scotland , m. Ealdgyth  

Duncan I Maccrinan [xiii]

1.  Duncan I Maccrinan , son of Crinan & Beatrix, d. 14 Aug 1040, near Elgin, murdered by MacBeth ; m. a daughter of Siward, Danish  Earl  of Northumbria.  Duncan I Maccrinan ruled as King of Scots from 1034 until 1040. 

Duncan I Maccrinan  and his wife three (3) children:

1.1.     Malcolm II I Caenmore  
1.2.    
King Domnall III  ‘Ban’, blinded 1097; d. 1098.  He fled to Ireland to avoid being murdered by MacBeth .
1.3.    
Maelomare

Maldred of Scotland

2.  Maldred of Scotland , son of [xiv] Crinan the Thane & Beatrix; m. Ealdgyth, daughter of Uchtred  & Ælfgifu of Northumbria.  She is the granddaugther of Æthelred II “the Unready” King of England & Elfreda.

Further information on Ealdgyth’s line can be found in Windows Into Our Past A Genealogy of the Parsons, Smith & Associated Families, Vol. 1.

2.1.   Gospatric of Northumberland[xv], b. 1040

Malcolm III  Ceanmore [xvi]

1.1.  Malcolm III  Ceanmore , son of Duncan I Maccrinan  & his wife, b. 1031; d. 13 Nov 1093, slain while besieging Alnwick Castle; m1st 1059 to Ingibiorg , daughter of Earl Finn Aranson ; m2nd 1068/69, Dunfermline to Margaret, St. Margaret of Scotland , daughter of Prince Edward the Exile , b. 1045; d. 16 Nov 1093, of grief.

Malcolm II I  Ceanmore , King of Albany, was crowned 17 Mar 1058 as King of Scots.  He ruled from 1058 until 1093.  After the William, the Conqueror had won the battle of Hastings in 1066, Edgar Ætheling  sailed from England, together with his mother and sisters, for Hungary.  Due to adverse wind they ended up taking refuge in a small port in the Firth of Forth.

Word reached Malcolm at his royal palace at Dunfermline, from here he went to meet them and invite them to the palace.  While the royal family of England was at Dunfermline, Princes Margaret, won the heart of Malcolm.  Margaret was being brought up in Hungary, found Scotland backward and cold.  She spoke both Magyar and English .  She was able to read Latin.  Margaret was an interesting individual; she had a dominating personality and was a cosmopolitan lady.  She impressed her Christian principles and English culture on her court, children, and the people of southern Scotland.  She allowed her husband to amuse himself with warlike pursuits

Malcolm III  & Ingibiorg  had a son:

1.1.1.         Duncan II , d. 1095, King of Scotland.

Malcolm III  & Margaret had eight (8) children:

1.1.2.         Edward, d. 13  Nov 1093, slain, while besieging Alnwick Castle.
1.1.3.        
Edmund
1.1.4.        
Edgar, King  of Albany 1097-1107
1.1.5.        
Ethelred, last  Abbot of Dunkeld, first Earl of Fife, d. ca. 1128
1.1.6.        
Alexander I, King  of Albany 1107-1124
1.1.7.        
David I, the Saint , b. ca. 1080; d. 24 May 1154; King of Scots 1124-1153, m. Maud of Northumberland , daughter of Waltheof , Earl of Northumberland  and Huntingdon & Judith , niece of William the Conqueror  on her mother’s side.
1.1.8.        
Matilda (Maud) , b. 1079; d. 1 May 1118; m. 11 Nov 1100 to Henry I, King of England . 
1.1.9.        
Mary, m. Eustache , Count of  Boulogne

Gospatric of Northumberland

2.1.   Gospatric of Northumberland[xvii], son of Maldred & Ealdgyth of Scotland, b. 1040; m. Æthelreda.

Gospatric & Æthelreda of Northumberland had a son:

2.1.1.         Gospatric de Dunbar , d. 22 Aug 1138

David I, the Saint [xviii]

1.1.7.  David I, the Saint , son of Malcolm II I  & Margaret, b. ca. 1080; d. 24 May 1154; King of Scots 1124-1153, m. Maud of Northumberland , daughter of Waltheof , Earl of Northumberland  and Huntingdon & Judith , niece of William the Conqueror  on her mother’s side, b. ca. 1074; d. 1131. 

David &  Maud of Northumberland  had:

1.1.7.1.    Henry, Prince of Scotland
1.1.7.2.   
Henry of Huntingdon [xix], b. ca. 1144; d. 12 Jun1152; m. 1139 to Adelaide de Warren , d. 1178.

Gospatric de Dunbar

2.1.1.  Gospatric de Dunbar [xx], son of Gospatric & Æthelreda of Northumberland, d. 22 Aug 1138.

Gospatric de Dunbar  had two (2) children[xxi]:

2.1.1.1.    Miss de Dunbar , m. Gilbride of Angus , son of Dufugan Angus .
2.1.1.2.   
Gospatric de Dunbar , d. 1166

Henry, Prince of Scotland [xxii]

1.1.7.1 Henry, Prince of Scotland , son of David I & Maud of Northumberland , d. predeceased his father.  Henry had three  (3) sons:

1.1.7.1.    King Malcolm the Fourth , d. 1163.  No issue.
1.1.7.2.   
William “the Lion” , d. 1214.  Family became extinct with his grandson  Alexander.
1.1.7.3.   
David

Henry of Huntingdon

1.1.7.2.  Henry of Huntingdon [xxiii], David I “the Saint”  &  Maud of Northumberland  b. ca. 1144; d. 12 Jun1152; m. 1139 to Adelaide de Warren , daughter of William & Elizabeth (Crépi of Vermandois) de Warrene, d. 1178.

Henry & Adelaide (de Warren) of Huntingdon had a daughter:

1.1.7.2.1.  Marjory[xxiv], m. Gilchrist of Angus , son of Gillbride & Miss (Dunbar) of Angus.

David I[xxv]

1.1.7.3.  David, son of  Henry, Prince of Scotland .   David had only three (3)  daughters:

1.1.7.3.1.      Margaret, m1st  Alan Fitz-Roland; m2nd Mal, king of Galloway

·         Dornagill, m.  John Balioll , king of  Scotland (by her right), by award of Edward I , king of England.  It was this John Balioll who surrendered the crown and sceptre of Scotland to Edward I, king of England in 1296. 

1.1.7.3.2.     Isabel  
1.1.7.3.3.    
daughter

Miss de Dunbar

2.1.1.1.  Miss de Dunbar [xxvi], daughter of Gospatric de Dunbar , m. Gilbride of Angus , son of Dufugan Angus  .

Gillbride & Miss (Dunbar) of Angus had a daughter.

2.1.1.1.1.  Beatrix of Angus , m. Walter Fitz Alan .  For Further Information See Stewart

Gospatric de Dunbar

2.1.1.2.  Gospatric de Dunbar [xxvii], son of Gospatric de Dunbar, d. 1166.

Gospatric de Dunbar  had a son:

                2.1.1.2.1.  Waltheof de Dunbar , d. 1182

Waltheof de Dunbar

2.1.1.2.1.  Waltheof de Dunbar [xxviii], son of Gospatric de Dunbar , d. 1182; m. Aline, d. 20 Aug 1179.

Waltheof & Aline  de Dunbar  had a son:

2.1.1.2.1.1.  Patrick de Dunbar , b. 1152; d. 31 Dec 1232; m. Christina Bruce .  For Further Information See Bruce  


[i] “Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of The Irish Nation.” By John O’Hart, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1989, p. 39; and “The History of Scotland Its Highlands, Regiments and Clans, Volume One”, by James Browne, LL.D. (Francis Al Niccolls & Co., Edinburgh, London, Boston, 1909), p.116  
[ii]
“Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of The Irish Nation.” By John O’Hart, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1989, p. 39; and “The Clans, Septs, and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands”, by Frank Adam, F.R.G.S., F.S.A.(Scot.)(reprinted 1977 published by Cassell & Collier Macmillam Publishers Ltd., London), p. 12  
[iii]
“Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of The Irish Nation.” By John O’Hart, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1989, p. 39 and “The Clans, Septs, and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands”, by Frank Adam, F.R.G.S., F.S.A.(Scot.)(reprinted 1977 published by Cassell & Collier Macmillam Publishers Ltd., London), p. 126  
[iv]
“Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of The Irish Nation.” By John O’Hart, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1989, p. 39 and “The Clans, Septs, and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands”, by Frank Adam, F.R.G.S., F.S.A.(Scot.)(reprinted 1977 published by Cassell & Collier Macmillam Publishers Ltd., London), p. 127  
[v]
“Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of The Irish Nation.” By John O’Hart, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1989, p. 39  
[vi]
“Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of The Irish Nation.” By John O’Hart, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1989, p. 39 and “The Clans, Septs, and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands”, by Frank Adam, F.R.G.S., F.S.A.(Scot.)(reprinted 1977 published by Cassell & Collier Macmillam Publishers Ltd., London), p. 130, 131  
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“Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of The Irish Nation.” By John O’Hart, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1989, p. 773  
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“Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of The Irish Nation.” By John O’Hart, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1989, p. 773  
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“Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of The Irish Nation.” By John O’Hart, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1989, p. 773  
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