Gilbert de Umfraville, Earl of Angus
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Gilbert de Umfraville, Earl of Angus also known as The Red Earl (before 1246 – 1308) was the first of the Anglo-French
His father was
He also carried on the line of the earlier
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, paid £10,000 to act as Gilbert's warden. Gilbert eventually grew into his inheritance, and although he was primarily an English magnate, there are still a few of his recorded grants. Gilbert was the nominal ruler of the province for more than half a century. As Earl of Angus he was summoned in 1276 for a campaign in Gwynedd against Llywelyn ap Gruffudd. In 1284 he attended the parliament with other Scottish noblemen who acknowledged Margaret of Norway as the heir to King Alexander.[1] In 1296 he again joined Edward I in his conquest of Scotland. He also founded a chantry for two priests at Prudhoe castle to celebrate mass daily.
He died in 1308, and was succeeded by his second son,
Gilbert was buried in Hexham Abbey. His effigy survives and can be seen.
See also
Sources
- Bain, Joseph (ed.) Calendar of documents relating to Scotland
- Burke, Sir Bernard, A Genealogical History of the Extinct Peerages of the British Empire (London 1883)
- Paul, Sir James Balfour, The Scots Peerage, (Edinburgh, 1904), vol. i, Angus.
- Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry, ISBN 0-8063-1750-7
- Rymer, Thomas, Foedera Conventiones, &c. London. 1745
References
- ^ Foedera, p. 228
Bibliography
- Tout, Thomas Frederick (1899). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 58. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 21–24.
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| [Known] 10th-century mormaers | |
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| [Known] Mormaers from the Angus and Umfraville line |
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| Earls from the Stewart line | |
| Earls from the Douglas line | |
| As a subsidiary title | |
