Maol Choluim II, Earl of Lennox
Mormaer Maol Choluim II of Lennox (anglicised Malcolm II of Lennox) (died 19 July 1333) was
Lennox
from 1303 to his death.
Maol Cholium's father,
Bruce loyalties were the same as his father Maol Choluim I
's, and this was keenly displayed when he attended Robert's coronation.
He was one of the signatories of the
Declaration of Arbroath
in 1320.
Maol Choluim was in fact one of the most loyal followers of Bruce, and was rewarded by both Bruce and by later pro-Bruce writers such as
Cardross
.
Maol Choluim died in 1333 fighting for the Bruce cause against the Anglo-Balliol alliance at Battle of Halidon Hill.
He had two known sons by an unknown wife, his successor Domhnall and Muireadhach.
Notes
- ^ public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lennox". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 419. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
Bibliography
- Neville, Cynthia J., Native Lordship in Medieval Scotland: The Earldoms of Strathearn and Lennox, c. 1140-1365, (Portland & Dublin, 2005)