Maol Choluim II, Earl of Lennox

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Coat of arms of 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

  1. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lennox". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 419.

Bibliography

  • Neville, Cynthia J., Native Lordship in Medieval Scotland: The Earldoms of Strathearn and Lennox, c. 1140-1365, (Portland & Dublin, 2005)
Preceded by
Mormaer of Lennox

1303–1333
Succeeded by