See also
| Husband: | David + of SCOTLAND (1144-1219) | |
| Wife: | Matilda + of CHESTER (1163-1233) | |
| Children: | Maud + of HUNTINGTON (1191- ) | |
| Margaret of HUNTINGDON (1194-1233) | ||
| Robert of HUNTINGTON (c. 1197- ) | ||
| Ada + of HUNTINGDON (1199-1241) | ||
| Isobel of HUNTINGDON (1199-1251) | ||
| Henry of HUNTINGDON (c. 1205- ) | ||
| John of SCOTLAND (1207-1237) | ||
| Marriage | 26 Aug 1190 | Scotland |
| Name: | David + of SCOTLAND1,2 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Henry + of HUNTINGDON (1114-1152) | |
| Mother: | Ada + of WARENNE (1120-1178) | |
| Birth | 1144 | Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England |
| Title | Earl | |
| Occupation | Earl of Huntingdon | |
| Death | 17 Jun 1219 (age 74-75) | Jedburgh, Roxburghsire, Scotland |
| Name: | Matilda + of CHESTER | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Hugh + of KEVELIOC (1147-1181) | |
| Mother: | Bertrade + of MONTFORT (1155-1189) | |
| Birth | 1163 | Cheshire, England |
| Occupation | Countess of Huntingdon | |
| Title | frm 26 Oct 1232 to 21 Nov 1232 (age 68-69) | Countess of Huntingdon |
| Death | 6 Jan 1233 (age 69-70) | |
| Name: | Maud + of HUNTINGTON | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | John + MONMOUTH (1185- ) | |
| Birth | 1191 | |
| Name: | Margaret of HUNTINGDON | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Alan (1175-1234) | |
| Birth | 1194 | |
| Occupation | Lady of Galloway | |
| Death | 1 Jun 1233 (age 38-39) | |
| Name: | Robert of HUNTINGTON | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1197 (est) | |
| Name: | Ada + of HUNTINGDON | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Henry + (1194-1250) | |
| Birth | 1 Jan 1199 | Huntingdonshire, England |
| Death | 2 Nov 1241 (age 42) | |
| Name: | Isobel of HUNTINGDON | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Robert of BRUS (1195-to1233) | |
| Birth | 1199 | |
| Death | 1251 (age 51-52) | |
| Name: | Henry of HUNTINGDON | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1205 (est) | |
| Name: | John of SCOTLAND | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Elen VERCH LLYWELYN (c. 1210- ) | |
| Birth | 1207 | |
| Occupation | Earl of Huntingdon | |
| Death | 6 Jun 1237 (age 29-30) | |
David of Scotland (c. 1144 – 17 June 1219) was a Scottish prince and Earl of Huntingdon. He was the youngest surviving son of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon and Ada de Warenne, a daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey, and Elizabeth of Vermandois. His paternal grandfather was David I of Scotland. Huntingdon was granted to him after his elder brother William I of Scotland ascended the throne. David's son John succeeded him to the earldom.
In the litigation for succession to the crown of Scotland in 1290–1292, the great-great-grandson Floris V, Count of Holland of David's sister, Ada, claimed that David had renounced his hereditary rights to the throne of Scotland. He therefore declared that his claim to the throne had priority over David's descendants. However, no explanation or firm evidence for the supposed renounciation could be provided.
On 26 August 1190 David married Matilda of Chester, daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester. He was almost thirty years Matilda's senior. The marriage was recorded by Benedict of Peterborough.[1]
David and Matilda had seven children:
Margaret of Huntingdon (c. 1194 – after 1 June 1233), married Alan, Lord of Galloway, by whom she had two daughters, including Dervorguilla of Galloway.
Robert of Huntingdon (died young)
Ada of Huntingdon, married Sir Henry de Hastings, by whom she had one son, Henry de Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings.
Matilda (Maud) of Huntingdon (-aft.1219, unmarried)
Isobel of Huntingdon (1199–1251), married Robert Bruce, 4th Lord of Annandale, by whom she had two sons, including Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale.
John of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon (1207 – 6 June 1237), married Elen ferch Llywelyn. He succeeded his uncle Ranulf as Earl of Chester in 1232, but died childless.
Henry of Huntingdon (died young)[2][3]
After the extinction of the senior line of the Scottish royal house in 1290, when the legitimate line of William the Lion of Scotland ended, David's descendants were the prime candidates for the throne. The two most notable claimants to the throne, Robert Bruce, 5th Lord of Annandale (grandfather of King Robert I of Scotland) and John of Scotland were his descendants through David's daughters Isobel and Margaret, respectively.
[edit] Robin Hood Connection?David is a possible inspiration figure for the Robin Hood legend because the legend plays at the same time as David lived in the 1190s. Another similarity is the Earl of Huntingdon question, because a historian names Robin Hood as a possible Earl of that area. Also both had taken part in the Third Crusade and by 1194 David had taken part at the siege of Nottingham castle where the High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derby County was taken captive. His son Robert who died young was also a possible inspiration for Robin Hood.
Matilda of Chester[1][2], Countess of Huntingdon (1171 – 6 January 1233)[2][3] was an Anglo-Norman noblewoman, sometimes known as Maud and sometimes known with the surname de Kevelioc. She was a daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester, and the wife of David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon. Through her daughter, Isobel, she was an ancestress of Robert the Bruce.
[edit] FamilyLady Matilda was born in 1171, the eldest child of Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester and Bertrade de Montfort, a cousin of King Henry II of England. Her paternal grandparents were Ranulf de Gernon and Matilda (Maud) of Gloucester, the granddaughter of King Henry I of England, and her maternal grandparents were Simon III de Montfort, Count of Evreux and Mahaut.
Lady Matilda's five siblings were:
Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester
Richard[4] (died young)
Mabel of Chester, Countess of Arundel
Agnes (Alice) of Chester, Countess of Derby
Hawise of Chester, Countess of Lincoln.
She also had an illegitimate half-sister, Amice of Chester.[2]
Matilda's father died in 1181 when she was ten years of age. He had served in King Henry's Irish campaigns after his estates had been restored to him in 1177. They had been confiscated by the King as a result of his taking part in the baronial Revolt of 1173–1174. His son Ranulf succeeded him as Earl of Chester, and Matilda became a co-heiress of her brother.
Dervorguilla of Galloway, a granddaughter of Matilda of Chester[edit] Marriage and issueOn 26 August 1190, she married David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon, a Scottish prince, son of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, and a younger brother of Malcolm IV of Scotland and William I of Scotland. He was almost thirty years Matilda's senior. The marriage was recorded by Benedict of Peterborough.[5]
David and Matilda had seven children:
Margaret of Huntingdon (c. 1194 – after 1 June 1233), married Alan, Lord of Galloway, by whom she had two daughters, including Dervorguilla of Galloway.
Robert of Huntingdon (died young)
Ada of Huntingdon, married Sir Henry de Hastings, by whom she had one son, Henry de Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings.
Matilda (Maud) of Huntingdon (-aft.1219, unmarried)
Isobel of Huntingdon (1199–1251), married Robert Bruce, 4th Lord of Annandale, by whom she had two sons, including Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale.
John of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon (1207 – 6 June 1237), married Elen ferch Llywelyn. He succeeded his uncle Ranulf as Earl of Chester in 1232, but died childless.
Henry of Huntingdon (died young)[2][6]
Her husband David had four illegitimate children by various mistresses.[5]
On her brother Ranulf's death in October 1232 Matilda inherited a share in his estates with her other 3 sisters, and his Earldom of Chester suo jure. Less than a month later with the consent of the King, Matilda gave an inter vivos gift of the Earldom to her son John the Scot who became Earl of Chester by right of his mother.[7] He was formally invested by King Henry III as Earl of Chester[2] on 21 November 1232.[8]. He became Earl of Chester in his own right on the death of his mother six weeks later.
Matilda died on 6 January 1233 at the age of about sixty-two. Her husband had died in 1219. In 1290, upon the death of Margaret, Maid of Norway, which caused the extinction of the legitimate line of William I, the descendants of David and Matilda became the prime competitors for the crown of Scotland. Through their daughter, Isobel, they were the direct ancestors of the renowned Scottish King, Robert the Bruce.
| 1 | Charles Cawley, "Kings of Scotland". |
| 2 | Charles Cawley, "England Earls Created 1067-1122". |