Sabina O'Neill of Clanaboy1 
- Father: Felim O'Neill of Clanaboy1 b. c 1426, d. 1491
- Relationships: 7th great-grandmother of Margaret MacDonell, 12th great-grandmother of Donald James MacFarlane
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Family: John Mor MacDonald 3rd Chief Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg b. c 1425, d. 1499
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Felim O'Neill of Clanaboy1
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Aodh Buidhe, son of Domhnall Óc Ó Néill, grandson of Aodh Meith O'Neill (Hugh the Fat), and great-gransdon of Áed in Macáem Tóinlesc, all High Kings of Cínel Eóghain, was the eponymous ancestor of the Ó Néill Cloinne Aodha Buidhe, or Clanaboy O'Neill, line. He had come to an arrangement with the Norman Earls of Ulster which allowed his sons, particularly Briain Mac Aedo Buidhe to consolidate O'Neill power within Ulster at the expense of their kinsmen, the O'Donnells. Aodh Buidhe was married Eleanor de Nangle, a kinswoman to his nominal enemy, Walter de Burgh, the Earl of Ulster and Jocelyn de Angulo; Aodh died in 1283. At this time, there was only one O'Neill clan. However, the line he established remained one of the leaders of the overall O'Neill clan, and in 1338 they became independent with a relatively peaceful split of territory within the family. Having helped the Anglo-Normans barons in a rebellion against their fellow Norman lord, the Earl of Ulster, the family was removed from the main chiefship line by treaty and granted a war-torn strip of land in south Antrim. That was the official establishment of the Lordship of Cloinne Aodha Buidhe, or the O'Neills of Clandeboye.2Family:
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Sir Donald Balloch MacDonald 2nd Chief Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg1,2,3 
- Father: John Mor MacDonald The Tanister2 b. c 1365, d. 1419
- Mother: Margery Bisset2 b. c 1380
- Relationships: 1st cousin 13 times removed of Dougald MacFarlane, 8th great-grandfather of Margaret MacDonell, 13th great-grandfather of Donald James MacFarlane
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He held the position of Chief of Clan Ian Mhoir. Sir Donald 'Ballach' Macdonald also went by the nick-name of Donald 'Ballach' (or in English, 'the Freckled'). In 1431 he was the commander of the rebellion in the Isles, invaded Lochlaber, defeated the King's army under the Earls of Caithness and March, and ravaged the adjacent districts, then withdrew to his mother's lands in Ulster.
Domhnall Ballach, also known as Donald Balloch MacDonald (d. c. 1476) was a son of Iain Mòr Tànaiste MacDhòmhnaill and Margaret Bisset, daughter of MacEoin Bisset, Lord of The Glens. He was the second chief of Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg.
He succeeded to the chieftainship of the clan after his father was murdered by James Campbell after a scheduled meeting at Ard-du, Islay in 1427. Donald took revenge and James Campbell was executed, protesting however, that it was done under the King James I of Scotland's order.
Known as a military leader he was chosen to lead Clan Donald and defeated the forces of King James I at the battle of Inverlochy in 1431. Subsequently after a number of defeats against Royal forces Donald was forced to flee to Ireland. A pickled head was presented by his friend, the Irish Chief Hugh Buy O'Neill, who presented it to the King James I, as that of the rebel Lord of Dunnyveg. After the death of King James I, Donald returned to Dunnyveg in 1437.
He died on an islet upon Loch Gruinart, Islay in c. 1476.
Family
By his first wife Johanna, daughter of Conn O'Neill of Edenduffcarrick, they had;
John Mor MacDonald, m. Sabina O'Neill, daughter of Felim 'Bacach' O'Neill
Margaret, b. c. 1414 married Ruari MacDonald, 3rd of Clan Ranald.
By his second wife Joan, daughter of O'Donnell, Lord of Tyrconnel, they had;
Agnes, who married Thomas Bannatyne of Knraes.2,4Family 1: Margery Bisset b. c 1380
Family 2: Johanna O'Neill of Edenduffcarrick b. c 1420, d. c 1488
Citations
Johanna O'Neill of Edenduffcarrick1
- Father: Conn O'Neill of Edenduffcarrick1 b. c 1400
- Relationships: 8th great-grandmother of Margaret MacDonell, 13th great-grandmother of Donald James MacFarlane
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Family: Sir Donald Balloch MacDonald 2nd Chief Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg b. c 1407, d. 1476
Citations
Conn O'Neill of Edenduffcarrick1
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Margery Bisset1,2
- Father: John Bisset Lord of the Glynns3 b. c 1350, d. a 1380
- Mother: Sabia O'Neill2 b. c 1350, d. 1387
- Relationships: 9th great-grandmother of Margaret MacDonell, 14th great-grandmother of Donald James MacFarlane
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Parentage
Margery appears to have been the daughter of the Mac Eoin Bissett, Lord of the Glens, and Sabia O'Neill (died 1387), a princess of the O'Neill dynasty. This is all that is relatively certain, however, because no medieval Bissett pedigree has survived, the family falling from power in the Glens of Antrim in or not long after 1522, following the Battle of Knockavoe, and not being recorded by Duald Mac Firbis in the mid-17th century except in reference to their maternal kin the MacDonnells, who replaced them. Mac Firbis uniquely describes the Bissetts as being of Greek origin, first arriving in England with William the Conqueror. As far as Margery's likely mother Sabia it is possible she was one of the four daughters of Aodh Reamhar Ó Néill, King of Ulster, whose names were unknown to the 19th century genealogist John O'Hart, the O'Neill pedigrees themselves being imperfectly preserved.
Life
Possibly some time before, or around the time of her marriage to John Mór Tanister, Margery met Richard II of England when he was in Ireland, either during his 1394–1395 campaign to receive the submission of a number of the Irish princes, or later in 1399, the year in which he was deposed. She was "no doubt presented to him, as the daughter of a great northern lord", and retained a memory of his face. After she had come to reside with John in the Isles, the contemporary Scottish poet Andrew of Wyntoun tells of her recognition of a man whom she believed to be the deposed king travelling [dressed] as a poor man. Although Richard is widely believed to have starved to death in captivity in Pontefract Castle in early 1400, Margery vouched for the man, whomever he may have been, and the Scots believed her. He was naturally dismissed as an impostor by Henry IV, but had a kind of career as an anti-Lancastrian figurehead anyway and died in 1419.
Issue
Donald Balloch MacDonald
possibly Ranald Bane MacDonald.4Family 1: John Mor MacDonald The Tanister b. c 1365, d. 1419
Family 2: Sir Donald Balloch MacDonald 2nd Chief Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg b. c 1407, d. 1476
Citations
Guy O'Cathan1
- Relationships: 14th great-grandfather of Margaret MacDonell, 19th great-grandfather of Donald James MacFarlane
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Albert Chiasson1 
- Father: Arsene Chiasson1 d. b 1 Jul 1962
- Mother: Zelie AuCoin1 b. 17 Oct 1894, d. 1989
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Raimond Berenger IV (?) Count of Provence1,2 
- Father: Alfonso II (?) Count of Provence & King of Aragon3 b. a 18 Jan 1175, d. Feb 1209
- Mother: Garsenda II de Sabran Countess of Forcalquier3 b. c 1180, d. c 1242
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Ramon Berenguer IV or V (1198 – 19 August 1245), Count of Provence and Forcalquier, was the son of Alfonso II of Provence and Garsenda de Sabran, heiress of Forcalquier.
He was the first Count of Provence to live in the county in more than one hundred years.
Career
After his father's death (1209), Ramon was imprisoned in the castle of Monzón, in Aragon until he was able to escape in 1219 and claim his inheritance. He was a powerful and energetic ruler who added Forcalquier to his domain.
He and his wife were known for their support of troubadors, always having some around the court. He was known for his generosity, though his income did not always keep up. He wrote laws prohibiting nobles from performing menial work, such as farming or heavy labor.
Ramon had many border disputes with his neighbors, the Counts of Toulouse. In 1226, Ramon began to reassert his right to rule in Marseille. The citizens there initially sought the help of Ramon's father-in-law Thomas, Count of Savoy in his role as imperial vicar. However, they later sought the help of Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse.
In 1228, Ramon supported his father-in-law in a double-sided conflict against Turin and Guigues VI of Viennois. This small war was one of many rounds intended to more firmly establish control over trade from Italy into France, and Provence included several key routes.
While the Albigensian Crusade worked in his favor against Toulouse, Ramon was concerned that its resolution in the Treaty of Paris left him in a precarious position. Raymond turned his troops from fighting France to attempting to claim lands from Provence. When Blanche of Castile sent her knight to both Toulouse and Provence in 1233, Ramon entertained him lavishly, and the knight left well impressed by both the count and his eldest daughter, Margaret. Soon after, Blanche negotiated the marriage between Margaret and her son, Louis, with a dowry of ten thousand silver marks. Ramon had to get contributions from allies for a portion, and had to pledge several of his castles to cover the rest. Ramon and Beatrice travelled with their daughter to Lyon in 1234 to sign the marriage treaty, and then Margaret was escorted to her wedding in Sens by her uncles from Savoy, William and Thomas.
Shortly after, William began negotiating on Ramon's behalf with Henry III of England to marry Eleanor. Henry sent his own knight to Provence early in 1235, and again Ramon and his family entertained him lavishly. Henry wrote to William on June 22nd that he was very interested, and sent a delegation to negotiate the marriage in October. Henry was seeking a dowry of up to twenty thousand silver marks to help offset the dowry he had just paid for his sister, Isabella. However, he had drafted seven different versions of the marriage contract, with different amounts for the dowry, the lowest being zero. Ramon shrewdly negotiated for that option, offering as consolation a promise to leave her ten thousand marks when he died.
In 1238, Ramon joined his brother-in-law, Amadeus IV at the court of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor in Turin. Frederick was gathering forces to assert more control in Italy. Raymond VII of Toulouse was also summoned, and all expected to work together in the war.
In January 1244, Pope Innocent IV decreed that no one but the pope could excommunicate Ramon. In 1245, Ramon sent representatives to the First Council of Lyon, to discuss crusades and the excommunication of Frederick.
Ramon died in August 1245 in Aix-en-Provence, leaving the county to his youngest daughter.
Marriage and Children
On 5 June 1219, Ramon married Beatrice of Savoy, daughter of Thomas I of Savoy. She was a shrewd and politically astute woman, whose beauty was likened by Matthew Paris to that of a second Niobe. The wedding also provided the 14 year old Ramon with a powerful father-in-law to aid him in establishing his authority and protecting his interests. Their children included four daughters, all of whom married kings.
stillborn son (1220)
Margaret of Provence (1221–1295), wife of Louis IX of France
Eleanor of Provence (1223–1291), wife of Henry III of England
stillborn son (1225)
Sanchia of Provence (1228–1261), wife of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall
Beatrice of Provence (1231–1267), wife of Charles I of Sicily
His daughters were all educated and literate.
Death and Legacy
Ramon Berenguer IV died in Aix-en-Provence. At least two planhs (Occitan funeral laments) of uncertain authorship (one possibly by Aimeric de Peguilhan and one falsely attributed to Rigaut de Berbezilh) were written in his honour.
Giovanni Villani in his Nuova Cronica had this to say about Raymond:
Count Raymond was a lord of gentle lineage, and kin to them of the house of Aragon, and to the family of the count of Toulouse, By inheritance Provence, this side of the Rhone, was his; a wise and courteous lord was he, and of noble state and virtuous, and in his time did honourable deeds, and to his court came all gentle persons of Provence and of France and of Catalonia, by reason of his courtesy and noble estate, and he made many Provençal coblas and canzoni of great worth.3,4Family: Beatrice di Savola b. b 1204, d. 4 Jan 1267
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Beatrice di Savola1
Countess of Provence
- Father: Thomas I (?) Count of Savoy2 b. 20 May 1188, d. bt 1 Mar 1232 - 1233
- Mother: Margaret de Faucigny2 b. c 1175, d. 1252
- Relationships: 18th great-grandmother of Dougald MacFarlane, 15th great-grandmother of Margaret MacDonell, 20th great-grandmother of Donald James MacFarlane
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Family
Her paternal grandparents were Humbert III, Count of Savoy, and Beatrice of Viennois. Her maternal grandparents were William I, Count of Geneva and Beatrice de Faucigny. Beatrice of Savoy's mother, Margaret was betrothed to Philip II of France. While Margaret was travelling to France for her wedding, she was captured by Beatrice's father, Thomas. He took her back to Savoy and married her himself. Thomas' excuse was that Philip II was already married, which was true.
Beatrice was the tenth of fourteen children born to her parents. Her siblings included: Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy, Thomas II of Piedmont, Peter II, Count of Savoy, Philip I, Count of Savoy, Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury, Avita the Countess of Devon and Margherita of Savoy wife of Hartmann I of Kyburg.
Marriage and issue
Beatrice betrothed on 5 June 1219 to Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence; they married in December 1220. She was a shrewd and politically astute woman, whose beauty was likened to that of a second Niobe by Matthew Paris. Ramon and Beatrice of Savoy had four daughters, who all lived to adulthood, and married kings. Their only son, Raymond died in early infancy.
Margaret, Queen of France (1221–1295), wife of Louis IX of France
Eleanor, Queen of England (1223–1291), wife of Henry III of England
Sanchia, Queen of Germany (1228–1261), wife of Richard, Earl of Cornwall
Beatrice, Queen of Sicily (1231–1267), wife of Charles I of Sicily
Raymond of Provence, died young
Beatrice came to England to see her third daughter Sanchia wedded to Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, brother-in-law of Eleanor and did much to strengthen the bond between Richard and Henry III. She further strengthened the unity of the English royal family by convincing Henry III to help pay the debts of his sister Eleanor and her husband Simon de Montfort, who had previously often be at odds with Henry. Beatrice's husband Ramon Berenguer IV was detained by state difficulties which his wife solved by getting a loan from her son-in-law Henry III of four thousand marks.
Widowhood
When Ramon Berenguer had died on 19 August 1245, he left Provence to his youngest daughter. Beatrice's daughter and namesake then became one of the most attractive heiresses in medieval Europe. Various suitors had tried to seize her, so Beatrice of Savoy placed the younger Beatrice in a safe fortress, secured the trust of its people then went to the Pope for his protection. In Cluny during December 1245, a secret discussion, between Pope Innocent IV, Louis IX of France, his mother Blanche of Castile and his brother Charles of Anjou, took place. It was decided that in return for Louis IX supporting the Pope militarily, the Pope would allow Charles of Anjou, youngest brother to the French King, to marry Beatrice of Provence. But Provence was to never go to France outright through Charles. It was agreed that if Charles and Beatrice had children, the county would go to them; if there was no issue, then the county would go to Sanchia of Provence. If Sanchia died without an heir, Provence would go to the King of Aragon.
The generally good relationship between the four sisters also did much to improve the relationship of the French and English kings. It brought about the Treaty of Paris, where differences were resolved.[4] Beatrice and all her four daughters participated in the talks.
Beatrice of Savoy was granted the usufruct of the county of Provence for her lifetime, according to her husband's will. Beatrice outlived her third daughter Sanchia and came close to outliving her youngest daughter Beatrice, who died months after her mother (Beatrice the elder died in January, Beatrice the younger died in September). Beatrice of Savoy died on 4 January 1267.5Family: Raimond Berenger IV (?) Count of Provence b. 1198, d. 19 Aug 1245
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http://www.thepeerage.com/p10460.htm#i104593
Alfonso II (?) Count of Provence & King of Aragon1,2 
- Father: Alphonso Raimond II (?) King of Aragon3 b. Mar 1157, d. 25 Apr 1196
- Mother: Sanchia de Castilla3 b. 21 Sep 1154, d. Nov 1208
- Relationships: 19th great-grandfather of Dougald MacFarlane, 16th great-grandfather of Margaret MacDonell, 21st great-grandfather of Donald James MacFarlane
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In 1193, Alfonso married Gersenda II of Sabran, daughter of Rainou, Count of Forcalquier and Gersend of Forcalquier. They had a child who became Ramon Berenguer IV as Count of Provence.
According to explanations in the manuscripts of Gaucelm Faidit's poems, Alfonso was a rival of the troubadour's for the love of Jourdaine d'Embrun.
Alfonso II died in Palermo, Sicily, Italy.5Family: Garsenda II de Sabran Countess of Forcalquier b. c 1180, d. c 1242
Citations
Skogul Toste1 
- Relationships: 25th great-grandfather of Dougald MacFarlane, 23rd great-grandfather of Margaret MacDonell, 28th great-grandfather of Donald James MacFarlane
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Aymer Taillefer Comte d'Angouleme1
- Relationships: 19th great-grandfather of Dougald MacFarlane, 16th great-grandfather of Margaret MacDonell, 21st great-grandfather of Donald James MacFarlane
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Aymer succeeded his brother in 1186, and soon after was at the court of Richard the Lionheart, then Duke of Aquitaine and thus Aymer's lord, to receive recognition of his accession. By 1191, Aymer had married Alice of Courtenay, the daughter of Peter I of Courtenay and thus granddaughter of King Louis VI of France. In 1188, they had a daughter, Isabella of Angoulême, who married King John of England in 1200. The marriage alliance was sealed by two treaties, one public, the other private between Aymer and John. The count remained a steady ally of the kings of England against the rebellious House of Lusignan.
Aymer had a claim to the County of La Marche, where in 1199 or 1200 he was exercising authority, perhaps on behalf of his son-in-law, and issued a charter to some monks of Aubignac. In February 1202 when John was visiting Angoulême to negotiate a treaty with Sancho VII of Navarre, Aymer took him on a tour of the newly consecrated abbey church at La Couronne. The role of Aymer's daughter in John's continued refusal to properly care for his brother Richard the Lionheart's widow, Berengaria of Navarre, may explain the Count of Angoulême's proximity to the negotiations between the two kingdoms.
Aymer died in Limoges on 16 June 1202. His daughter and only child succeeded him as Countess of Angoulême. Her title, however, was largely empty since her husband denied her control of her inheritance as well as her marriage dowry and dower. John's appointed governor, Bartholomew de Le Puy (de Podio), ran most of the administrative affairs of Angoulême until John's death in 1216. In 1217 Isabella returned and seized her inheritance from Bartholomew, who appealed unsuccessfully to the English king for help.
Aymer's widow, Alice, ruled the city of Angoulême until March 1203, when John summoned her to court and granted her a monthly pension of 50 livres d'Anjou in return for her dower rights. She thereafter retired from public life to her estate at La Ferté-Gaucher, where she was living as late as July 1215, when she issued a charter at Provins using the title Countess of Angoulême.2Family: Alice de Courtenay b. 1160, d. 11 Feb 1218
Citations
Alice de Courtenay1
- Father: Pierre de Courtenay2 b. Sep 1126, d. 10 Apr 1183
- Relationships: 19th great-grandmother of Dougald MacFarlane, 16th great-grandmother of Margaret MacDonell, 21st great-grandmother of Donald James MacFarlane
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She is also known as Alix de Courtenay.
Family
Alice was born in 1160, the second eldest daughter and one of the ten children of Peter I of Courtenay and Elisabeth of Courtenay, daughter of Renauld de Courtenay and Hawise du Donjon. Her family was one of the most illustrious in France; and her paternal grandparents were King Louis VI of France and Adélaide de Maurienne. Her eldest brother Peter became the Latin Emperor of Constantinople in 1216. In addition to Peter, she had three more brothers, Philippe de Courtenay, Robert, Seigneur of Champignelles, and William, Seigneur of Tanlay; and five sisters, Eustacie, Clemence, Isabelle, Constance, and another whose name is unknown.
Marriages
In 1178, she married her first husband, Guillaume I, Count of Joigny. The marriage did not produce any children, and they were divorced in 1186. A charter dated 1180 records that Count Guillaume, with Alice's consent, donated property to Pontigny Abbey.
Alice married her second husband, Aymer Taillefer in 1186, the same year he succeeded his father, William IV as Count of Angoulême. Sometime in 1188, Alice gave birth to her only child:
Isabella of Angoulême (1188 – 31 May 1246), married firstly 24 August 1200 King John of England, by whom she had five children; in spring 1220, she married secondly, Hugh X of Lusignan, Count of La Marche, by whom she had another nine children.
Alice's husband died on 16 June 1202. Their only child, Isabella succeeded him as suo jure Countess of Angoulême. By this time, Isabella was already Queen of England.
She herself died on 11 (or 12) February 1218 at the age of about 58.3Family: Aymer Taillefer Comte d'Angouleme b. c 1165, d. 16 Jun 1202
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Theobald de Tours1
- Relationships: 25th great-grandfather of Dougald MacFarlane, 23rd great-grandfather of Margaret MacDonell, 28th great-grandfather of Donald James MacFarlane
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Hannah (?)1 
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Family: Captain David Smith b. 31 Oct 1742, d. 19 Feb 1789
Margaret Graham Countess of Menteith1
- Father: Sir John Graham2 b. c 1315
- Mother: Mary Stewart Countess of Menteith2 b. b 1310, d. b 29 Apr 1360
- Relationships: 2nd cousin 13 times removed of Dougald MacFarlane, 11th great-grandmother of Margaret MacDonell, 16th great-grandmother of Donald James MacFarlane
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Early life
Margaret Graham was the only daughter of Sir John Graham and Mary Menteith, Countess of Menteith. She was born in Doune Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland. Margaret's father served as second-in-command to Sir William Wallace, fighting alongside Wallace during the Scottish Wars of Independence. He was killed at the disastrous Battle of Falkirk on 22 July 1298, when the Scottish army was routed by Edward I of England.
Sir John was buried in Falkirk Old Parish Church. The inscription reads:
Here lyes Sir John the Grame, baith wight and wise,
Ane of the chiefs who rescewit Scotland thrise,
Ane better knight not to the world was lent,
Nor was gude Graham of truth and hardiment
Marriages
She was married four times. First, to Sir John Moray, Lord of Bothwell (son of Sir Andrew Moray and Lady Christina Bruce). No issue. Then she was married to Thomas, 9th Earl of Mar but they were divorced circa 1359. No issue. Thirdly, she was married to Sir John Drummond of Concraig. No issue.
Duchess of Albany
Her last marriage in 1361 was to Sir Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany (son of Robert II Stewart, King of Scotland and Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan). Sir Robert Stewart was a member of the Scottish Royal House and later served as regent to three different Scottish monarchs.
Family
The Duke and Duchess of Albany had eight children:
Janet Stewart
Mary Stewart (married to sir William Abernathy,6th of Saltoun)
Margaret Stewart (married to Sir John Swinton, 14th of that Ilk)
Joan Stewart (Sir Robert Stewart, Lord of Lorn)
Beatrice Stewart (married to Sir James Douglas of Balveny)
Isabella Stewart (married to Alexander Leslie, 7th Earl of Ross and later to Walter Haliburton)
Lady Marjorie Stewart (married to Sir Duncan Campbell)
Murdoch Stewart (1362–1425), 2nd Duke of Albany (married to Joan Douglas and later to Isabel, Countess of Lennox).
Margaret Graham’s married name evolved from Moray to Erskine to Drummond and later to Stewart.
Margaret Graham died on May 4, 1380 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland and was buried in Inchmahone Priory, Perthshire in Scotland.4Family: Robert Stewart 1st Duke of Albany b. c 1340, d. 3 Sep 1420
Citations
http://www.thepeerage.com/p10795.htm#i107947
http://www.thepeerage.com/p10211.htm#i102101
http://www.thepeerage.com/p10798.htm#i107973
John Campbell 1st & last Earl of Atholl1
- Father: Sir Neil Campbell of Lochawe2 b. 1259, d. c 1314
- Mother: Lady Mary Bruce2 b. c 1290, d. b 22 Sep 1323
- Relationships: 12th great-grandfather of Dougald MacFarlane, 12th great-grandfather of Margaret MacDonell, 17th great-grandfather of Donald James MacFarlane
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John was the son of Sir Neil Campbell by his wife Mary Bruce. His grandparents were Sir Cailean Mór Campbell, Afraig of Carrick, Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale and Marjorie, Countess of Carrick. In 1316 he inherited from his father the lands confiscated from David Strathbogie, and in about 1320 he was created Earl of Atholl, though Strathbogie's son also claimed the title.
He was married to Joan, former wife of Malise IV, Earl of Strathearn and daughter of Sir John de Menteith. Her paternal grandparents were Walter Bailloch and Mary I, Countess of Menteith. They had no children, so when he was killed at Halidon Hill on 19 July 1333 (one of five Scottish earls to die in the battle), his earldom became extinct.
His widow later married Maurice de Moravia, Earl of Strathearn and then William de Moravia, 5th Earl of Sutherland.5,4Family: Joan de Menteith
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Lady Mary Bruce1
- Father: Robert de Brus Le vieil, First Lord of Brus2 b. Jul 1243, d. b 4 Apr 1304
- Mother: Margaret (?) Countess of Carrick2 b. c 1250, d. b 9 Nov 1292
- Relationships: 13th great-grandmother of Dougald MacFarlane, 13th great-grandmother of Margaret MacDonell, 18th great-grandmother of Donald James MacFarlane
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Family 1: Sir Neil Campbell of Lochawe b. 1259, d. c 1314
Family 2: Alexander Fraser of Touchfraser & Cowie b. c 1290, d. 11 Aug 1332
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Joan de Menteith1
- Father: Sir John de Menteith1 b. c 1270
- Relationships: 12th great-grandmother of Dougald MacFarlane, 12th great-grandmother of Margaret MacDonell, 17th great-grandmother of Donald James MacFarlane
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Family: John Campbell 1st & last Earl of Atholl b. c 1313, d. 19 Jul 1333
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Sir John de Menteith1
- Father: Walter Bailloch Stewart Earl of Menteith2 b. c 1218, d. bt 1300 - 1306
- Mother: Mary de Menteith Countess of Menteith2 b. c 1230, d. b 1286
- Relationships: 13th great-grandfather of Dougald MacFarlane, 13th great-grandfather of Margaret MacDonell, 18th great-grandfather of Donald James MacFarlane
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He was born to Mary, Countess of Menteith and her husband Walter "Bailloch" Stewart, Earl of Menteith jure uxoris. He and his older brother, Alexander, Earl of Menteith, replaced their paternal Stewart surname in favour of Menteith, which earned him the nickname Fause (False) Menteith. John possessed the land of Ruskie, Stirlingshire.
He was Governor of Dumbarton Castle, an appointment made by Edward I who was keen to secure the fortification as a major access route into Scotland by sea. Tradition has it that Menteith betrayed Sir William Wallace to English soldiers, which led to Wallace's death and his later nickname Fause Menteith ("Menteith the treacherous").
Wyntoun, whose "Metrical Chronicle" was written in 1418, says:
"Schyre Jhon of Menteith in tha days
Tuk in Glasgow William Walays;
And sent hym until Ingland sune,
There was he quartayrd and undone."
The English chronicler Piers Langtoft states that Menteith discovered the retreat of Wallace through the treacherous information of Jack Short, his servant, and that he came under cover of night and seized him in bed. A passage in the Scala Chronica, quoted by John Leland, notes, "William Walleys was taken of the Counte of Menteith, about Glasgow, and sent to King Edward, and after was hanged, drawn, and quartered at London."
Menteith married Helena[citation needed], daughter of Gartnait, Earl of Mar, by whom he had two sons, Sir John de Menteith the younger and Walter, and one daughter known by name, Johanna. He was said to have had two other daughters.3Family:
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Walter Bailloch Stewart Earl of Menteith1,2
- Father: Walter Stewart 3rd High Steward of Scotland3 b. c 1180, d. 1241
- Mother: Beatrix Stewart of Angus3
- Relationships: 14th great-grandfather of Dougald MacFarlane, 12th great-grandfather of Margaret MacDonell, 17th great-grandfather of Donald James MacFarlane
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Life
Walter was a younger son of Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland, and his wife Beatrix of Angus, daughter of Gilchrist, Earl of Angus. In 1258-59, Walter accompanied Louis IV of France on his Crusade, according to tradition. After the death of King Alexander II of Scotland he was aligned with the "English faction", and in 1255 secured the persons of the young King and Queen, but he was not at this time allowed to a share in the government. About 1260, when the Countess Isabella and her husband were forced to leave Scotland, the magnates of Scotland arranged the marriage of her sister, Mary, to Walter Stewart, who took possession of the lands and title, with questions of legal ownership being reserved. He was certainly using the title of Earl (jure uxoris) before 17 April 1261, when he was witness to a grant to the Paisley Abbey.
In the following year Dughall MacSuibhne (MacSween) granted to the Earl the lands of Skipnish, Killislate, and others, being that part of Kintyre called South Knapdale and the parish of Kilcalmonell. Following on this, the Earl granted the church of Kilcalmonell to the monks of Paisley. He also made grants to Kilwinning Abbey of churches in Knapdale, which show that he had possession of North Knapdale also. About 1263 the Earl was Sheriff of Ayr, and aided in making preparations to repel the expected invasion of King Haakon IV of Norway. He and his brother Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland were joint commanders of the Scots in the Battle of Largs. The Earl was Sheriff of Dumbarton in 1271. On 25 July 1281 he was one of the witnesses to and guarantors of the marriage contract of the Princess Margaret with Eirik II of Norway. He, Countess Mary, and a party of Scots barons traveled to Norway accompanying the princess and her dowry of fourteen thousand marks. In 1285 he and his Countess were again attacked by the rival claimants Walter Comyn and his wife Isabella, their claim having been in 1282 pressed upon King Alexander III of Scotland by the English King, and in a Parliament at Scone it was decided that the earldom should be divided into two portions.
One half was retained by Walter Stewart, with the title of Earl, and the other half was erected into a barony for William, the son of John the Red Comyn, and his wife, a daughter of the elder countess by her first husband. The component parts of the earldom which remained to Walter Stewart are not known. The death of King Alexander in 1286 threw the kingdom again into confusion, and during the rivalry which ensued between the parties of Bruce and Balliol, the Earl of Menteith supported the cause of Bruce. In 1289 he was present at Birgham, and approved of the marriage proposed between Prince Edward of England and the young Margaret, Maid of Norway as she was called, the heiress of the Scottish Crown.
Her unhappy death renewed the contest between Bruce and Balliol, and when it was proposed that the King of England should arbitrate, Menteith was one of those named by Bruce as his commissioners. He was present at Norham on 20 November 1292 when the new king John Balliol swore fealty to Edward I of England. This is the last certain record of him, as although letters were addressed by the English King to Walter Stewart, Earl of Menteith, on 29 June 1294, it is not clear that he was then alive. He may even have been dead by 10 February 1293, when Balliol's Parliament directed the lands of Knapdale belonging to the Earl to be incorporated in the sheriffdom of Lorn under Alexander of Argyll.
The Countess Mary predeceased her husband, probably before 1286. Their tombstone is preserved in the Priory of Inchmahome, bearing the effigies of husband and wife, the former bearing on his shield the Stewart fess chequy with a label of five points, a device which also appears on his seal of arms in the Public Record Office, London.
Family
In 1258 Walter married Mary I, Countess of Menteith. They had issue two sons both of whom assumed the surname Menteith
Alexander, Earl of Menteith, who succeeded to the earldom.
Sir John de Menteith, notorious as the betrayer of Sir William Wallace.7Family 1: Mary de Menteith Countess of Menteith b. c 1230, d. b 1286
Family 2:
Citations
http://www.thepeerage.com/p511.htm#i5109
http://www.thepeerage.com/p512.htm#i5112
Mary de Menteith Countess of Menteith1
- Father: Maurice 'the Younger' de Menteith 3rd Earl of Menteith2 b. c 1190, d. b Jan 1234
- Relationships: 14th great-grandmother of Dougald MacFarlane, 12th great-grandmother of Margaret MacDonell, 17th great-grandmother of Donald James MacFarlane
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She died before her husband, but the exact year is not known. Her husband may have been alive as late as 1294. She and he had two sons, Alexander, the next ruler of the province, and John, the famous betrayer of William Wallace.3Family: Walter Bailloch Stewart Earl of Menteith b. c 1218, d. bt 1300 - 1306
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Sir Wlliam Seton of Seton1
- Father: Sir John Seton 2nd Lord Seton2 b. c 1370, d. c 1441
- Mother: Katherine Sinclair2 b. c 1380
- Relationships: 11th great-grandfather of Dougald MacFarlane, 10th great-grandfather of Margaret MacDonell, 15th great-grandfather of Donald James MacFarlane
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Family: Janet Dunbar b. c 1390, d. a 1434
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