Patrick ll de Dunbar, 5th/6th Earl of Dunbar

Patrick, sixth Earl of Dunbar, succeeded his father on 31 December 1232, but had taken an active part in dealing with the estate some time before that date. A month or so after his accession, he did homage to King Henry III. for his English estates, and from the various inquisitions on the subject we learn the extent of his lands in Northumberland. On 22 February 1233 the King ordered sasine to be given, but in 1247, another inquiry was made enumerating not only the lands but the holders of them under the Earl. In 1235 the Earl took an active part in suppressing the rebellion in Galloway. In 1237, when King Alexander of Scotland resigned his rights to the three northern counties of England, Earl Patrick was the first of the Scottish magnates who became sureties for the fulfilment of the treaty. It was this Earl, and not his father as has been stated, who in 1245 took part in an attempt to settle a dispute as to marches between the Canons of Carham and Bernard de Hawden, a neighbouring landowner on the Scottish side, which involved a settlement of the boundaries between the two countries. In 1247, owing, it is said, to remorse for injury done by him to the monastic house of Tynemouth, a cell of St. Albans, in his irritation at the long dispute between the lords of Beanley and the monks as to the churches of Bewick and Eglingham, Earl Patrick made up his mind to join the crusade to the Holy Land, projected by King Louis IX. of France. To defray expenses he sold or trans ferred his stud of horses in Lauderdale to the Abbot and Convent of Melrose. The sale took place on 29 August 1247, and was confirmed by King Alexander II. on 28 November same year. A few months later the Earl had started on his journey. His last transaction in Scotland appears to have been a confirmation on 14 April 1248, of a grant by Mr. William of Greenlaw, to the monks of Melrose, which the Earl made in the presence of King Alexander at Berwick, and before 28 June he had left the country. But he never reached Palestine, as his death at Marseilles is recorded by the chronicler of Lanercost. The same writer tells also two stories which give us a very favourable view of the Earl's character. One is that the Earl had issued invitations to a feast, but many more guests arrived than preparation had been made for. When his steward informed him of the lack of provision thus caused, the Earl ordered the kitchen to be set on fire, risking rather the loss of his house than the tarnishing of his reputation for hospitality. The other story, for which the narrator vouches, concerns his forgiving and lenient conduct to a robber whom he had rescued from the gallows and placed in a position of trust, but who tried to murder his master. The Earl, however, made light of it, and gave the rascal money to escape. He married Euphemia, daughter of Walter, the third High Steward of Scotland, with whom he received the estate of Birkynside, in Lauderdale, which he burdened with a merk of silver to be paid yearly for the benefit of the church of Dryburgh. The Countess survived her husband, dying perhaps in or about 1267. From the chronicler of Lanercost, who tells a somewhat decorated anecdote of the strained relations between her and her eldest son, we learn she resided, in her later years, at Whittinghame, in East Lothian. The same writer also states that he was present when mother and son were reconciled at her deathbed, he asking her forgiveness.
The sixth Earl had issue:
1. Patrick, who succeeded as Earl.
2. Waldeve, the clerk, rector of Dunbar, is named as son of Earl Patrick in an indult to him by Pope Innocent IV. to hold an additional benefice, dated at Lyons 3 February 1245. He also appears in a charter granted by Sir Alexander Seton of Seton, dated about 1271. According to the Lanercost chronicler Earl Patrick and his wife had several children, and a William and a Robert appear in the writ of 14 April 1248, as if they were sons of the Earl. But by comparison of writs it would rather appear that they were his brothers.
Source: "The Scots Peerage" Vol 3, page 255.

Patrick II (1185–1249), called "5th Earl of Dunbar",[1] lord of Beanley, was a 13th-century Anglo-Scottish noble, and one of the leading figures during the reign of King Alexander II of Scotland.

Said to be aged forty-six at the time of his father's death, this Patrick was the eldest son of Patrick I, Earl of Dunbar and Ada, daughter of King William I of Scotland. He probably succeeded to his father's lands some time before the latter's death on 31 December 1232, as his father was elderly and had been ill for some time.

He renounced his claim to some disputed Marches in lower Lauderdale to the monks of Melrose, and in 1235 he, with Adam, Abbot of Melrose, and Gilbert, Bishop of Galloway, led an expedition against an uprising in Galloway. He accompanied King Alexander II of Scotland to York and was a witness and guarantor to the treaty with King Henry III of England, in 1237.

Shortly after 1242 the Earl of Dunbar was sent to subdue the rebellious Thane of Argyll. The Earl held first rank among the twenty-four barons who guaranteed the Treaty of Peace with England in 1244.

Holinshed relates, he accompanied Lindsay of Glenesk, and Stewart of Dundonald to crusade, where he died in 1249 at the siege of Damietta in Egypt.

Before 1213, he married Euphemia (d. 1267 at Whittingehame),[2][3] whom historians had previously believed to be daughter of Walter FitzAlan, 3rd High Steward of Scotland and lord of Kyle (i.e. Kyle Stewart), Strathgryfe and Bute.[1]

Euphemia's father was, however, certainly not Walter FitzAlan.[4]

Issue by Euphemia:

1. Patrick, 7th Earl of Dunbar.[1]
2. Isabel de Dunbar, who married Roger FitzJohn, of Warkworth, Northumberland son of John FitzRobert (died before 22 June 1249 in Normandy).[5][6]

Family

The Peerages give the wife of Patrick Dunbar as Euphemia Stewart; MedLands gives her as Euphemia de Brus.

https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#PatrickDun...

B. EARLS of DUNBAR

PATRICK de Dunbar, son of WALTHEOF Earl [of Dunbar] & his wife Aline --- (1152-31 Dec 1232, bur Eccles St Mary, Berwick[1533]). m firstly (1184[1547]%29 ADA, illegitimate daughter of WILLIAM "the Lion" King of Scotland & his mistress --- (-1200). m secondly (probably before 1208[1551]) as her second husband, CHRISTINE, widow of WILLIAM de Brus of Annandale, daughter of ---. Earl Patrick & his first wife had [five] children:

1. PATRICK de Dunbar (-Marseille [May/Dec] 1248). "P. comes de Dunbar et P. filius eius" donated property which "Willo de Curteneya m (1213 or before) EUPHEME, daughter of [WILLIAM de Brus of Annandale & his wife Christine ---] (-1267). "Eufemia comitissa" donated revenue from land in "Kirkinfyde" to Dryburgh monastery, for the soul of "domini mei Patricii comitis", by undated charter[1563]. Her parentage is suggested by MacEwan[1564]. If correct, she was her husband’s step-sister, daughter of his father’s second wife by her first husband. The Chronicle of Lanercost records the death in 1267 of "domina mater domini comitis Patricii de Dunbar, Eufemia…magistri Patricii qui apud Marsilium obiit"[1565]. Earl Patrick & his wife had two children:

a) PATRICK de Dunbar ([1213]-

b) WALTHEOF [Waldeve] (-after 3 Feb 1245). Rector of Dunbar. et A. uxori ei teneant…de Home" to Kelso monastery by charter dated to [1200][1554]. .. .

https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/dd/dunbar01.php Retrieved 21 February 2021

• a. Patrick, 5th Earl of Dunbar, Earl of Lothian (b 1152, d 31.12.1232) m1. (1184) Ada (d 1200, dau of William 'the Lion', King of Scots)
  • 1) Patrick, 6th Earl of Dunbar (d 1248) m. (c1213) Eupheme Stewart (d c1267) [SIC]
    • (A) Patrick, 7th Earl of Dunbar (b c1213, d 24.08.1289) m. (1242) Cecilia (dau of John (Fraser ?))
    • (B) Waldeve of Dunbar (a 1271, rector of Dunbar)
    • (C) Thomas of Dunbar This connection from the house of Dunbar is suggested by research on the Learmonth family.
    • (D) Isabel of Dunbar (a 1269) identified by a contributor (JB, 21.04.06) m1. Roger FitzJohn de Clavering of Clavering, Warkworth and Horsford (d 1249) m2. (before 19.05.1262) Sir Simon Baard (Bayard) (a 1288)

Comments

Adam Wallace of Riccarton, 3rd of Riccarton is seen in online trees as husband of Euphemia Stewart, an undocumented daughter of Walter (FitzAlan) Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland, and the widow of
Patrick ll de Dunbar, 5th/6th Earl of Dunbar. But more recent scholarship identifies the countess of Dunbar as Euphemia de Brus, countess of Dunbar, daughter of William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale and Christine of Galloway. She died 1267. Patrick died 1246. Adam died soon after 1646. It does not seem possible for Euphemia to have married both men.

Notes

1. Fiona Watson, "Dunbar, Patrick, eighth earl of Dunbar or of March, and earl of Moray (1285–1369)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, October 2005 accessed 29 July 2007, under Patrick Dunbar, fifth earl of Dunbar (c. 1186 – June 1249).
2. Miller, James, The History of Dunbar, Dunbar, 1830, p.18, which states that "Euphemia, who was daughter of Walter High Steward of Scotland, brought to her marriage the lands of Birkenside in Lauderdale"
3. Burke, Sir Bernard, Ulster King of Arms, Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, London, 1883: 606
4. Seven Scottish Countesses: A Miscellany - III. Cristina de Brus, Countess of Dunbar, Vol. 17, no.2, pages 223-233.
5. Weis, Fredk., Lewis, Th.D., et al., The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, 5th edition, Baltimore, 1999: 63
6. Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry, Baltimore, 2005: 210

References

• PoMS, no. 5989 (https://www.poms.ac.uk/record/person/5989/; accessed 21 February 2021) Thus, Christina, who married secondly Earl Patrick (I) of Dunbar, apparently had a daughter from her previous marriage, Euphemia de Brus, who married Earl Patrick (I)’s son from a previous marriage, Earl Patrick (II). Thus Countess Christina appears to have been both stepmother and mother-in-law to Earl Patrick II. See also Andrew B.W. MacEwen, ‘A Clarification of the Dunbar Pedigree’, The Genealogist, vol. 9, no. 2 (1988), 229-41
• MacEwen, Andrew. A Clarification of the Dunbar Pedigree. The Genealogist, 9(2) 1988: PDF
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Damietta_(1249) The siege of Damietta occurred in 1249 and was part of the Seventh Crusade.

Louis IX of France landed at Damietta in 1249. Egypt would, Louis thought, provide a base from which to attack Jerusalem, and its wealth and supply of grain would keep the crusaders fed and equipped. On 6 June Damietta was taken with little resistance from the Egyptians, who withdrew further up the Nile. Louis was able to build a stockade for the whole Crusade camp with the wood from 24 captured Egyptian trebuchets. The flooding of the Nile had not been taken into account, however, and it soon grounded Louis and his army at Damietta for six months, where the knights sat back and enjoyed the spoils of war. Louis ignored the agreement made during the Fifth Crusade that Damietta should be given to the Kingdom of Jerusalem, now a rump state in Acre, but he did set up an archbishopric there (under the authority of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem) and used the city as a base to direct military operations against the Muslims of Syria.