Patrick lll de Dunbar, 6th/7th Earl of Dunbar

Patrick, seventh Earl of Dunbar, succeeded at the age of thirty-five, and is said by the Lanercost chronicler to have been very dissimilar in character to his father. Nothing is known of him before his accession, but after that event he took an active part in politics, especially during the earlier years of the young King Alexander III. He was a steadfast adherent of the English party, and in 1255 he and others procured the dismissal of the Comyns and their faction from power. Earl Patrick's name stands fourth in the list of the new Council who had the support of King Henry III., the young King's father-in-law. In 1258, however, the Comyns again prevailed, and Earl Patrick was excluded from the Government, though in 1260 he was one of the Scottish nobles to whose keeping King Henry III. promised to intrust the expected infant child of the Queen of Scotland, then at the English Court. He commanded a division of the Scottish army at the battle of Largs in 1263, and he was present at the signing of the treaty between King Alexander III. and the King of Norway, on 6 July 1266. After this, little is recorded regarding the Earl, except some charters and some personal matters, such as legal proceedings, chiefly affecting his Northumbrian property. He was, however, one of the witnesses to the marriage-contract between the Princess Margaret of Scotland and Eric, King of Norway, at Roxburgh, 25 July 1281; and in February 1284, after the death of Prince Alexander, the Earl, though advanced in years, attended the Parliament at Scone which declared the Princess Margaret of Norway to be heir to the Scottish Crown. He was also one of those who obliged themselves to carry out that Act of Parliament. He and his three sons joined with the Bruces, the principals of the Stewart family, and Macdonalds, in a bond or compact for mutual defence and assistance, dated at Turnberry, Bruce's stronghold in Carrick, on 20 September 1286; but he did not long survive, as he died 24 August 1289, at Whittinghame in East Lothian, aged seventy-six, and was buried in the north aisle of the church of Dunbar. According to Douglas this Earl married a lady named Christian Bruce, said to be a daughter of Robert Bruce the Competitor, but no proof of this has been found, and it is probable it is a mistaken reference to the second wife of the fifth Earl. The Earl's only recorded wife and the mother of his sons was a lady named in a charter by her eldest son, Cecilia filia Johannis.' No other designation of her has been found. It has been suggested that she was a Fraser, but there is no satisfactory evidence of this.
They had issue:
1. Sir Patrick, who succeeded as eighth Earl.
2. Sir John, named with his father and brothers in the compact at Turnberry in 1286, already cited, and he also appears as a witness to charters by his father and brothers. Nothing more is known with certainty regarding him, unless he be the Sir John Dunbar, late of Birkenside, who is named in a charter by his son John Dunbar, to the monks of Dryburgh, the date of which is not given. But if this be so, his male issue must have failed before 1368, as his grandnephew George succeeded to the earldom.
3. Sir Alexander, who is named as the third of the brothers in the compact of 1286 and elsewhere. He had a fee or grant of 20 merks sterling bestowed on him by King Alexander in., which continued to be paid after the King's death, up to September 1289. There are other unimportant references to him, and he was alive on 26 June 1331, when his son Sir Patrick quit-claimed his rights in Swinwood to the monks of Coldingham. It is not known when he died.

Source: "The Scots Peerage" Vol 3, page 257.
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Patrick III, 7th Earl of Dunbar[1] (c. 1213 – 24 August 1289) was lord of the feudal barony of Dunbar and its castle, which dominated East Lothian, and the most important military personage in the Scottish Borders.

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Said to be aged 35 in 1248,[2] he was the son of Patrick II, Earl of Dunbar (by Eupheme de Brus), who was son of Patrick I, Earl of Dunbar, who was son of Waltheof, Earl of Dunbar, who was descendant in male line of Gospatric, Earl of Northumbria. His successors controlled the marches, but the title Earl of March was only assumed by Patrick IV, Earl of March.

Biography

Patrick did homage for his lands in England to King Henry III in 1249. The earl was part of the English faction who opposed the Comyns and in 1255 he and others procured the dismissal of the Comyns and their faction from power. The same year he was nominated Regent and Guardian of the King and Queen. In 1258 the Comyn's faction prevailed, and Earl Patrick was excluded from the government.[2]

In 1263 he founded a monastery for the Carmelites or White Friars in Dunbar; and led the left division of the Scottish army at the battle of Largs the same year. In 1266 when Magnus V of Norway ceded the Isle of Man and the Hebrides to King Alexander III of Scotland, the Earl of Dunbar's seal appears on the Treaty of Perth, signed in Norway in 1266.

Patrick, Earl of Dunbar, was second in the list of thirteen earls who signed the marriage contract of Princess Margaret of Scotland and King Eric of Norway in 1281. In 1284 he attended the parliament at Scone which declared the Princess Margaret of Norway to be heiress to the Scottish Crown.[3]

He died at Whittingehame, and was buried at Dunbar, East Lothian.[2]

Family

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He married firstly, before 1240, Cecily, daughter of John FitzRobert, Lord of Warkworth, Northumberland (died 1240),[2][4]

[He married secondly Christiana,[5][6][7] daughter of Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale, the "Competitor" (1210–1295),[8]]

He had five known children:

1. Patrick IV, Earl of March, a "Competitor"[9] (1242–1308), son and heir.
2. Sir John de Dunbar, Knt.[10]
3. Sir Alexander de Dunbar, Knt.[11]
4. Agnes de Dunbar, who married Christell de Seton, 'in Jedburgh Forrest' (died c. 1300)[12]
5. Cecily (or Cecilia) de Dunbar, who married Sir James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland.[13][14]

Although some sources show Christiana de Brus as Patrick's wife and the mother of his children, other sources are in disagreement with this. According to The Scots Peerage, 'Cecilia filia Johannis' was his only recorded wife and mother of his sons, based on a charter by her eldest son.[15] The Complete Peerage shows 'Cecil, da. of John' as his wife and states that Christian Bruce was erroneously assigned as his wife in Wood's Douglas.[16]

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PATRICK de Dunbar, son of PATRICK Earl of Dunbar & his wife Eupheme ([1213][1594]-Whittingham 24 Aug 1289, bur Dunbar). "Patricius comes de Dunbar" donated property "in feodo de Lawedir" to Melrose abbey, with the consent of "dñi Patricii filii mei et heredis", by undated charter witnessed by "dño Patricio fil meo et herede, Dño Willo fratre meo, Dño Roberto senescall fratre meo, Dño Malcolmo fil Walleui…"[1595]. "Willelmus filius Patricius" donated "ecclesiam de Herissille", confirming the donations of "comitis Cospatricii et comitis Waldeui et Patricii patris mei", by undated charter, signed by "Patricio comitie, Patricio filio eius…"[1596]. He succeeded his father in 1248 as Earl of Dunbar. He was one of the barons who in 1255 rescued Alexander III King of Scotland from the power of the Comyn family. He was one of the signatories of the treaty with Norway 6 Jul 1266 under which the Hebrides and the Isle of Man were transferred to Scotland. "Patricius comes de Dunbar" donated "terram in villa…de Laynal" to Coldstream, for the soul of "Cecilie sponse nostre", by undated charter, signed by "Dominis Patricio, Johanne et Alexandro filiis nostris…"[1597]. The Chronicle of Lanercost records the death "in festo sancti Bartholomæi…apud Wytyngham" in 1289 of "comes de Dunbar Patricius" and his burial "in ecclesia de Dunbar"[1598]. The Inquisitions on the death of "Patricius de Dunbarre" are dated 3 Jan 1290 and name "Patricius filius prædicti Patricii propinquor heres eius" aged 47[1599].

m (1242) CECILIA, daughter of JOHN --- & his wife ---. "Patricius comes de Dunbar" donated "terram in villa…de Laynal" to Coldstream, for the soul of "Cecilie sponse nostre", by undated charter, signed by "Dominis Patricio, Johanne et Alexandro filiis nostris…"[1600]. Her parentage is confirmed by the charter dated to [1289] under which her son "Patrici miles filius et heres dni Patricii comitis de Dunbar et Cecilie filie Johannis" confirmed donations to the monastery of Kelso[1601]. MacEwen suggests that Cecilia’s parents were John FitzRobert of Warkworth, co. Northumberland & his wife Ada de Baliol[1602]. His article has not yet been consulted so the basis of his reasoning is not known.

Earl Patrick & his wife had [four] children:

• 1. PATRICK de Dunbar ([1242]-10 Oct 1308). "Patricius comes de Dunbar ... m (1282 or before) MARJORY Comyn, daughter of ALEXANDER Comyn Earl of Buchan & his wife Elizabeth de Quincy of Winchester.
• 2. JOHN de Dunbar . "Patricius comes de Dunbar" donated "terram in villa…de Laynal"
• 3. ALEXANDER de Dunbar . "Patricius comes de Dunbar" donated "terram in villa…de Laynal" to Coldstream, for the soul of "Cecilie sponse nostre", by undated charter, signed by "Dominis Patricio, Johanne et Alexandro filiis nostris…"[1624].
• 4. [CECILIA de Dunbar (-before 1278). Symson records that James Stewart married "Cecilia daughter to Patrick Earl of Dunbar…

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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 ?))
      • (a) Patrick, 9th Earl of Dunbar, 2nd Earl of March, 'Earl of Moray' (b 1282, d 1368)