Lady Cecilie of Strathearn

LADY CECILIE OF STRATHEARN

Cecilie sorori sue Robertus comes de Stratherne

Lady Cecilie of Strathearn is the daughter of Gilbert, Earl of Strathearn. She married Sir Walter Ruthven. The Scots Peerage VII: 255 Her brother Robert, Earl of Strathearn, confirmed a charter by which she and her husband granted the lands of Kulgase to the canons of Inchaffrey Abbey. Inchaffray Liber: charter number 8 on pp. xxvii-viii

Children

1. Sir William Ruthven of that Ilk
2. Sir Gilbert of Ruthven
3. N.N. Ruthven

Evidence from the Register of Inchaffray Abbey

1214 X 1249: Robertus comes de Stratherne confirmat Waltero filio Alani et Cecilie sorori sue / Kulgase. The charter was witnessed by Hugh, Bishop of Dunkeld, 1214-1249. Inchaffray Liber: charter number 8 on pp. xxvii-viii

Genealogy

1. The Scots Peerage; founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom. Edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms. Volume IV (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1907), pp. 254-68 for Ruthven, Earl of Gowrie
2. Medieval Lands: Ruthven