Matilda of Caithness

Malise, 5th Earl of Strathearn [1] married secondly, before Bef 12 Dec 1257 Maud or Matilda, daughter of Gilbert, Earl of Orkney[1] by whom he had [two known sons and one daughter]:

1. Maol Íosa, Malise ll, 6th Earl of Strathern. b. Abt 1257. Married Agnes Comyn.

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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Strathearn-19

Maol Íosa (Strathearn) Strathearn, Fifth Earl of Strathearn (abt. 1210 - bef. 1271), was the son of Robert (Strathearn, Fourth Earl of Strathearn, and his wife Mathilda.

Earl Malise (or Maol Íosa) evidently married four times:

• Firstly, before 1245, to Marjorie de Muschamp, daughter and coheir of her father Sir Robert de Muschamp of Wooler, Northumberland by his wife Isabel.[1] They had two daughters:
• Secondly, before December 1257, Maud or Matilda, daughter of Gilbert, Earl of Orkney[1] by whom he had two known sons and one daughter: Malise, Robert, Cecilia
• Thirdly, it appears he married another wife, allegedly named Emma, by whom there was evidently no issue[1]
• Fourthly, he married, in or after 1265, Mary of Argyll, also called Máire ingen Eógain, widow of Magnus Olafsson, king of Man. She survived Earl Malise and married lastly, in or after 1271, Sir Hugh de Abernethy, by whom she was the mother of Alexander de Abernethy[1]

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Origins

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#MatildaCait...

1. [GILLBRIDE] [Gibbon/Gilbert] ([1205/10]-1256). The identity of [Gillbride]’s father is not known. However, assuming that his name, recorded in the sources as Gibbon and Gilbert, can be correctly interpreted as Gillbride, this suggests a close relationship with the earls of Argyll and that he was probably the son of Earl Magnus whose death is recorded in 1239. It is unlikely that [Gillbride] was born before [1205/10], considering that the marriage of his daughter can be estimated to [1252/55]. Earl of Caithness and Orkney. The Icelandic Annals record the death in 1256 of "Gibbon comes Orcadensis"[274]. m ---.

The name of [Gillbride]’s wife is not known. [Gillbride] & his wife had two children:

a) MAGNUS (-1273). Earl [of Caithness].

b) MATILDA of Caithness (-before 1261).

Family

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#MaliseStrat...

MALISE, son of ROBERT Earl of Strathearn & his wife --- (-in France [before 23 Nov] 1271, bur Dunblane). He succeeded his father as Earl of Strathearn.

m secondly ([1252/55]%29 MATILDA of Caithness, daughter of GILBERT Earl of Caithness and Orkney & his wife ---. Her parentage and marriage are confirmed by a charter dated 12 Dec 1257 under which "Malisius comes de Stratherne" granted the advowson of the church of Cortachy to Inchaffray, obliging "heredes nostros quos habuerimus de Matilda sponsa nostra filia domini Gilleberti quondam comitis Kattanie et Orkadie", witnessed by "…fratre Hugone et Gilleberto fratribus nostris…"[719].

Earl Malise & his second wife had one child:

4. MALISE ([1257]-[28 Jan/25 Mar] 1313, bur Inchaffray Abbey). "Malisius comes de Strathernt" donated a serf to Inchaffray Abbey by charter dated 1258, witnessed by "Malisio filio comitis…Gilberto fratre comitis…[749]. He succeeded his father in 1271 as Earl of Strathearn. … m (1275 or before) AGNES Comyn, daughter of ALEXANDER Comyn Earl of Buchan & his wife Elizabeth de Quincy of Winchester (-after [28 Jan/25 Mar] 1313).

Earl Malise & his [second/third] wife had one child:

5. ROBERT (-after [1306]). Balfour Paul states that Robert is named as brother of Earl Malise in a charter dated 31 Oct 1284[768]. “Malisius comes de Strathern” confirmed the donation to Coupar-Angus made by “Gilbertus de Haya dominus de Erole” by charter dated to [1306], witnessed by “...Roberto de Strathern fratre meo, Malisio filio meo et herede...”[769].

References

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gillebrigte-1
2. Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2021. Internet Archive. Malise, 5th Earl of Strathern, Vol VIII, pps. 244-7
3. SCOTLAND EARLS>"SCOTLAND EARLS". 2020. Fmg.Ac.Earls of Caithness, Medlands
4. Project Medlands, SCOTLAND EARLS: Mormaer & Earls of Strathearn. 2020. Fmg.Ac. Accessed March 20 2020.