Agnes (Dunbar) Douglas Lady Dalkeith (abt. 1347 - bef. 1378)

Born about 1347 in Berwickshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of James (Douglas) Douglas Ist of Dalkeith — married 21 Nov 1372 (to 1378) in Scotland

Descendants

Died before Oct 1378 before about age 31 in Dalkieth, Midlothian, Scotland

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Biography

Agnes (Dunbar) Douglas Lady Dalkeith is a member of Clan Dunbar.

Agnes was a daughter of Patrick Dunbar by Isabel Randolph, daughter of Thomas, 1st Earl of Moray.^[1]

Marriage to John Maitland

She married (first) John Maitland of Thirlestane (his second wife). In a charter dated 23 August 1369 Agnes's brother George, [9th] Earl [of Dunbar and] March, granted "to John Mautalent, for his homage and service, all his lands and tenements of his barony of Tybres [Tibbers] with their whole pertinents, to wit, the town (villam) of Tybres with the dominical lands and mill, multures and sequels, Glengerrok, Auchyngasylle, Auchynawht, Auchbynbany, Dubillay, Klochyngare, Knokbaen, Penpont, with mill, multures and sequels, and all his lands lying between Scharre and Schynnylle with all their pertinents, excepting to the granter and his heirs, his messauge, the moat (monte) of the Castle of Tybris, with Dalgernok, and the lands of the free tenants lying within the foresaid lands; to be holden by the said John and Robert, his son, born of the granter’s sister Agnes, and the heir or heirs proceeding from the said Robert, of the granter and his heirs whomsoever, for rendering three suits yearly at the granter’s court of Tybres, and to the King forensic service, so much as belonged to the lands." ^[2][3]

There were two children from this marriage:

• Robert Maitland, heir^[4]
• Mary Maitland, m. John de Haga of Bemersyde^[4]

Affianced Bride of David II, King of Scots

David II's divorce from his queen consort, Margaret Logie was finalized sometime in 1369,^[5] and by January 1371 the king had taken Agnes as his mistress and intended bride, although a royal wedding was necessarily delayed until a divorce could be obtained from Agnes's husband.^[6]David II was anxious to strengthen an alliance with the earl of Dunbar, and equally anxious to produce a son (which Agnes had already proven herself capable of). In January 1371 Agnes was given by the king a pension of £1000 from the customs of Aberdeen, funds which had previously been provided to Margaret Logie.^[6] David granted a number of charters and settlements in 1369 which were intended to compensate in advance the Dunbars of March, the Maitlands, and some of their extended family members who would likely be affected by Agnes's divorce from Maitland and marriage to the king, including arranging for Agnes's brother George to receive the earldom of March from his cousin/uncle Patrick.^[7]

David II's death by 22 February 1371 (at the age of forty-six), before his wedding to Agnes could take place, was entirely unexpected.^[8] Agnes's brother George, earl of March, then contracted her in marriage to Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith, a close ally of his own and of the former king.^[6]

Marriage to James Douglas of Dalkeith

The exact date of Agnes's marriage to James Douglas of Dalkeith is not known, but was sometime after December, 1372 when her brother signed her marriage contract.^[6][9] Upon her marriage to Douglas, Agnes received from her brother, George, the lands of Mordington and Whittinghame.^[1][10]

There were at least four children from this marriage:

• Agnes Douglas, m(1) aft 15 Aug 1381 (date of contract) John Livingstone of Callendar;^[11] m(2) aft 1402 John Gordon of that Ilk;^[12] d. c1422^[12]
• James Douglas, heir; m(1) bef 10 Nov 1387 Elizabeth, dau of John, earl of Carrick;^[13] m(2) bef 1439 Janet Borthwick^[13]
• William Douglas, d. aft 1406^[14]
• Jacoba Douglas, m(1) bef.8 Nov1388 Sir John Hamilton of Cadzow;^[15][12] m(2) 12 June 1410 (date of dispensation) Sir William Douglas of Drumlanrig^[12]

Death

The exact date of Agnes's death is unknown, but had to have ocurred before October, 1378 when her husband married (2) Egidia Stewart.^[12]

Research Note

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904). vol. 3, p.261.
2. ↑ Original Charter at Drumlanrig, Fifteenth Rep. Hist. MSS. Com., App. viii, 32, cited in Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904). vol. 5, pp.284-285.
3. ↑ Cockayne, G.E.The Complete Peerage . London: St Catherines Press (1929),vol VII, pg 489n
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904). vol. 5, pp.285-286.
5. ↑ Penman, Michael. The Kingship of David II, 1329-1371. Ph.D. Thesis, University of St Andrews (1998), p. 491. Available here as a PDF.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Penman, Michael. The Kingship of David II, 1329-1371. Ph.D. Thesis, University of St Andrews (1998), p. 487. Available here as a PDF.
7. ↑ Penman, Michael. The Kingship of David II, 1329-1371. Ph.D. Thesis, University of St Andrews (1998), p. 490. Available here as a PDF.
8. ↑ Penman, Michael. The Kingship of David II, 1329-1371. Ph.D. Thesis, University of St Andrews (1998), p. 522. Available here as a PDF.
9. ↑ Genealogical Collections made by Walter Macfarlane 1750-1751 edited by James T. Clark, Keeper of the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh, Scottish History Society, 1900, vol.ii, p.286.
10. ↑ Lang, Rev. Marshall B. Whittinghame. Edinburgh: (1929), p.133.
11. ↑ Reg. Honor. de Morton, ii. 145-147, cited in Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol. 6, pp. 348-349.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4} Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol. 6, pp. 348-349.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol. 6, pp. 350-351.
14. ↑ Reg. Honor. de Morton, ii.200, 2021, 325, cited in Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol. 6, pp. 348-349.
15. ↑ Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol. 4, p. 346.

:See Also:

• Anderson, William. The Scottish Nation. Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co. (1867),vol.vii, p.74.

• Johnston, George Harvey. The Douglases of Morton - The Heraldry of the Douglases: With Notes on All the Males of the Family, Descriptions of the Arms, Plates and Pedigrees, Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston, Limited, 1907. 63.

• Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica edited by Joseph Jackson Howard, LL.D.,F.S.A., volume 2, London, 1876, p.205, gives her as Agnes and as a daughter of Patrick, Earl of Dunbar or March [note: this source can be found here but does not appear to have any information about the family of the subject of this profile.]

• Wikidata: Item Q394505, en:Wikipedia

• Agnes Dunbar, mistress to David II

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p39238.htm#i392380