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Preceded by John Dunbar, 1st Earl of Moray |
Dunbar Earls of Moray Thomas Dunbar, 2nd Earl of Moray1391-1420 |
Succeeded by Thomas Dunbar, 3rd Earl of Moray |
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Thomas was the eldest son and heir of John Dunbar, earl of Moray, and Marjorie Stewart.[1] His parents married after 11 July 1370 (date of papal dispensation) so Thomas's birth would likely have been in 1371.[1][2] He had clearly reached majority by 15 February 1392, when having already succeeded his father he granted the lands of the two Fochabers to Gilbert of Glencairnie in exchange for Glencairnie.[3][4]
Thomas Dunbar was instrumental in achieving peace in northern Scotland when he arranged for two warring clans to settle their dispute once and for all in a trial by combat, the victorious clan to be determined by the king. This encounter, later known as the Battle of the North Inch, occurred 28 September 1396.[5]
On 27 January 1398/9 he was appointed one of the councilors tasked with assisting David, Duke of Rothesay, run the government while the king was unable to do so.[6]
He participated in the battle of Homildon Hill 14 September 1402 and was taken prisoner by the English.[3][7] He was released from captivity in July 1405.[3][8]
Thomas, 2nd earl Moray, married sometime before 15 Feb 1392 Margaret, whose family is unknown.[9][10] She was identified as his wife in the charter of that date (mentioned above), when a portion of the lands being exchanged appear to have been part of her dower and so the charter granted to "our[sic] spouse Margaret the lands of Dunkenedy and le Cayldecotys in compensation."[9][4] There was at least one child from this marriage:
Margaret is likely to have pre-deceased her husband, dying sometime before January 1421/2.[11] (see Research Notes)
The exact date of Thomas Dunbar's death is unknown. In June 1412 he had a safe conduct to make a pilgrimage to Amiens.[12] He was living 3 June 1415, when a proposal was made to wed his son to Eufamia, Countess of Ross.[13] After this time, both he and his son Thomas appear in a number of written records and it is difficult to distinguish between them. He is likely to be the person who granted sasine to Donald, thane of Cawdor, to the lands of Moy on 14 August 1419.[14] But his son had succeeded him by 9 August 1422, when the 3rd earl of Moray entered into a contract with Hugh Fraser, Lord Lovat, for the marriage of Fraser's infant son and Dunbar's (future) daughter.[15]
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