Ranulf Moray (abt. 1120 - abt. 1165)

Born about 1120 in Morayshire, Scotland [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1165 at about age 45 in Bedrule Parish-Castle Row, Morayshire, Scotland [uncertain]

Biography

Ranulf Moray was born in Scotland.

Ranulf of Moray was born about 1120 in Moray, Scotland, the son of Dunegal of Strathnith or Nithsdale. ^[1][2][3]

He married a lady named Bethoc,^[4] possibly Bethoc MacFergus abt. 1144/45 in Moray, Scotland.^[5] They had issue:

1. Thomas^[4]
2. Fonia, m. Reginald, Lord of the Isles^[4]

Ranulf died after 1165.^[4]

Research Notes

1. The previouly; attached father of Ranulf William FitzDuncan was disconnected, and should be replaced by a new profile for Dunegal of Straninth, alive about 1124. ^[1][2][3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Paul, James Balfour. "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", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1905, Vol. II, Archive.org, p. 286
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} MacKerlie, Peter Handyside, "Galloway in Ancient and Modern Times", Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1891, Archive.org, p. 147
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Anderson, William, "The Scottish Nation; or. The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland", Edinburgh: A. Fullerton & Co., 1867, Vol. III, Archive.org, p. 200; citing, “The first of the family of Randolph was Dunegal, a Celtic chief, proprietor of Strathnith or Stranith, the original name of Nithsdale, who lived in the reign of David I. On his death his extensive possessions appear to have been shared among them by his four sons, only two of whom, Ranulph or Randolph, the eldest, and Devenald, the youngest can now be traced. Randolph, as superior of the whole of Nithsdale, transmitted the designation of lord of Stranith to his posterity. He married Bethoc, heiress of the lands of Bedrule, a contraction of Bethoc-rule, and Buecastle in Teviotdale, and from him his descendants assumed the surname of Randolph.”
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Paul, James Balfour. "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", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1905, Vol. II, Archive.org, p. 288
5. ↑ MacKerlie, Peter Handyside, "History of the Lands and their Owners in Galloway, with Historical Sketches of the District", Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1906, Vol. II, Archive.org, p. 107