Ada
Countess of Dunbar
formerly Scotland
Born [date unknown] [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of William (Dunkeld) King of Scots
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
Robert (London) de London, Marjorie (LeScot) Marshal Countess of Pembroke [half], Margaret (Dunkeld) de Burgh Countess of Kent [half], Aufrica (Scotland) Saye, Henry Galightly [half], Isabel (Dunkeld) de Roos [half], Margaret (Scotland) of Scotland [half], Isabella (Scotland) Countess of Norfolk [half], Christine Unknown and Alexander (Dunkeld) King of Scots [half]
Wife of
Patrick (Dunbar) Dunbar Fifth Earl of Dunbar
— married
1184 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Patrick (Dunbar) Dunbar Sixth Earl of Dunbar, William (Dunbar) Corbet, Robert Dunbar and Ada Dunbar
Died
in East Lothian, Scotland
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Biography
Ada was an illegitimate daughter of William the Lion, King of Scots, and an unknown mistress.[1][2] The date of her birth is unknown.
In 1184 she married Patrick Dunbar, 5th earl of Dunbar and justiciary of Lothian.[1][2] [3][4] There were at least four children from this marriage:
- Patrick Dunbar, 6th earl of Dunbar;[1] m. Euphemia Stewart[5]
- Sir William Dunbar, Knt.;[1] m. Christiana Corbet;[6]
- Sir Robert Dunbar, Knt.[1][6]
- Ada Dunbar;[1] m(1) William de Curtenay;[6] m(2) bef. 1220 Theobald de Lascelles;[6] m(3) William Dunbar of Home[6]
Ada, Countess of Dunbar, died in 1200.[1][2][7] Her husband remarried, before 1208, Christian Fitz Walter, the widow of William de Brus.[1][4]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol. 4, pp. 477-478 DUNBAR 5. Ada of Scotland.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scotts Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol. 1, p. 5.
- ↑ Chartulary of the Abbey of Lindores 1195-1479. Publications of the Scottish History Society. Edinburgh: University Press (1887), vol. 42, p. 235.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 MacEwen, Andrew. A Clarification of the Dunbar Pedigree. The Genealogist, 9(2) 1988: pp. 229-230.
- ↑ Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1906) vol. 3, p. 256.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1906) vol. 3, pp. 253-255.
- ↑ Dunbar, Sir Archibald H. Scottish Kings: A Revised Chronology of Scottish History 1005-1625. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1899), p. 84.
- See Also:
- Cokayne, G.E. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant. (13 volumes in 14 1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes) Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing (2000), vol. IV, p. 505.
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