David (Hastings) de Hastings (abt. 1210 - aft. 1269)

Born about 1210 in Scotland [uncertain]

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David Hastings was born about 1210. Where David was born is not known but his father held the lands of Dun in Forfarshire, Scotland, so he may have been born there.^[1]

David was the son of John de Hastings and his wife.^[1]

David married before 1242, Fernelith [Forflisae], the daughter of Henry son of Malcolm, Earl of Atholl.^[1] Fernelith became countess of Atholl suo iure that is in her own right, when her nephew, Patrick of Galloway, was murdered. Patrick was the son of Fernelith's older sister Isabel and her husband, Thomas of Galloway.^[1]After his marriage, David Hastings was styled as Earl of Atholl de iure uxoris that is by his wife's right.^[1]

David and Fernelith had children:

1. Ada Hastings, countess of Atholl suo iure, who married John of Strathbogie, son of David of Fife and his wife;^[1]

In 1244 he was one of the guarantors of a treaty of peace with King Henry III of England.

David's wife, died before 1254.^[1]

Sir David Hastings died after 1269.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Charles Cawley, "Scotland, Mormaers, Earls, Lords: Chapter 2 Atholl: Earls of Atholl", Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families, v3.2 Updated 25 April 2017, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG), (http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#Malcolm2Atholldied11861198 accessed 5 December 2017).

• http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I4625&tree=CC

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p10915.htm#i109142