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Clan Dunbar

The town and port of Dunbar has figured prominently at various points in Scottish history and the family whose name it bears is of ancient Celtic origin. Gospatrick, Earl of Northumberland, received the lands of Dunbar and other parts of Lothian from Malcolm III. His son witnessed the foundation of the great Abbey of Holyrood House in 1128, and was accorded the rank of earl. He made donations to the Abbey of Kelso and is recorded in various charters. Patrick of Dunbar married Ada, natural daughter of William the Lion, around 1184 and was created justiciar of Lothian. Earl Patrick’s daughter received as part of her dowry the lands of Home, establishing the line that was later to be created Earls of Home in the seventeenth century. Her brother, Patrick, went to the Crusades, and died in 1248 at the siege of Damietta in Egypt. Patrick ‘Black Beard’, Earl of Dunbar, was one of the competitors for the Crown of Scotland at Berwick in 1291 through his royal great-grandmother, Ada. His wife was a Comyn and held Dunbar Castle for Balliol, but was forced to surrender it in April 1296. .... MyClan.com
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HOUSE OF DUNKELD ==>
• A1. Gospatrick, Earl of Northumberland, d:1138, m. Sybel Morel of Bearley;
  • B1. Uthred de Dundas, lvd:1124/1153;  <==  Clan Dundas
  • B2. Gospatrick, 3rd Earl of Dunbar, Earl of Lothian, d:1166;
    • C1. Waldeve, 4th Earl of Dunbar, Earl of Lothian;
      • D1. Patrick, 5th Earl of Dunbar, Earl of Lothian, lvd:1152/1232, m. Princess Ada;  ==>  House of Dunkeld
        • E1. Patrick, 6th Earl of Dunbar, d:1248, m. Eupheme Stewart;  ==>  Clan Stewart
          • F1. Patrick, 7th Earl of Dunbar, d:1289;
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  • G1. Sir Patrick 'black beard', 8th Earl of Dunbar, d:1308, m. Marjorie Comyn;  ==>  Clan Comyn
    • H1. Margeret Dunbar, m. Sir Richard Lundie;  <==  Clan Lundie
    • H2. Sir Patrick, 9th Earl of Dunbar, lvd:1282/1368, m. Agnes Randolph;
  • G2. Sir Alexander of Dunbar, lvd:1331;
    • H1. Sir Patrick Dunbar, m. Isabella Randolph;  ==>  Clan Randolph
      • I1. Agnes Dunbar, m. Sir James Douglas;  <==  Clan Douglas
      • I2. Sir George, 10th Earl of Dunbar, m. Christina de Seton;  ==>  Clan Seton
        • J1. Janet Dunbar, m. Sir William de Seton;  <==  Clan Seton
        • J2. Sir David Dunbar of Cockburn, lvd:1380/1443;
          • K1. Margaret Dunbar, lvd:1424/1498, m. Alexander Lindsay;  <==  Clan Lindsay
      • I3. Sir David Dunbar of Cumnock;
        • J1. Sir Patrick Dunbar of Cumnock and Mochrum;
          • K1. Sir John Dunbar of Cumnock and Mochrum;
            • L1. Sir Patrick Dunbar of Cumnock and Mochrum;
              • K1. Euphemia Dunbar, m. Sir James Dunbar (*see below);
      • I4. Sir John Dunbar, 1st Earl of Moray, m. Marjorie Stewart;  ==>  House of Stewart
        • J1. Alexander Dunbar, m. Matilda Fraser;  ==>  Clan Fraser
          • K1. James Dunbar, 4th Earl of Moray, d:1429, m. Isabel of Innes;
            • L1. Sir Alexander Dunbar of Westfield, d:1498, m. Isobel Sutherland;  <==>  Clan Sutherland
              • M1. Sir James Dunbar, Sheriff of Moray, d:1504, m. Euphemia Dunbar (* see above);
                • N1. Janet Dunbar, m. Sir William Keith;  <==  Clan Keith