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William was born around 1142, during the reign of his grandfather King David I of Scotland. His parents were the king's son Henry and Ada de Warenne. [3] William was around 10 years old when his father died in 1152, making his elder brother Malcolm the heir apparent to their grandfather. From his father, William inherited the Earldom of ...
of Scotland Earl of Huntingdon 1114–1152: William fitz Duncan Earl of Moray d. 1147: Hextilda m. Richard Comyn: Henry II King of England 1133–1189: Ermengarde de Beaumont c. 1170 –1233/1234: William I the Lion c. 1143 –1214 r. 1165–1214: Ada of Huntingdon c. 1146 –after 1206: Floris III Count of Holland 1141–1190: Malcolm IV 1141 ...
William was elected to the see of Durham on 14 March 1143 and consecrated on 20 June 1143. [4] He was elected in opposition to William Cumin who had been intruded into the see by King David I of Scotland in 1141. Cumin was never consecrated and by 1143 had been excommunicated by Pope Innocent II who also ordered a new election to be held at ...
Between 1141 and 1143, Comyn was the de facto bishop, ... Skene, William F.; Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban, 3 vols, (Edinburgh, 1876–80)
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146 or 1147 – 14 May 1219), also called William the Marshal (Norman French: Williame li Mareschal, [1] French: Guillaume le Maréchal), was an Anglo-Norman soldier and statesman during High Medieval England [2] who served five English kings: Henry II and his son and co-ruler Young Henry, Richard I, John, and finally Henry III.
David Hume of Godscroft in his history refers to the progenitor of the House of Douglas, Sholto.Gleaned from the works of Buchanan and Boece, Godscroft's narrative explains that during the reign of a King Solvathius, Sholto Douglas was instrumental in putting down an uprising by a usurper Donald Bain in 767AD, and as reward was granted the lands that would after be called Douglas.
William de Valognes also known as William de Valoynes, was the only son of Philip de Valognes and was granted a charter of the baronies of Panmure and Benvie by King William the Lion, previously granted to his father. [1] On his father's death in 1215, William de Valongnes was made High Chamberlain to Alexander II. [2]
In 1120 William was supposed to have crossed the Channel with William the Aetheling in the White Ship but disembarked shortly before it sailed, avoiding drowning in the subsequent sinking of the ship. [citation needed] He was created Earl of Lincoln by King Stephen after 1143. The Earl lived at both Bolingbroke and Lincoln Castle.