David de Hastings

David de Hastings (or David Hastings) (c 1190 – 1247[1] or 1269[2]) was a Norman knight who possessed minor lands in Angus. He was son of John de Hastings (c. 1160 – fl 25 July 1210) of Dun, Caithness, Scotland.

Some time before or in 1242 he married Fernelith, Countess of Atholl, daughter of Henry, 3rd Earl of Atholl and Margaret. In 1242 he is recorded with the style Earl of Atholl jure uxoris.[2]

Having no male heir, David and Fernelith were succeeded by their daughter Ada.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ John L. Roberts (1997). Lost Kingdoms: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages. Edinburgh. pp. 54–5.
  2. 1 2 Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges (1812). Peerage of England: Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical. Greatly Augmented and Continued to the Present Time. 6. F.C. and J. Rivington et al. p. 664., citing Douglas's Peerage of Scotland
  3. ↑ G. E. Cokayne; et al. (2000). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant. I (new, 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes ed.). Gloucester, UK: Alan Sutton Publishing. p. 305.

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