A history of the house of Douglas from the earliest times down to the legislative union of England and Scotland . on of Scotland untilnear the close of the thirteenth century. Matilda, daughterand heiress of Malcolm, the last Celtic Earl of Angus, con-veyed the earldom to her husband, John Comyn, grandsonof William Comyn, Earl of Buchan and Justiciar of Scot-land. John dying in 1242, Matilda married Sir Gilbertde Umfraville, an English baron of Norman lineage, whothereby became Earl of Angus. He died in 1244, andwas succeeded in the earldom by threeof his line, whereof the first was Gil-bert,
A history of the house of Douglas from the earliest times down to the legislative union of England and Scotland . on of Scotland untilnear the close of the thirteenth century. Matilda, daughterand heiress of Malcolm, the last Celtic Earl of Angus, con-veyed the earldom to her husband, John Comyn, grandsonof William Comyn, Earl of Buchan and Justiciar of Scot-land. John dying in 1242, Matilda married Sir Gilbertde Umfraville, an English baron of Norman lineage, whothereby became Earl of Angus. He died in 1244, andwas succeeded in the earldom by threeof his line, whereof the first was Gil-bert, a famous knight in the warsof Edward I. against the Scots underWallace and Bruce. He died in 1307,and was succeeded by his son Robert,who served Edward H. as effectivelyas Gilbert had served the first he was little more than titularearl, the substantial part of hisinheritance having passed underdominion of Robert the Bruce. Gilbert, the son of Robert,assumed the title, and tried to win back the coinitatus bysupporting Edward Baliol in his attempt upon the kingship, Skenes Celtic Scotland, iii. Fig. 2.—Seal of GilbertUmfraville, Earl ofAngus (1245-1307).
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