Gille Brigte mac Dufugan, 2nd Earl of Angus

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He fought in the Battle of the Standard on 22 August 1138, when the Scots were totally defeated at Northallerton, Yorkshire.1 In 1174 he was one of the hostages for King William the Lion [Scotland].

Gillbride, 2nd Earl of Angus was born before 1128. He was not the son of Dufugan, 1st Earl of Angus, but may have been descended from him. He married, firstly, unnamed daughter of Gospatrick, daughter of Gospatrick, Earl of Dunbar. He married, secondly, unnamed daughter of Erik Slagbrellir (?) and Ingigerd (?). He died circa 1187.

Gillbride succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Angus. He fought in the Battle of the Standard on 22 August 1138, when the Scots were totally defeated at Northallerton, Yorkshire. In 1174 he was one of the hostages for King William the Lion [Scotland].

Child of Gillbride, 2nd Earl of Angus and unnamed daughter (?)

   * Magnus, Jarl of Orkney+ d. 12391

Children of Gillbride, 2nd Earl of Angus

   * Adam, 3rd Earl of Angus b. b 1164, d. b 11981

   * Gilchrist, 4th Earl of Angus+ b. b 1187, d. bt 1207 - 12111

Citations

  1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 145. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

  2. [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 642. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.

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Gille Brigte of Angus is the one of the earliest attested Mormaers of Angus. He was possibly a descendant of Dubacan of Angus.

Gille Brigte is recorded as a witness to a charter dating to 1150. He probably fathered both Adam and Gille Críst. He was dead by 1189, when his son Adam was the Mormaer.

   * Roberts, John L., Lost Kingdoms: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages, (Edinburgh, 1997), pp. 53-4

Gillbride, Earl of Angus, was at the battle of the Standard, 22 Aug 1138, when the Scots were totally defeated at Northallerton, co. York, and was (long afterwards) one of the hostages for King William the Lion in 1174. He seems to have m. 1stly,adaughter of Gospatrick, Earl of Dunbar. He apparently m. subsequently, the heir of the Earls of Caithness, who was mother, by him, of Magnus, Earl of Caithness. He d. about 1187. [Complete Peerage I:145, XIV:25]

Acceded abt 1135

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