John the Scot, 10th Earl of Huntingdon

Male Abt 1207 - 1237  (~ 30 years)


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  • Name John the Scot , 10th Earl of Huntingdon  [1
    Suffix 10th Earl of Huntingdon 
    Born Abt 1207  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 05 Jun 1237  Darnal, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried 07 Jun 1237  Chester, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • He married Helen ap Llywelyn, daughter of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of North Wales and Joan, in 1222. He died on 5 June 1237 at Darnal, possibly poisoned by his wife, without issue.

      He succeeded to the title of 10th Earl of Huntingdon on 17 June 1219. He succeeded to the title of Earl of Garioch on 17 June 1219. He was invested as a Knight on 30 May 1227 by King Alexander III of Scotland. He was created 1st Earl of Chester [England] on 21 November 1232.

      On his death, the Earldom of Chester was annexed to the Crown.
    Person ID I454  Bosdet Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 May 2013 

    Father David of Scotland, 9th Earl of Huntingdon,   b. Between 1143 and 1152,   d. 17 Jun 1219, Yardley, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Matilda of Chester,   d. 06 Jan 1232/33 
    Relationship Natural 
    Married 26 Aug 1190  [1
    Family ID F553  Group Sheet

    Family Helen ap Llywelyn,   b. Abt 1207,   d. Bet. 01 Jan 1252/53–24 Oct 1253  (Age ~ 46 years) 
    Married 1222  [1, 3
    Family ID F144  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S180] Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy, Alison Weir, (Name: The Bodley Head; Location: London, U.K.; Date: 1999;).

    2. [S179] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed, G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, (Name: Alan Sutton Publishing; Location: Gloucester, U.K.; Date: 2000;).

    3. [S191] Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition, Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, (Name: Little, Brown and Company; Location: London, U.K.; Date: 1999;).