Mary MAC CRINAN, Princess of the Scots
- Born: Abt 1084, Scotland
- Married: 1102
- Died: 31 May 1116, St. Saviors Monastery, Bermondsey, Middlesex, England
- Buried: Bermondsey, Middlesex, England
Research Notes:
Orderic Vitalis records that their mother sent Mary and her sister Eadgyth to be brought up by their maternal aunt Christina, nun at Romsey Abbey. Florence of Worcester records that Henry I King of England arranged the marriage of "Mariam reginæ sororem" and "Eustatio Bononensium comiti" in [1102]. Her marriage is also recorded by Orderic Vitalis, who also names her daughter. The Genealogica comitum Buloniensium records that "Eustachius, frater Balduini regis Iheruslame" married "Mariam filiam regis Scotiæ".
The 12th century Cronica Regum Scottorum records the death "II Kal Jun" in 1116 of "Maria…comitissa" and her burial "apud Bermundseiam". The Chronicle of John of Fordun records that "Mary countess of Bouillon" died in "the third year before her sister’s death". 1
Marriage Information:
Mary married Cte Eustache III DE BOULOGNE et de Lens, son of Cte Eustache II "Gernobadatus" DE BOULOGNE et de Lens and Ida DE LORRAINE, in 1102. (Eustace III DE BOULOGNE was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France and died in 1125 or after.) |