Donnchad MAC GILLIEMATHIL, Earl of Fife
(-1154)
Unknown DE HUNTINGDON
(-)
Donnchad MAC DONNCHADA, Earl of Fife
(-1203)
Ela DE HUNTINGDON
(-)
Ada INGEN DONNCHADA
(-Bef 1226)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Roger II DE MERLAY, Baron of Morpeth

Ada INGEN DONNCHADA

  • Born: Fifeshire, Scotland
  • Married:
  • Died: Before 1226

  Usually referred to as Ada, daughter of Duncan, Earl of Fife

  Research Notes:

The 1187/88 Pipe Roll records "Earl Dunecan (of Fife) accounts for 500 marks for the custody of Roger de Merlay’s land and his son; and that the son may marry the said Earl’s daughter" in Northumberland. The 1189/90 Pipe Roll records "Earl Duncan accounts for 250 marks for the ward of Roger de Merlay’s land and his son; and that the son may marry the Earl’s daughter". 1

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Ada, for the good of whose soul her husband granted common of pasture in the wood on the south side of the Coquet to the monks of Brinkburne (Morp. Misc. 5.) 2

  Marriage Information:

Ada married Roger II DE MERLAY, Baron of Morpeth, son of Roger I DE MERLAY, Baron of Morpeth, and Alice DE STUTEVILLE. (Roger II DE MERLAY was born Est 1175 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England and died shortly before 12 Apr 1239.)

Sources


1 Foundations for Medieval Genealogy: Medlands, Duncan MacDuff.

2 A History of Northumberland: In Three Parts, 1832, John Hodgson, p. 375.


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