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David of Scotland (c. 1144 – 17 June 1219) was a Scottish
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 prince
Prince

Prince, from the Latin root princeps, is a general term for a monarch, for a member of a monarch's or former monarch's family, and is a hereditary title in some members of Europe's highest nobility....
 and Earl of Huntingdon
Earl of Huntingdon

Earl of Huntingdon is a title which has been created several times in the Peerage of England. The title is chiefly associated with the Hastings family....
. He was the youngest surviving son of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon
Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon

Henry of Scotland was a Prince of Scotland, heir to the Kingdom of Alba. He was also Earl of Northumbria and Earl of the Earl of Huntingdon.He was the son of King David I of Scotland and Maud, 2nd Countess of Huntingdon....
 and Ada de Warenne
Ada de Warenne

Ada de Warenne or Adeline de Varenne was the Norman-French wife of Henry of Scotland, Earl of Northumbria and Earl of Huntingdon. She was the daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey by Elizabeth of Vermandois, and a great-granddaughter of Henry I of France....
, a daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey
William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey

William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey , was the son of William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey and his first wife Gundred. He is more often referred to as Earl Warenne or Earl of Warenne than as Earl of Surrey....
, and Elizabeth of Vermandois. His paternal grandfather was David I of Scotland
David I of Scotland

David I or Dabhidh Mac Maol Chaluim was a 12th-century ruler who was Prince of the Cumbrians and later List of monarchs of Scotland . The youngest son of Maol Chaluim Mac Donnchaidh and Saint Margaret of Scotland, David spent most of his childhood in Scotland, but was exiled to England temporarily in 1093....
. Huntingdon
Huntingdon

Huntingdon is a town in the county of Cambridgeshire in East Anglia, England. The town was town charter in 1205. It was formerly the county town of Huntingdonshire, and is currently the seat of the Huntingdonshire non-metropolitan district....
 was granted to him after his elder brother William I of Scotland
William I of Scotland

William I , known as the Lion or Garbh, "the Rough", reigned as King of Scots from 1165 to 1214. His reign was the second longest in Scottish history before the Acts of Union 1707 with England in 1707, ....
 ascended the throne. David's son John
John de Scotia, 9th Earl of Huntingdon

John of Scotland or John de Scotia , sometimes known as "the Scot", was an Anglo-Scottish magnate, the son of David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon by his wife Maud of Chester, daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester....
 succeeded him to the earldom.

In the litigation for succession to the crown of Scotland in 1290-1292, the great-great-grandson Floris V, Count of Holland
Floris V, Count of Holland

Count Floris V of Holland and Zeeland , "der Keerlen God" , is one of the most important figures of the first, native dynasty of Holland . His life has been documented in detail in the Rijmkroniek by Melis Stoke, his chronicler....
 of David's sister, Ada, claimed that David had renounced his hereditary rights to the throne of Scotland.






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David of Scotland (c. 1144 – 17 June 1219) was a Scottish
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 prince
Prince

Prince, from the Latin root princeps, is a general term for a monarch, for a member of a monarch's or former monarch's family, and is a hereditary title in some members of Europe's highest nobility....
 and Earl of Huntingdon
Earl of Huntingdon

Earl of Huntingdon is a title which has been created several times in the Peerage of England. The title is chiefly associated with the Hastings family....
. He was the youngest surviving son of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon
Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon

Henry of Scotland was a Prince of Scotland, heir to the Kingdom of Alba. He was also Earl of Northumbria and Earl of the Earl of Huntingdon.He was the son of King David I of Scotland and Maud, 2nd Countess of Huntingdon....
 and Ada de Warenne
Ada de Warenne

Ada de Warenne or Adeline de Varenne was the Norman-French wife of Henry of Scotland, Earl of Northumbria and Earl of Huntingdon. She was the daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey by Elizabeth of Vermandois, and a great-granddaughter of Henry I of France....
, a daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey
William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey

William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey , was the son of William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey and his first wife Gundred. He is more often referred to as Earl Warenne or Earl of Warenne than as Earl of Surrey....
, and Elizabeth of Vermandois. His paternal grandfather was David I of Scotland
David I of Scotland

David I or Dabhidh Mac Maol Chaluim was a 12th-century ruler who was Prince of the Cumbrians and later List of monarchs of Scotland . The youngest son of Maol Chaluim Mac Donnchaidh and Saint Margaret of Scotland, David spent most of his childhood in Scotland, but was exiled to England temporarily in 1093....
. Huntingdon
Huntingdon

Huntingdon is a town in the county of Cambridgeshire in East Anglia, England. The town was town charter in 1205. It was formerly the county town of Huntingdonshire, and is currently the seat of the Huntingdonshire non-metropolitan district....
 was granted to him after his elder brother William I of Scotland
William I of Scotland

William I , known as the Lion or Garbh, "the Rough", reigned as King of Scots from 1165 to 1214. His reign was the second longest in Scottish history before the Acts of Union 1707 with England in 1707, ....
 ascended the throne. David's son John
John de Scotia, 9th Earl of Huntingdon

John of Scotland or John de Scotia , sometimes known as "the Scot", was an Anglo-Scottish magnate, the son of David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon by his wife Maud of Chester, daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester....
 succeeded him to the earldom.

In the litigation for succession to the crown of Scotland in 1290-1292, the great-great-grandson Floris V, Count of Holland
Floris V, Count of Holland

Count Floris V of Holland and Zeeland , "der Keerlen God" , is one of the most important figures of the first, native dynasty of Holland . His life has been documented in detail in the Rijmkroniek by Melis Stoke, his chronicler....
 of David's sister, Ada, claimed that David had renounced his hereditary rights to the throne of Scotland. Floris also then pursued the throne for himself. The veracity of renunciation cannot have otherwise been ascertained, nor its reasons.

David married Maud of Chester
Maud of Chester

Maud of Chester, Countess of Huntingdon , was an Anglo-Norman noblewoman, sometimes known as Matilda de Kevelioc. She was a daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester, and the wife of David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon....
, daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester
Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester

Hugh de Kevelioc, Earl of Chester was the son of Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester and Maud of Gloucester, daughter of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester ....
, by whom he had three sons:

  • John, his successor as Earl
  • Robert, died young
  • Henry, died young;


and four daughters:

  • Matilda
  • Ada, married Henry de Hastings, father of Henry de Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings
    Henry de Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings

    Henry de Hastings was created Baron in 1264 by Simon de Montfort. He led the Londoners at the Battle of Lewes, where he was taken prisoner, and fought at the Battle of Evesham....
  • Isobel of Huntingdon
    Isobel of Huntingdon

    Isobel of Huntingdon was the daughter of David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon and Maud of Chester. She married Robert de Brus, 4th Lord of Annandale, 4th Lord of Annandale and through her came the claims firstly of her son in 1290 and later in the beginning of 14th century of her great-grandson Robert I of Scotland, to the Scotland thro...
  • Margaret of Huntingdon
    Margaret of Huntingdon

    Margaret of Huntingdon was the eldest daughter of David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon by his wife, Maud of Chester, daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester and Bertrada de Montfort-l'Amauri....


After the extinction of the senior line of the Scottish royal house in 1290, when the legitimate line of William the Lion of Scotland ended, David's descendants were the prime candidates for the throne
Competitors for the Crown of Scotland

With the death of Alexander III of Scotland in 1286 without a male heir, the throne of Scotland had become the possession of the three-year old Margaret I of Scotland, the granddaughter of the King....
. The two most notable claimants to the throne, Robert Bruce, 5th Lord of Annandale
Robert Bruce, 5th Lord of Annandale

Robert Bruce, 5th Lord of Annandale , 5th Lord of Annandale, was a feudal lord, Justice and Constable of Scotland and England, a Regent of Scotland, and a leading Competitors for the Crown of Scotland to be King of Scotland in 1290-92 in the Great Cause....
 (grandfather of King Robert I of Scotland
Robert I of Scotland

Robert I, King of the Scots usually known in modern English as Robert the Bruce was King of the Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329....
) and John of Scotland
John of Scotland

John de Balliol was Elective kingshiped King of the Scots from 1292 to 1296....
 were his descendants through David's daughters Isobel and Margaret, respectively.