David de Hastings

David de Hastings
jure uxoris Earl of Atholl
Died1247
Spouse(s)Forbhlaith, Countess of Atholl
IssueAda
FatherJohn de Hastings

David de Hastings (or David Hastings) (c. 1190 – 1247[1] or 1269[2]), jure uxoris Earl of Atholl, was a Norman knight who possessed minor lands in Angus.

He was son of John de Hastings (c. 1160 – fl. 25 July 1210) of Dun, Angus, Scotland.

Some time before or in 1242 he married Forbhlaith, Countess of Atholl, daughter of Henry, 3rd Earl of Atholl and Margaret. In 1242 he is recorded with the style Earl of Atholl jure uxoris.[2]

Having no male heir, David and Fernelith were succeeded by their daughter Ada.[3]

References

  1. ^ John L. Roberts (1997). Lost Kingdoms: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages. Edinburgh. pp. 54–5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ a b Arthur Collins; Egerton Brydges (1812). Peerage of England: Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical. Greatly Augmented and Continued to the Present Time. Vol. 6. F., C. and J. Rivington et al. p. 664, citing Douglas's Peerage of Scotland
  3. ^ G. E. Cokayne; et al. (2000). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant. Vol. I (new ed.). Gloucester, UK: Alan Sutton Publishing. p. 305.