Hugh de Moravia

Hugh de Moravia
Lord of Duffus, Strathbrock and Sutherland
Died	c. 1219
Noble family	de Moravia family
Father	William, son of Freskin

Hugh de Moravia[a] (died c. 1219), Lord of Duffus, Strathbrock and Sutherland, was a Scottish noble.

He was the eldest son of William, the eldest son of Freskin,[1] a Flemish settler who arrived in Scotland in the reign of King David I of Scotland.[2] William had obtained a grant from King William I of Scotland, of the lands of Strathbrock in West Lothian, as well as Duffus, Roseisle, Inchkeil, Machir and Kintrae in Moray, between 1165 and 1171.[3] Hugh inherited these lands upon the death of his father. He was granted a large estate around 1210 and was also known as Lord of Sutherland.

Map of medieval Moray and Sutherland from A History of Moray and Nairn by Charles Rampini, Edinburgh, 1897

Marriage and issue

Hugh is known to have had the following issue:[4]

• William de Moravia, Earl of Sutherland (died 1248), had issue.
• Walter de Moravia, Lord of Duffus and Strathbrock, married Euphemia de Ross, had issue.
• Andrew de Moravia, Bishop of Moray (died 1242).

Notes

1. Also known as: Hugh, son of William, son of Freskin and Hugh Freskin

References

1. Sutherland, Malcolm (1996). A Fighting Clan, Sutherland Officers: 1250 – 1850. Avon Books. p. 3. ISBN 1-897960-47-6.
2. G.W.S. Barrow, "Badenoch and Strathspey, 1130-1312: 1. Secular and Political" in Northern Scotland, 8 (1988), p. 3.
3. Paul, Sir James (1909). The Scots Peerage. Vol. 8. Edinburgh: David Douglas. p. 319.
4. Paul, Sir James (1909). The Scots Peerage. Vol. 8. Edinburgh: David Douglas. p. 321.