Edward Dunkeld (abt. 1068 - abt. 1093)

Born about 1068 in Dunfermline, Scotland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died about 13 Nov 1093 at about age 25 in Edwardsisle, Scotland

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Biography

Edward Dunkeld was born about 1068, the eldest son of Malcolm III, King of Scots, by his (second) wife, Saint Margaret, Queen of Scots, daughter of Edward the Ætheling and Agatha, kinswoman of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor. ^[1] He had five brothers: Alexander Dunkeld; Edmund, king of Scots prince of Cumbria, and later a monk; Aethelred (Ethelred), earl of Fife and Abbot of Dunkeld; Edgar, king of Scots; and David I, king of Scots; and two sisters: Maud, m. Henry I of England; and Mary, m. Eustace III, count of Boulogne and Lens. He also had three half-brothers from his father's first marriage: Duncan II, king of Scots; Malcolm; and Donald. ^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

On 13 Nov 1093, Edward Dunkeld and his father, Malcolm III, King of Scots were attacked in the battle of Alynwick, by a group of men led by Robert de Mowbray, earl of Northumbria. ^[8][9] Robert's nephew, Arkil Morel of Bamborough,…is said to have struck the fatal blows that killed both of them. ^[8][10] King Malcolm died (probably) immediately. Edward, was fatally wounded and died several days later at Edwardsisle, in the forest near Jedburgh, Scotland. ^[5] Already gravely ill, now grief-stricken by this news delivered by Edmund, his mother, Saint Margaret, died soon after on 16 Nov 1093. ^{[11][2][12][13][14]} He was buried before the altar of the Trinity Church of Dunfermline.^[15]

Research Note

The profile of Marjory Rus Swyfyns was originally attached as a daughter of Edward Dunkeld but lacks any sources supporting such a relationship, and is being detached until evidence can be discovered indicating that Edward ever had any children. Stevens-17832 19:53, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Oram, Richard. David I: The King Who Made Scotland. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK (2004, 2008), p. 25-6, citing, “…marriage of Maël Coluim and Margaret…their four eldest sons were named Edward, Edmund, Aedelred, and Edgar…and Alexander…and David…”
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Richardson, Douglas. "SCOTLAND 1.v. Alexander I, King of Scots." Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol. 4, pp. 576-578.
3. ↑ Cawley, Charles. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: Medieval Lands Database. 6. Alexander
4. ↑ Barrow, G.W.S. David I, King of Scots. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online Edition (23 Sep 2004) rv 5 Jan 2006, available here by subscription.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Dunbar, Sir Archibald H. Scottish Kings: A Revised Chronology of Scottish History 1005-1625. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1899), pp, 30, 31 .
6. ↑ Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage; Founded on Wood’s Edition of Sir Robert Douglas’s Peerage of Scotland; Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of That Kingdom. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol. 1, p. 2.
7. ↑ Lang, Andrew M. Alexander I (d. 1124), King of Scots. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press (2004), Alexander I
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Barrow, G.W.S. Kingship and Unity. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (1981), repr. 2003, p. 37.
9. ↑ Cannon, John (Ed.). A Dictionary of British History. “Alnwick, battle of.” Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press (2009), p. 18.
10. ↑ Robertson, Eben William. “Scotland under her early kings; a history of the kingdom to the close of the thirteenth century.” Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas (1862), vol. 1, p. 146.
11. ↑ Fordun, John. John of Fordun's Chronicle of the Scottish nation. Skene, William F. (ed). Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas (1872), bk. v., pp. 179-215.
12. ↑ Stevenson, J. (ed). Chronica de Mailros. Edinburgh: the Societatis Edinburgensis (1835), "Rex Scottorum Malcolmus, cum filio fua primogeito Edwardo, a Norhimbris occifus eft." p. 60, see also fn #w.
13. ↑ Pryde, E.B. (ed.) Handbook of British Chronology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (3rd ed. 1986), rv. 1996, p. 57.
14. ↑ Duncan, A.A.M. Scotland, the Making of the Kingdom. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd (1975), The Edinburgh History of Scotland, vol. 1, p. 124.
15. ↑ Fordun, i, 274, cited in Stevenson, J. (ed.) Chronica de Mailros. Edinburgh: the Societatis Edinburgensis (1835), p. 60, fn #w.