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Birth:          ABT 1171 of Cheshire, England
Death:          6 Jan 1233 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_of_Chester,_Countess_of_Huntingdon
Matilda of Chester,[1][2] Countess of Huntingdon (1171 – 6 January 1233)[2][3] was an 
Anglo-Norman noblewoman, sometimes known as Maud and sometimes known with the 
surname de Kevelioc. She was a daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester, 
and the wife of David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon. Through her daughter, Isobel, 
she was an ancestress of Robert the Bruce.

Family[edit]

Lady Maude was born in 1171, the eldest child of Hugh de Kevelioc (aka Hugh de 
Meschines), 5th Earl of Chester and Bertrade de Montfort, a cousin of King Henry II of 
England. Her paternal grandparents were Ranulf de Gernon and Maud (Matilda) of 
Gloucester, the granddaughter of King Henry I of England, and her maternal 
grandparents were Simon III de Montfort, Count of Évreux and Mahaut.

Lady Matilda's five siblings were:
Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester
Richard[4] (died young)
Mabel of Chester, Countess of Arundel
Agnes (Alice) of Chester, Countess of Derby
Hawise of Chester, Countess of Lincoln.

She also had a sister, Amice (or Amicia) of Chester, who may have been illegitimate.[2]

Matilda's father died in 1181 when she was ten years of age. He had served in King 
Henry's Irish campaigns after his estates had been restored to him in 1177. They had 
been confiscated by the King as a result of his taking part in the baronial Revolt of 
1173–1174. His son Ranulf succeeded him as Earl of Chester, and Matilda became a 
co-heiress of her brother.

Marriage and issue[edit]

On 26 August 1190, she married David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon, a Scottish 
prince, son of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, and a younger brother of 
Malcolm IV of Scotland and William I of Scotland. He was almost thirty years Matilda's 
senior. The marriage was recorded by Benedict of Peterborough.[5]

David and Matilda had seven children:
Margaret of Huntingdon (c. 1194 – after 1 June 1233), married Alan, Lord of Galloway, 
by whom she had two daughters, including Dervorguilla of Galloway.
Robert of Huntingdon (died young)
Ada of Huntingdon, married Sir Henry de Hastings, by whom she had one son, Henry 
de Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings.
Matilda (Maud) of Huntingdon (-aft.1219, unmarried)
Isobel of Huntingdon (1199–1251), married Robert Bruce, 4th Lord of Annandale, by 
whom she had two sons, including Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale.
John of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon (1207 – 6 June 1237), married Elen ferch 
Llywelyn. He succeeded his uncle Ranulf as Earl of Chester in 1232, but died 
childless.
Henry of Huntingdon (died young)[2][6]

Her husband David had four illegitimate children by various mistresses.[5]

On her brother Ranulf's death in October 1232 Matilda inherited a share in his estates 
with her other 3 sisters, and his Earldom of Chester suo jure. Less than a month later 
with the consent of the King, Matilda gave an inter vivos gift of the Earldom to her son 
John the Scot who became Earl of Chester by right of his mother.[7] He was formally 
invested by King Henry III as Earl of Chester[2] on 21 November 1232.[8] He became 
Earl of Chester in his own right on the death of his mother six weeks later.

Matilda died on 6 January 1233 at the age of about sixty-two. Her husband had died in 
1219. In 1290, upon the death of Margaret, Maid of Norway, which caused the 
extinction of the legitimate line of William I, the descendants of David and Matilda 
became the prime competitors for the crown of Scotland. Through their daughter, 
Isobel, they were the direct ancestors of the renowned Scottish King, Robert the 
Bruce.

Parents
DE MESCHINES HUGH OF KEVELIOC (1147 - 30 Jun 1181)
DE MONTFORT (EVREUX) Bertrade (1155 - 12 Jul 1189)

Siblings
DE MESCHINES [OF CHESTER] Maud (Matilda) (ABT 1171 - 6 Jan 1233)
DE MESCHINES (OF CHESTER) Mabel (ABT 1173 - )
DE MESCHINES Agnes (ABT 1174 - 2 Nov 1247)
DE MESCHINES Beatrix (ABT 1175 - )
DE MESCHINES Amicia (ABT 1177 - )
DE MESCHINES Hawise (1180 - AFT 6 Jun 1241)

Marriage To ____ David (1144 - 17 Jun 1219)
    m. 26 Aug 1190 

Notes

Parents
OF HUNTINGDON Henry (ABT 1114 - 12 Jun 1152)
DE WARENNE Ada (ABT 1120 - 1178)

Children by ____ David 1144 - 17 Jun 1219
OF HUNTINGDON Margaret (ABT 1194 - BEF 1228)
OF HUNTINGDON Isabelle (1199 - 1252)
OF HUNTINGDON Ada (ABT 1215 - )

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