Matilda, Countess of Angus

Scottish noble

Matilda of Angus, also known as Maud, was the daughter of Maol Choluim, Earl or Mormaer of Angus and, as his heiress, was countess of the province in her own right.

## Marriages and issue

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She married John Comyn, but he died in France in 1242. They do not appear to have had issue.

A husband was needed to control the dispersed earldom; she then married Gilbert de Umfraville, a Norman, who was feudal Baron of Prudhoe in Northumberland. He died shortly before 13 March 1245, but not before Matilda had borne him a son named Gilbert to succeed to the earldom in his infancy:

* Gilbert, married Elizabeth Comyn, daughter of Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan, had issue. He died in 1308.

Matilda married again before 22 December 1247, Richard de Dover (a grandson of King John of England), the feudal baron of Chilham, Kent, the son of Richard Fitz Roy. Matilda disappears from records after producing two children:

* Richard of Chilham, Lord of Chilham. He died before 10 January 1266.
* Isabel, married David I Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl, son of John de Strathbogie and Ada, Countess of Atholl, had issue.

## References

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* Paul, James Balfour, The Scots Peerage, (Edinburgh, 1904), vol. i, Angus.
* Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry, Baltimore, 2004, p. 49, ISBN 0-8063-1750-7

Preceded by

Maol Choluim

|  Countess of Angus
1240-1246x  | Succeeded by

Gilbert de Umfraville

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Mormaers or Earls of Angus

[Known] 10th-century mormaers|

* Dubacan
* Cuncar

[Known] Mormaers from the Angus and Umfraville line|

* Gille Brigte
* Adam
* Gille Críst
* Donnchadh
* Máel Coluim
* Matilda (with 1. John Comyn; 2. Gilbert de Umfraville)
* Gilbert de Umfraville
* Robert de Umfraville

Earls from the Stewart line|

* John Stewart
* Thomas Stewart
* Margaret Stewart (with Thomas, Earl of Mar)

Earls from the Douglas line|

* George Douglas, 1st Earl
* William Douglas, 2nd Earl
* James Douglas, 3rd Earl
* George Douglas, 4th Earl
* Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl
* Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl
* David Douglas, 7th Earl
* Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl
* William Douglas, 9th Earl
* William Douglas, 10th Earl
* William Douglas, 11th Earl

As a subsidiary title|

* William Douglas, 11th Earl of Angus and 1st Marquess of Douglas
* James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas (and James Douglas, Earl of Angus)
* Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas
* Duke of Hamilton from 1761

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