of Menteith, Isabella

Birth Name of Menteith, Isabella
Gender female
Age at Death 92 years

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1180 Menteith, Rusky, Perthshire, Scotland   1a
Death 1272 Ely, Cambridgeshire, England   1b

Age: 92y

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father of Menteith, Muireadhach II11701234-01-00
Mother Menteith, Maryabout 11851272
         of Menteith, Isabella 1180 1272
    Sister     Menteith, Katherine of Strathearn 1197 1286
    Brother     , Henry about 1205
    Sister     Menteith, Mary 1220 1286
    Brother     de Menteith, Maurice 3rd Earl of Menteith 1230

Families

Family of Comyn, Walter and of Menteith, Isabella
Unknown Partner Comyn, Walter ( * 1180 + ... )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
de Comyn, Isabel1204-12-141301
Comyn, John I1277

Family of de Hastings, Edmund and of Menteith, Isabella
Unknown Partner de Hastings, Edmund ( * 1180 + ... )

Family of Russell, John and of Menteith, Isabella
Unknown Partner Russell, John ( * 1180 + ... )

Source References

  1. L1P7-DPG FamilySearch.org
      • Source text:

        Isabella, Countess of Menteith (1217 – 1272) was the eldest daughter of Muireadhach II, Mormaer of Menteith. When the old mormaer died without legitimate male heir in 1233, the province passed to Isabella.

        Isabella married Walter Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, bringing the mormaerdom temporarily into the hands of the Comyn family. When her husband died in 1258, Isabella married again, this time to an English knight named John Russell. This mediocre marriage left her too weak to protect her status. Already by 1259, Walter Stewart (nicknamed "Ballaich") was claiming the province for his wife, Isabella's sister Mary. By 1261, Isabella was arrested and deposed from rulership of the province on charges of poisoning her first husband. Isabella died in 1272 in England having been stripped of all her nobility.

         

         

        Bibliography
        Brown, Michael, The Wars of Scotland, 1214-1371, (Edinburgh, 2004)
        Paul, James Balfour, The Scots Peerage, Vol. VI, (Edinburgh, 1909)
        Preceded by
        Muireadhach II Countess of Menteith
        fl. 1233-1260x126

      • Citation:

        https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L1P7-DPG

      • Source text:

        Isabella, Countess of Menteith (1217 – 1272) was the eldest daughter of Muireadhach II, Mormaer of Menteith. When the old mormaer died without legitimate male heir in 1233, the province passed to Isabella.

        Isabella married Walter Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, bringing the mormaerdom temporarily into the hands of the Comyn family. When her husband died in 1258, Isabella married again, this time to an English knight named John Russell. This mediocre marriage left her too weak to protect her status. Already by 1259, Walter Stewart (nicknamed "Ballaich") was claiming the province for his wife, Isabella's sister Mary. By 1261, Isabella was arrested and deposed from rulership of the province on charges of poisoning her first husband. Isabella died in 1272 in England having been stripped of all her nobility.

         

         

        Bibliography
        Brown, Michael, The Wars of Scotland, 1214-1371, (Edinburgh, 2004)
        Paul, James Balfour, The Scots Peerage, Vol. VI, (Edinburgh, 1909)
        Preceded by
        Muireadhach II Countess of Menteith
        fl. 1233-1260x126

      • Citation:

        https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L1P7-DPG