Gilbert I de la Hay
Sir Gilbert de la Hay (died c. 1263), third feudal baron of Errol in Gowrie, was co-Regent of Scotland in 1255 during the minority of King Alexander III of Scotland and Sheriff of Perth in 1262.
Life
[edit]Gilbert was the son of David de la Hay and Helen de Strathern.[1] As part of his marriage dower of Idonea Comyn he received Upper Coull, Aberdeenshire. He was co-Regent of Scotland in 1255 during the minority of King Alexander III of Scotland and was the Sheriff of Perth in 1262. He died while in office as sheriff.
Marriage and issue
[edit]Gilbert married Lady Idonea Comyn, daughter of William Comyn, jure uxoris Earl of Buchan and Marjory, Countess of Buchan, they had the following known issue:[2]
- Nicholas, married Joan, had issue.
Citations
[edit]- ^ Burke 1835, p. 504.
- ^ Balfour 1906, pp. 557–558.
References
[edit]- Balfour, Paul James (1906). 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. Vol. 3. Edinburgh: David Douglas.
- Burke, John (1835). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours. Vol. 1. London: Henry Colburn.
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