Malise (II) 5th Earl of Strathearn ¹

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  General Notes:

"Malise, fiftli Earl of Strathearn, first appears on record as one of those Scottish nobles who, about August 1244 promised to observe the treaty of 1237, already referred to, and he was present in the Parliament of Scotland
in February 1244-45. He was one of those Earls who took part in the coronation of the young King Alexander III.,
and he supported the party of the English King in the change of government on 20 September 1255."

from Scots Peerage ¹

Malise married Marjory DE MUSCHAMP co-heiress of Muschamp about 1244.¹ (Marjory DE MUSCHAMP co-heiress of Muschamp was born about 1220 and died about 1255 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"This Earl married, first, Marjory, daughter and one of the coheiresses of Sir Robert de Muschamp. The marriage must have taken place about 1243 or 1244, as on 20 March 1254-55 it was testified that Muriel, their eldest daughter, had reached the age of ten.' The Countess died before the last date ....."

from Scots Peerage ¹

Malise next married Matilda, daughter of Gilbert Earl of Caithness and Orkney and Unknown, before December 1257.¹ (Matilda was born about 1230.)

  Marriage Notes:

"This Earl married, first, Marjory, daughter and one of the coheiresses of Sir Robert de Muschamp. The marriage must have taken place about 1243 or 1244, as on 20 March 1254-55 it was testified that Muriel, their eldest daughter, had reached the age of ten.' The Countess died before the last date, and the Earl married, secondly, before December 1257, Matilda, daughter of the late Gilbert, Earl of Caithness
and Orkney."

from Scots Peerage ¹

Malise next married Emma by 1262.¹ (Emma was born about 1230.)

  Marriage Notes:

"In 1261-62 and 1267 his third Countess is styled Emma. No evidence of her parentage has been discovered."

from Scots Peerage ¹

Malise next married Maria, daughter of Ewen of Argyll, King of the Isles and Unknown, in 1268.¹ (Maria was born about 1240 and died by 1304.)

  Marriage Notes:

"In 1268 he married, as his fourth wife, Mary or Maria, daughter of Ewen of Argyll, and widow of Magnus, King of Man. She survived the Earl and became the wife of Sir Hugh Abernethy of that Ilk.' He died before 1293, and his widow married William Fitzwarin, an Englishman, who died about 1299. She herself died in 1304-5.

from Scots Peerage ¹