JONSDOTTIR, Margaret ^{1 3}

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Margaret married Sir Simon FRASER of Brotherton, Sheriff of Kincardine, son of Sir Andrew FRASER Sheriff of Stirling and Possible Daughter LE CHEN.^{1 2} (Sir Simon FRASER of Brotherton, Sheriff of Kincardine was born about 1285 and died on 19 July 1333 in Battle of Halidon Hill, Berwick on Tweed, England ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (Simon Fraser) married Margaret, a daughter of the Earl of Caithness, and by her is said to have had two sons

(1) Simon (2) Hugh or Alexander"

from Scots Peerage (vol 7)




"In 1330 we find recorded 'the complaint of Symon Fraser and of Margaret his wife, and one of the heirs of the Earl of Caithness, concerning the earldom of Caithness, dated at Kinross, on the 4th of December in that year. This Simon was the son of Sir Andrew. He fell at the battle of Halidon Hill in 1333, about the same time that Malise, Earl of Stratherne, became Earl of Caithness."

from History of the Chisholms




"Sir Simon Fraser fought at Bannockburn 1314 (according to Froissart 'Sir Simon chased the English for three days'), Sheriff of Kincardine 1317-1332, took part in the capture of Perth, and voted King Edward Balliol in Annandale 1332, was killed with two of his brothers at Halidon Hill 1333, married Margaret dau of Earl of Caithness"

from Clan Fraser in Scottish History ^{1 2 3}