Freskin de Moray

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Freskin de Moray
Lord of Duffus and Strathbrock
Diedc. 1268
BuriedChapel of St Lawrence within the parish church of St Peter, Duffus
Noble family de Moravia family
Father Walter de Moravia
MotherEuphemia de Ross

Freskin de Moray (died c. 1268), Lord of Duffus and Strathbrock, was a Scottish noble.

He was the only son of Walter de Moravia and Euphemia de Ross. [1] Freskin was a signatory to an agreement between Scotland and Wales in 1258 by which the kingdoms agreed neither would make peace with King Henry III of England without the consent of the other. [2] [3] Freskin died before 1268 [4] and was buried in the Chapel of St Lawrence, within the parish church of St Peter, Duffus. [5] His lands were split in moieties between his daughters. [6]

Marriage and issue

Freskin married Joanna, Lady of Strathnaver, [7] they are known to have had the following issue: [8]

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References

  1. Rose, D. Murray (5 December 1901). "Notes on the Family of de Moravia, or Moray". Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness. 25: 10. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  2. Chalmers, George (1807). Caledonia, Or an Account Historical and Topographic of North Britain. London. p. 1:607. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  3. Weiler, Bjorn K. U.; Rowlands, Ifor W. (2017). England and Europe in the Reign of Henry III (1216-1272). Taylor and Francis. p. n.p. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  4. Chalmers. Caledonia. p. 608.
  5. "Statement of Significance: St. Peter's Church, Duffus". Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  6. Rose. "Notes". Transcriptions: 10. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  7. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Volume 12, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1878. p.573.
  8. The Scots Peerage: Banff-Cranstoun Volume 2 of 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, James Balfour Paul. D. Douglas, 1905.