Walter de Moray

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Walter de Moray
Lord of Petty, Bracholy, Boharm and Arteldol
Diedc. 1278
Noble family de Moravia family
Father William de Moravia of Petty

Sir Walter de Moray [lower-alpha 1] (died c.1278), Lord of Petty, Bracholy, Boharm, Arteldol and Bothwell, Justiciar of Lothian was a 13th-century Scottish noble.

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Life

Moray was a son of William de Moravia of Petty and a daughter of David de Olifard. [1] He had succeeded his father by 1226 and accompanied King Alexander II of Scotland into England to meet with King Henry III of England in 1236. Walter inherited the lands of Bothwell and Drumsargard in Lanarkshire and Smailholm in Berwickshire in 1242. He served as Justiciar of Lothian in 1255. His eldest son succeeded in 1278, and was known as "Dominius de Bothwell" (Lord of Bothwell). [2] He also held lands in Agenway, Botruphin, Kainermonth, Croy, Ardtrillen, Lunyn and Duldavy. [3]

Marriage and issue

Walter married a daughter of Máel Coluim II, Earl of Fife and are known to have had the following issue:

Notes

  1. Also Walter de Moravia and Walter de Petyn

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Burke 1835, pp. 619–620.
  2. Taylor 1858, p. 36.
  3. Taylor 1858, p. 35.

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