Matilda, Countess of Angus

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Matilda of Angus was the daughter of Maol Choluim, Earl or Mormaer of Angus and as his only child, heir and countess of the province in her own right. It was arranged that she should marry John Comyn, but his death in France in 1242 meant that a new husdand was needed to control the dispersed Earldom. The man selected was Gilbert de Umfraville, a Norman baron based in Northumberland. He too died soon afterwards, in 1245, but not before Matilda had borne a son to succeed to the Earldom. Matilda disappears from records after 1246, so it is likely her son, Gilbert de Umfraville, 1st Earl of Angus, succeeded in infancy. She married Richard of Dover, son of Richard Fitz Roy.

[edit] References

• Paul, James Balfour, The Scots Peerage, (Edinburgh, 1904), vol. i

Preceded by Maol Choluim

Countess of Angus 1240-1246x

Succeeded by Gilbert de Umfraville