Earl George Dunbar Of March 
George was born about 1336 in Stranith (Nithsdale),Dumfriesshire,Scotland.1 George's father was Sir Patrick Dunbar and his mother was Isabel Randolph. His paternal grandfather was Sir Alexander Dunbar; his maternal grandparents were Earl Thomas Randolph Of Moray and Isabel Stewart. He had a sister named Agnes. He was the older of the two children. He died before March 31st, 1420 in Dunbar Castle,East Lothian,Scotland.2 General Notes
George de Dunbar, 9th Earl of Dunbar/March; referred to in contemporary sources by 1370-90 as Lord of Annandale and the Isle of Man; Warden of the Marches 1372, took command of the Scots at Otterburn 1388, after the death of "Black Douglas"; renounced his allegiance to Robert III 1400 on that King's eldest son and heir the Duke of Rothesay breaking off his engagement to the 9th Earl's daughter Elizabeth, sided with the English and fought for Henry IV at Battles of Homildon Hill (defeat of Scots by "Harry Hotspur" Percy) 1402 and Shrewsbury (against Harry Hotspur, now in rebellion) 1403; after Robert III's death 1406 the 9th Earl negotiated with the Regent a renewal of allegiance to the Scottish Crown; though at the price of the Lordship of Annandale among others possessions. [Burke's Peerage]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1242 in Dunbar Castle,East Lothian,Scotland d.10 Oct 1308 in Dunbar Castle,East Lothian,Scotland
- b.~ 1287 in Dunbar Castle,East Lothian,Scotland d.> 1331 in Cockburn,Berwickshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1258 in Buchan,Aberdeenshire,Scotland d.> 1296 in Dunbar Castle,East Lothian,Scotland
- b.~ 1316 in Cockburn,Berwickshire,Scotland d.1356 in Candia,Crete enroute to Holy Land
- b.~ 1336 in Stranith (Nithsdale),Dumfriesshire,Scotland d.<31 Mar 1420 in Dunbar Castle,East Lothian,Scotland
- b.~ 1288 in Stranith (Nithsdale),Dumfriesshire,Scotland d.20 Jul 1332 in Musselburgh,Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland
- b.~ 1320 in Stranith (Nithsdale),Dumfriesshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1290 in Boncle,Berwickshire,Scotland d.1357
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Children
Earl George Dunbar
George was born about 1370 in Dunbar Castle,East Lothian,Scotland.1 He died before 1457 in England.1
Lord David Dunbar Of Cockburn
David was born about 1379 in Dunbar Castle,East Lothian,Scotland. He died about 1443 in Cockburnspath,Berwickshire,Scotland.
1 Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 895
2 Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 895
2 Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 895
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