Robert De Umfreville 
Robert was born in 1277 in Castle Prudhoe, Northumberland, England. Robert's father was Gilbert De Umfreville and his mother was Elizabeth Comyn. His paternal grandparents were Gilbert De Umfreville and Maud Ogilvie; his maternal grandparents were Alexander Comyn and Elizabeth De Qunicy. He had two brothers and a sister, named Gilbert, Thomas and Miss. He was the second oldest of the four children. He died at the age of 48 on April 2nd, 1325 in Castle Prudhoe, Northumberland, England.General Notes
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Sir Robert De Umfreville d. 2nd April 1325
Earl of Angus 1307-132 5
Lord of Redesdale 1307-1325
Earl of Kyme? -1325
Fought with the English at Bannockburn.
The second son of Gilbert the first Earl and suceeded to the title on t
he death of his father. Robert's second wife Alienore De Clare may have be
en the sister of his own sister-in- law who married his elder brother Gilb
ert. Robert supported the Balliol and Comyn (through his mother) clai
ms to the Scottish throne and opposed Robert Bruce who had murdered John C
omyn in 1306. Robert was not suprisingly conspicuous by his absence from B
ruce's first parliament at St Andrews between 1308-9. Robert fought with I
ngram and was captured by the Scots at Bannockburn to be ransomed later. R
obert was the lord of Redesdale when James, the Black, Dougl as took Harbo
ttle when he raided the north in 1318. By his first marriage to Lucy De Ky
me the Kyme lands came into the posession of the De Umfrevilles. This uni
on produced 3 children Gilbert who died an infant before 1307, another Gil
bert who became the third Earl of Angus and a daughter Elizabeth who ma
rr ied a Gilbert De Boroughdon. Their daughter Eleanor De Boroughdon marri
ed int o the Talboys family who
eventually became the inheritors of the Redesdale lands.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1094 in Redesdale, Northumberland, England d.~ 1162 in Prudhoe, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1125 in Castle Prudhoe, Northumberland, England d.1182 in Castle Prudhoe, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1098 in Redesdale, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1163 in Redesdale, Northumberland, England d.11 Oct 1226 in Castle Prudhoe, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1098 in Dunmow, Essex, England d.14 Jul 1179
- b.~ 1129 in Luce, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1090 in Dunmow, Essex, England
- b.1195 in Castle Prudhoe, Northumberland, England d.<13 Mar 1245 in Castle Prudhoe, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1120 in Bywell, Northumberland, England d.1194 in Barnard Castle, Gianford, Durham, England
- b.~ 1160 in Barnard Castle, Gianford, Durham, England
- b.~ 1128 in Picquigny, Somme, Picardy, France
- b.~ 1180 in Baronage, Bywell, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1140 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1163 in Whitby, Yorkshire, England
- b.1244 in Castle Prudhoe, Northumberland, England d.<13 Oct 1307 in Castle Prudhoe, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1143 in Forfar, Angus, Scotland d.1207
- b.~ 1171 in Scotland d.~ 1210
- b.1152 in Caithness, Scotland d.~ 1213
- b.1190 in Angus, Forfarshire, Scotland d.1242 in Angus, Forfarshire, Scotland
- b.1218 in Angus, Forfarshire, Scotland d.1261 in Castle Prudhoe, Northumberland, England
- b.1139 in Banffshire, Scotland d. in Banffshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1167 in Glenfarquharl, Kincardineshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1140 in Scotland
- b.1200 in Gartley, Banffshire, Scotland d.1228 in Angus, Forfarshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1171 in Gartley, Banffshire, Scotland
- b.1277 in Castle Prudhoe, Northumberland, England d.02 Apr 1325 in Castle Prudhoe, Northumberland, England
- b.1085 in Northumberland, England d. in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1115 in Northalteron, Morayshire, Scotland d.1176 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1084 in Basset, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1170 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland d.~ 1233 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland
- b.~ 1074 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.~ 1155 in Sancto Johnstone, Scotland
- b.~ 1122 in Tynedale, Morayshire, Scotland d.> 1189
- b.~ 1100 in Tynedale, Scotland d.~ 1160
- b.~ 1217 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland d.1289
- b.~ 1120 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland d.> 1179
- b.~ 1140 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.1199 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1125 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1172 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland d.~ 1243
- b.~ 1150 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1248 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.<17 Feb 1329 in Castle Prudhoe, Northumberland, England
- b.1125 in Long Buckley, Northamptonshire, England d.1192
- b.1155 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.03 Nov 1219 in Damietta, Palestine
- b.1131 in Leuchars, Scotland d.<03 Jun 1203
- b.~ 1195 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.25 Apr 1264 in Palestine
- b.1121 in Leicestershire, England d.1190 in Duras, Greece
- b.1156 in Leicestershire, England d.19 Feb 1235
- b.1134 in England d.01 Apr 1212
- b.~ 1220 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.12 Apr 1282
- b.~ 1164 in Galloway, Perthshire, Scotland d.19 Dec 1200 in Northhamptonshire, England
- b.~ 1184 in Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland d.1234
- b.~ 1163 in Kirk Oswald, Cumberland, England d.11 Jun 1217
- b.~ 1200 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland d.>21 Nov 1245 in England
- b.~ 1148 in Morven, Argyll, Scotland d.1207 in Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland
- b.~ 1174 in Morven, Argyll, Scotland d.~ 1209
- b.1145 in Moray, Scotland
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They had two sons and a daughter, named Gibert, Gilbert and Elizabeth.
Family Notes
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Children
Gibert De Umfreville
Gibert was born about 1305 in Castle Prudhoe, Northumberland, England. He died before 1307.
Gilbert De Umfreville
Gilbert was born in 1310 in Castle Prudhoe, Northumberland, England. He died at the age of 70 in 1380.
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Children
Thomas De Umfreville
Thomas was born about 1324 in Castle Prudhoe, Northumberland, England. He died on May 21st, 1387 in Castle Harbottle, Northumberland, England.
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