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Generation: 1
Generation: 2
| 2. | William Fitz-Alan  (1.Alan1) was born in 1105; died in 1160. Notes:
The first of these sons was William Fitz-Alan, 1105-1160 (Fitz, meaning "son of", for there were no surnames used at this time). He was ancestor of the Earls of Arundel (England), which title, in 1546, passed through an heiress, to the Duke of Norfolk.
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| 3. | Sir Walter Fitz-Alan, 1st High Steward of Scotland (1.Alan1) was born about 1108 in Paisley, Renfrewshhire, Scotland; died in 1177. Notes:
The second son was Walter Fitz-Alan (d. 1177). He went to Scotland in the service [as a Knight] of King David I, and had large possessions conferred on him in Renfrewshire. Under the reign of Eadgar, King of Scotland (1097-1107), the Croun authority only extended south of the Forth of Clyde. The western islands and extreme north were possessed by the Norwegions. Eadgar was son of King Malcolm Canmore (reigned 1058-1093), and St. Margaret, sister of Eadgar Aetheling, who was sole representative of the Saxon Ruler of England after the death of King Harold and his brothers, at the battle of Hastings in 1066.
Scotland and England, then at peace, and during this and the later reigns of Alexander I (1107-1124) and David I (1124-1153) many Norman Nobles entered the Scottish service in the wars against the Norwegians being rewarded by large grants of the captured lands.
David I had been educated in England under the Norman teachers, and brought Normans and Norman customs with him to Scotland, amongst whom was Walter Fitz-Alan. He was created Dapifer (Steward or Seneschal) of the Royal Household, which title became hereditary in the family. He founded the Monastery of Paisley in 1160, and he and De Morville were witness to a charter of David I, to the Abbey o Melrose.
Walter married . Unknown [Group Sheet]
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| 4. | Simon Fitz-Alan (1.Alan1) Notes:
The third son was Simon Fitz-Alan (8), ancestor of the Boyds. The fourth son was unknown. The fifth son was Adam Fitz-Alan, mentioned in a charter, given by David I in 1139. (8) Simon Fitz-Alan, (son of Alan Fitz-Flaald) followed his brother, Walter, into Scotland in the service of King David I. Simon witnessed Walter's Foundation Charter to the Monastery of Paisley in 1160, in which he is designated as, Frater Walterii, Filii Alan, Dapiferi, according to Sir James Balfour Paul's, "Scottish Peerage" (Vol. V, pp 136-7). This charter was executed, not at Paisley, but at Fotheringay. He was living about 1200...
Simon was an ancestor of Robert the Bruce.
Simon married . Unknown [Group Sheet]
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| 5. | Fitz-Alan (1.Alan1) Notes:
(unknown fourth son of Alan Fitz-Flaad)
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| 6. | Adam Fitz-Alan (1.Alan1) Notes:
The fifth son was Adam Fitz-Alan, mentioned in a charter, given by David I in 1139.
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Generation: 3
Generation: 4
| 10. | Robert Dictus Boyt (8.Robert3, 4.Simon2, 1.Alan1) died about 1270. Notes:
Name:
(10) Robert, Dictus Boyt, first mentioned (1262) in a charter by Sir John Erskine, of the lands of Halkill, in which he is designated as Robertus de Boyd, Miles. He took part in the Battle of Largs, in Ayrshire, October 3, 1263, between the Scots and King Haco (or Hacon) of Norway, for possession of western Scotland and the Islands. The result was a complete victory for the Scots. The word Goldberry was placed on his Arms in commemoration of his services in this battle in the vicinity of Goldberry Hill, near Keppenburn. He also received a grant of several lands in Cunninghame, Ayrshire, from King Alexander III. He died about the year 1270...
Robert married . Unknown [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 12. Sir Robert the Bruce Boyd, King of Scots was born on 11 Jul 1274; was christened in in Melrose Abbey, Melrose, Scotland; died on 07 Jun 1329; was buried in Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland.
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