Margaret of Huntingdon | |
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Tenure | Princess of Scotland (1145–1201) Duchess consort of Brittany and Countess consort of Richmond (1160–1166) Countess of Hereford (1171–1201) |
Born | 1145 |
Died | 1201 |
Spouse |
Conan IV, Duke of Brittany Humphrey III de Bohun, Constable of England Sir William fitz Patrick de Hertburn |
Issue |
Constance, Duchess of Brittany Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford |
House | Dunkeld |
Father | Henry of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon, Earl of Northumbria |
Mother | Ada de Warenne |
Margaret of Huntingdon (1145–1201) was a Scottish princess and duchess consort of Brittany. Two of her brothers, Malcolm IV and William I were Scottish kings. She was the wife of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany and the mother of Constance, Duchess of Brittany. Her second husband was Humphrey de Bohun, hereditary Constable of England. Following her second marriage, Margaret styled herself as the Countess of Hereford.
Margaret was born in 1145, the second eldest daughter of Henry of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon, Earl of Northumbria, and Ada de Warenne. She had an older sister Ada, and two younger sisters, Marjorie and Matilda. Two of her brothers, Malcolm and William became kings of Scotland, and she had another brother, David, Earl of Huntingdon, who married Maud of Chester. Her paternal grandparents were King David I of Scotland and Maud, Countess of Huntingdon, and her maternal grandparents were William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey and Elizabeth of Vermandois.
In 1152, when she was seven years of age, her father died.
In 1160, Margaret married her first husband, Conan IV, Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond. Upon her marriage, she was styled as the Duchess of Brittany and Countess of Richmond. Margaret's origins and first marriage were deduced by Benedict of Peterborugh who recorded filia sororis regis Scotiae Willelmi comitissa Brittanniae gave birth in 1186 to filium Arturum. Together Conan and Margaret had at least two children: