Gilbert de Umfraville, Earl of Angus (before 1246 – 1308) was the first of the Anglo-French

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line to rule the Earldom of Angus in his own right. His father was

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(died shortly before 13 March 1245), a Norman, and feudal Baron of Prudhoe in

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, and his mother was

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. He succeeded his father in infancy. He also carried on the line of the earlier Gaelic earls through his mother. He succeeded her sometime after 1247 (when she was still living with her third husband Richard de Dover) as an infant, certainly no older than three.

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, paid £10,000 to act as Gilbert's warden. Gilbert eventually grew into his inheritance, and although he was primarily an English magnate, there are still a few of his recorded grants. Gilbert was the nominal ruler of the province for more than half a century. As Earl of Angus he was summoned in 1276 for a campaign in

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against

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. In 1284 he attended the parliament with other Scottish noblemen who acknowledged Margaret of Norway as the heir to King Alexander.''Foedera'', p. 228 In 1296 he again joined Edward I in his conquest of Scotland. He also founded a chantry for two priests at Prudhoe castle to celebrate mass daily. He died in 1308, and was succeeded by his second son, Robert de Umfraville, Earl of Angus. His first son Gilbert de Umfraville married Margaret de Clare (later Margaret de Badlesmere, Baroness Badlesmere) as her first husband. Gilbert was buried in

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. His effigy survives and can be seen.

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* Bain, Joseph (ed.) ''Calendar of documents relating to Scotland'' * Burke, Sir Bernard, ''A Genealogical History of the Extinct Peerages of the British Empire'' (London 1883) * Paul, Sir James Balfour, ''

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'', (Edinburgh, 1904), vol. i, ''Angus''. * Richardson, Douglas, ''Plantagenet Ancestry'',

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, 2004, p. 49, * Rymer, Thomas, ''Foedera Conventiones, &c''. London. 1745

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