Sir Peter Maule (died 1254) was the eldest son of Richard Maule of Fowlis. He married

Christina de Valognes Christina de Valognes (died 1256), was a Scottish noble. She was the daughter and heiress of William de Valognes, Baron of Panmure and Benvie, and Great Chamberlain, High Chamberlain of Scotland. She married Peter Maule, Sir Peter Maule of Fowl ...

, daughter and heiress of

William de Valognes William de Valognes also known as William de Valoynes, was the only son of Philip de Valognes and was granted a charter of the baronies of Panmure and Benvie by King William the Lion, previously granted to his father. On his father's death in 1 ...

around 1224, passing the baronies of Panmure and Benvie into the Maule family. Peter Maule is thought to have built

Panmure Castle Panmure Castle was a castle that was located to the north-west of Muirdrum, Angus, Scotland. The castle was owned by the de Valognes family, until the castle passed by marriage of Christina de Valognes to Peter Maule of Fowlis. The stone c ...

around 1224. Panmure Castle was the ancestral home of the Maule family until it was replaced by

Panmure House Panmure House was a 17th-century country house in the Parish of Panbride, Angus, Scotland, to the north of Carnoustie. It was the seat of the Earl of Panmure. It was rebuilt in the 19th century, and demolished in 1955. History The Panmure ...

in the 17th century, although it was destroyed by Andrew Murray during the

Second War of Scottish Independence The Second War of Scottish Independence broke out in 1332, when Edward Balliol led an Kingdom of England, English-backed invasion of Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland. Balliol, the son of former Scottish king John Balliol, was attempting to make g ...

in 1336. He left two sons,

Sir William Maule Sir William Maule was the eldest son of Sir Peter Maule and Christina de Valognes, Baron and Baroness of Panmure and Benvie. William succeeded as Baron in 1254 on his father's death. He was married to Ethana de Vallibus, daughter of John Vaux, ...

, his successor, and

Sir Thomas Maule Sir Thomas Maule was the youngest son of Sir Peter Maule and Christina de Valognes, Baron and Baroness of Panmure and Benvie. He was Captain of Brechin Castle, and led the defence when the English forces, led by Edward I laid siege in July, 13 ...

, who was killed in the siege of

Brechin Brechin (; ) is a town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. Traditionally Brechin was described as a city because of its cathedral and its status as the seat of a pre-Scottish Reformation, Reformation Roman Catholic diocese (which contin ...

castle in 1303, during the

First War of Scottish Independence The First War of Scottish Independence was the first of a series of wars between Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland. It lasted from the English invasion of Scotland (1296), English invasion of Scotland in 1296 until ...

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