1. EUDON-
Eudon was the brother of Alan, Duke of Brittany and was involved in a dispute concerning the ducal title which was resolved upon the creation of the title of Count of Brittany.
Issue-
·
· II. Alan Niger- d. 1093. Alan and his brother
Alan Rufus took part in the Norman invasion of
· 2III. STEPHEN- d.c.1135
2III. STEPHEN (EUDON 1)
d.c.1135
Stephen succeeded to all the Breton lands that had been divided amoung
Eudon's sons. Although Stephen and his brothers are sometimes referred to as
"earls of
Issue-
· 3I. ALAN NIGER-
3I ?ALAN
m. _____ d. of Swane, son of Thor Longus, Lord of Tippermuir and grandson of Leofwine of Northumberland.
Supposedly Alan "the black" was the fourth earl of
Alan seems to have been marked out as the successor to his father's English
lands. In 1139 an unnamed nephew of his was killed at the King's court by the
servants of Roger, Bishop of Salisbury, and of the Bishops of Lincoln and Ely,
and Alan urged the King to reprisals, thus contributing to the fall of the
bishops. In 1140 he seized the castle of "Galclint" with its
treasure, ejecting William d'Aubigny and afterwards built a castle at
"Hotun," being land of the Bishop of Durham, and ravaged Ripon and
the property of the archbishopric of
Issue-
· ???4I. REGINALD- b.c.1165, m. MARGARET LOUDOUN
Ref:
Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages- Sir Bernard
Burke, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883- p. 162, de Dreux, Earls of Richmond
The Complete Peerage- Vol. X, pp. 788-91
Stephen and Matilda, The Civil War of 1139-53- James Bradbury,
Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd., Gloucestershire, 1996
Irish Pedigrees or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation- John
O'Hart, James Duffy & Co., Dublin, 1892- Vol. II, p. 138
Earls & Dukes of Richmond-
http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/parade/hq69/Pages/h_earl.html
4I. REGINALD (EUDON 1, STEPHEN 2, ALAN 3)
b.c.1165
m. MARGARET LOUDOUN
Reginald was sheriff of Ayr and was a witness with his son Hugh to a charter from Walter the Steward to the monks of Paisley to the lands of Dalmullin about 1229, to a donation by David de Lindsay to the monastery of Newbattle which was confirmed by King Alexander II in 1232 and with his sons William, John and Adam he witnessed a charter of Hugh de Bygris in 1228/9.(1)
Crawford
Castle- Kilbirnie
Issue-
·
· II. John- of Craufordjohn
· III. Adam-
· V. Reginald- parson of Strathaven, Lanarkshire
Ref:
(1) Reg. de Passelat- 22; Chart. of Newbattle- 105; Liber St. Marie de Kelso- I, 152
"The Scots Peerage"- Vol.V, pp.488-9
5IV. HUGH (EUDON 1, STEPHEN 2, ALAN 3, REGINALD 4)
Hugh was sheriff of
Issue-
· 6I. HUGH- m. ALICIA ______
· II. Reginald-
Ref:
(1) Penes Earl of Loudoun
(2) Ibid
(3) Cal. of Docs- I, 381
(4) Ibid- p.2015
"The Scots Peerage"- Vol.V, pp.488-9
6I. HUGH (EUDON 1, STEPHEN 2, ALAN 3, REGINALD 4, HUGH 5)
m. ALICIA ______
Hugh was a witness to the monastery of Paisley about 1229.(1)
He had a letter of safe conduct to go to
Issue-
· 7I. REGINALD- m. CECILIA ______, d. 1297
· II. Margaret- m. Sir Malcolm Wallace of Elderslie. She was the mother of William Wallace.
Ref:
(1) Reg. de Passelet- 22
(2) Liber de Calchou- II, p.364
"The Scots Peerage"- Vol.V, pp.489-90
7I. REGINALD (EUDON 1, STEPHEN 2, ALAN 3, REGINALD 4, HUGH 5, HUGH 6)
m. CECILIA ______
d. 1297
Reginald was sheriff of Ayr and witnessed a charter of donation by James the High Steward to the monastery of Paisley in 1283-5.(1) He was one of the nominees on the part of Robert Bruce in his competition with John Baliol for the throne of Scotland.(2) Reginald swore fealty to Edward I in 1296 but was murdered by the English in 1297 at the mysterious "Conference of Ayr". Sir Reginald's sister Margaret, was the mother of William Wallace and Sir Reginald's murder along with the murder of Wallace's older brother and his wife was what led to him starting the uprising and Wallace being outlawed.
Issue-
· 8I. REGINALD- d. 13 Feb. 1307
· II. ______-
Ref:
(1) Reg. De Passelet- p.254
(2) Foedera- II, 553
"The Scots Peerage"- Vol.V, p.490
8I. REGINALD (EUDON 1, STEPHEN 2, ALAN 3, REGINALD 4, HUGH 5, HUGH 6, REGINALD 7)
d. 13 Feb. 1307
Reginald was appointed sheriff of Ayr by Edward I on 14 May 1296 and swore
fealty for his lands at Berwick 28 Aug. 1296 and had a protection on 11 June
1297.(1) He became an opponent of the English and was taken
prisoner after being wounded at the excursion into Ireland at Loch Ryan by
Duncan McDowal on 9 Feb. 1306/7 and taken prisoner. He was executed at
Issue-
· 9I. SUSANNA- m. DUNCAN CAMPBELL
Ref:
(1)
"The Scots Peerage"- Vol. V, p.490