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From: Stewart Baldwin < >
Subject: Re: The Earls of Carrick and their descendants
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:56:23 GMT
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On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 04:35:15 +0000 (UTC), wrote:

[much snipping]

> The Lords of Galloway
>
>
> Fergus = NN (theorized kinswoman Duncan
> L of Galloway I of Henry II of England) E of Fife
> d. 1161 I I____
> ________________I___________________ I
> I I I I

The word "theorized" can be removed here. As has been discussed here
in the past, there are several good independent sources referring to
various descendants of Fergus as relatives of Henry II or other
English kings (one of which specifies the relationship as coming
through Henry's mother), leaving no reasonable doubt that either
Fergus or his wife was related to Henry II. Given the general
unlikelihood of a relationship between Fergus and Henry, a kinship
between Fergus's unknown wife and Henry II can be regarded as pretty
solid. It is the exact nature of that kinship where the "theorizing"
comes in. The simplest and most probable theory is that "NN" was an
illegitimate daughter of Henry I, but other alternatives, although
somewhat unlikely, are not ruled out by the known evidence.

Stewart Baldwin


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