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PATRICK DUNBAR

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 687 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PATRICK See also:DUNBAR , 8th See also:earl of Dunbar and 1st earl of See also:March, claimed the See also:crown of See also:Scotland in 1291 as descendant of Ada, daughter of See also:William the See also:Lion. He was one of the " seven earls of Scotland," a distinct See also:body See also:separate from the other estates of the See also:realm, who claimed the right to elect a See also:king in cases of disputed See also:succession, and whose authority was, perhaps, to be traced to the seven provinces of the Pictish See also:kingdom. He was the first of the earls of Dunbar to appear in the records as " comes de Marchia," or earl of March. Like most of his See also:family in later times, he was favourable to the See also:English See also:interest in Scottish affairs, and he did See also:homage to See also:Edward I. of See also:England. His wife Marjory, daughter of See also:Alexander See also:Comyn, earl of See also:Buchan, took the other See also:side and held the See also:castle of Dunbar for See also:Baliol, but was forced to surrender it to Edward in 1296. In 1298 he was appointed the English king's See also:lieutenant in Scotland.

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