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PATRICK DUNBAR (1285-1369)

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 687 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PATRICK See also:DUNBAR (1285-1369) , 9th See also:earl of Dunbar and 2nd earl of See also:March, son of the preceding, gave See also:refuge to See also:Edward II. of See also:England after See also:Bannockburn, and contrived his See also:escape by See also:sea to England. Later, he made See also:peace with See also:Robert See also:Bruce, and by him was appointed See also:governor of See also:Berwick See also:Castle, which he held against Edward III. until the defeat of the Scots at Halidon See also:Hill (See also:July 1q, 1333) made it no longer tenable. His countess, known in Scottish See also:history and See also:romance as " See also:Black See also:Agnes," daughter of See also:Thomas See also:Randolph, earl of See also:Moray (See also:Murray), and grandniece of Robert Bruce, is famous for her See also:defence of Dunbar Castle against the See also:English under the earl of See also:Salisbury in 1338, Salisbury being forced to abandon the See also:attempt after a fierce See also:siege lasting nineteen See also:weeks. This See also:lady succeeded to the estates and titles of her See also:brother, See also:John Randolph, 3rd earl of Moray. The earldom of Moray passed after her See also:death to her second son, John Dunbar, who married Marjory, daughter of See also:King Robert II. Black Agnes also See also:bore to the earl of March two daughters, the See also:elder of whom, Agnes, after being the See also:mistress of King See also:David II., married See also:Sir See also:James See also:Douglas, See also:lord of See also:Dalkeith, from whom were descended the first three earls of See also:Morton; the younger, See also:Elizabeth, married John See also:Maitland of Lethington, ancestor of the See also:duke of See also:Lauderdale, whose second See also:title was See also:marquess of March.

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