My Maternal 16th. Great Grandfather, Sir John Stewart, of Darnley, 1st. Lord of d’Augibny and Concressault

Aubigny-sur-Nère (France) : the “City of the Stuarts”

Aubigny-sur-Nère is a commune in the Cherdepartment in the Centre-Val de Loireregion of France.  First known as Albinacum in Roman times, the commune was established as a royal town in 1189 by Philip II.
This is the location by which the Duke of Gordon gets his honorific title, as the Duke of Aubigny. In 1419, John Stewart of Darnley, a junior member of the House of Stuart, arrived in France with a large contingent of Scottish soldiers, to fight for Charles VII. He was awarded many titles, among them the Lordship of Aubigny. The family stayed here for 400 years. Wikipedia

Name: Sir John Stewart, of Darnley, 1st. Lord of d’Augibny and Concressault

Born: 1368 in Darnley Castle, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Married: 23 September 1406 in Argyll, Scotland to Elizabeth Lennox

Children: (4) Alan, John, and Alexander Stewart (Stuart)

Died:  12 February 1429 in Battle of the Herrings or Battle of Rouvray, Rouvray-Sainte-Croix, (Present département du Loiret), Duché d’Orléans (Present Région Centre), France

Buried: February 1429 in Chapel of Notre Dame, Orleans, France

Sir John Stewart of Darnley, 1st Lord of Concressault and 1st Lord of Aubigny, Count of Évreux (c. 1368 – 1429) was a Scottish nobleman and prominent soldier during the Hundred Years War. He is buried at the Chapel of Notre Dame, Orleans, France

Sir John Stewart   Full coat of arms of John Stewart of Darnley first Lord of Aubigny

Birth	1368 Darnley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Death	12 February 1429 Battle of the Herrings or Battle of Rouvray, Rouvray-Sainte-Croix, (Present département du Loiret), Duché d’Orléans (Present Région Centre), France
Burial	1429 Chapel of Notre Dame Blanche, Orleans, France

My Maternal 29th. Great Grandfather, Vicomte Hamon de Dinan, Bretagne, France

Dinan et la rivière la Rance, vallée de la Rance, Côtes d’Armor, France

Name: Vicomte Hamon “Aimon” de Dinan 

Birth: 1 January 973
Dinan, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France

Death: 15 November 1031 (49-65)
Dinan, Cotes d’Armor, Bretagne, France

Dinan is a town in Brittany, northwest France. It’s known for its medieval ramparts, cobblestone streets and half-timbered houses. Dinan Castle has a 14th-century keep and the Tour du Coëtquen, a 15th-century artillery tower. The grand, Gothic-style Saint-Malo Church has vibrant stained-glass windows. The Clock Tower offers panoramic views. The Rail Museum has model railways, plus posters and signal boxes.

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Haimon de LEON
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Hamor de Dinan
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Haimon Le Vicomte De Dinan
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Haimon Ou Aymon De Dinan
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Hamon de Dinan I
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Haimon De Dinan
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Hamon de Dinan Viceroy
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Hamon de Dinan Vicompte de Dinan
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Hamon De Dinan Viscount
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Vicomte Hamon Of Dinham
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Hamon Vicomte de Dinan
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Vicomte de Dinan
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Haman or Hamor de Dinan
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Hamor de Dinan
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Haman II de Dinan
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Vicomte Hamon de Dinan
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Aymon de THOUARS
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Haimon de Domnonee Comte de Domnonee
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Aimon de Dinan I
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Seigneur De Chateau Du Lorie Aimon
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Vicomte de Dinan Hamon de Dinan
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Haimon
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Viscount of Dinan
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Seigneur

Immediate Family:

Husband of Hildeburge de Bellême

Married: about 995 in France
Father of Robert Fitz Hamon; Flaald, seneschal of Dol; Geoffroi I, vicomte de Dinan; Hamon de Dinan; Seigneur Joscelin de Dinan, of Dinan and 8 others
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Vicomtes de Dinan at Medeival Lands.
His parents are unknown but he seems to have been a cadet of the Dukes of Brittany.

Some sources, with doubtful reliability, make him a son of Fratmaldus “the Seneschal”.

Other sources have different guesses about his possible father.

This is a Pedigree for the Archbishops of Dol in Brittany France
‘The earliest known person the lineage traces back to be a man named Hamo I, Viscount of Alet, France’ who was born between 963-1023 AD.

Photo of Dinan in Cotes-d’Armor, France

My Maternal 28th. Great Grandfather, Flaad seneschal, Hereditary Steward of Dol

Name: Flaald, seneschal de Dol, Hereditary Steward of Dol

Birth: circa 1005
Dol, Ille-et Vilaine, Bretagne, France

Death: circa 1064 (51-67)
Saint-Malo-en-Donziois, Nievre, Burgandy, France

Immediate Family:
Son of Aimon I, viscount of Dinan and Hildeburge de Bellême
Husband of NN possible daughter of Crinan & Bethoc of Atholl, Princess of Scotland and Constance, de Dol

Married: about 1020 in to Constance, de Dol

Father of Alain “Dapifer” fitz Flaald, Seneschal of Dol
Brother of Robert Fitz Hamon; Geoffroi I, vicomte de Dinan; Hamon de Dinan; Seigneur Joscelin de Dinan, of Dinan; Ruellan I, seigneur de Dol and 7 others

Half brother of Aubert II Le Riche; Robert Brochard de Château-du-Loire, I; Gervais de Bellême, archevèque de Reims; Avesgaud de Château-du-Loire; Guillaume de Château-du-Loire and 1 other
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My Maternal 28th. Great Grandfather, Flaald, Seneschal de Dol, Bretagne, France

The Morvan River, Burgundy, France

Name: Flaald, Seneschal de Dol
Birth: circa 1005
Dol, Ille-et Vilaine, Bretagne, France
Death: circa 1064 (51-67)
Saint-Malo-en-Donziois, Nievre, Burgundy, France

Immediate Family:
Son of Aimon I, viscount of Dinan and Hildeburge de Bellême
Husband of Constance de Dol, possible daughter of Crinan & Bethoc of Atholl, Princess of Scotland and Constance, de Dol

Father of Alain “Dapifer” fitz Flaald, Seneschal of Dol
Brother of Robert Fitz Hamon; Geoffroi I, vicomte de Dinan; Hamon de Dinan; Seigneur Joscelin de Dinan, of Dinan; Ruellan I, seigneur de Dol and 7 others

Half brother of Aubert II Le Riche; Robert Brochard de Château-du-Loire, I; Gervais de Bellême, archevèque de Reims; Avesgaud de Château-du-Loire; Guillaume de Château-du-Loire and 1 other
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La Celle-sur-nievre, France

My Maternal 27th. Great Grandfather, Alain “Dapifer” fitz Flaad, Seneschal of Dol, en Bretagne, France

Name: Alain “Dapifer” fitz Flaald Seneschal of Dol

Birth: 1020 in Dol De Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France

Married: about 1050 to Margaret of Atholl, Scotland “St. Margaret”

Children: (4)

Flaald Fitz Flaald Seneschal de Dol en Bretagne
1050–1080 • 9HQ6-6GH​​

Rhiwallon Fitz Alan Abbott of St. Floren
1052–Deceased • LB2Q-RH1​​

Alain (Alan) Seneschal & Dapifer
1056–1097 • LB2Q-RHB​​

Rivallon (Rhiwallon) Monk of Mezouit
1058–1082 • L8BQ-6CR​​

Death: 1080
Jerusalem, Palestine, Holy Land

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Dapifer
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Alan Dapifer of Dol FITZ FLAALD

Dol-de-Bretagne (Breton: Dol, Gallo: Dóu), cited in most historical records under its Breton name of Dol, is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine département in Brittany in northwestern France.

Dol-de-Bretagne is reputed to be the origin of the royal House of Stewart who became the monarchs of Scotland and later England and Ireland; a plaque in Dol commemorates that origin.

The Stewart monarchs descend from Alan the Seneschal of the Bishop of Dol. His son, Flaad Fitzalan and his son Alan, arrived in Britain at the request of Henry I, King of England. Flaad’s grandson, Walter Fitzalan, was appointed the 1st Steward of Scotland by David I of Scotland. Malcolm IV of Scotland later confirmed the honour bestowed by David and made the office of Steward of Scotland hereditary in Walter’s family.

In the fourteenth century, Walter Stewart (so named for his family’s hereditary possession of the office of High Steward of Scotland), a descendant of Walter Fitzalan, married Marjorie Bruce, daughter of King Robert I of Scotland. Their son became King Robert II, and their descendants the royal House of Stewart. source: Wikipedia

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1025
Dol-de-Bretagne, St. Malo, Bretagne, France

Alt. Death
1080
Dol, St. Malo, Bretagne, France

Alt. Death
1080
Jerusalem, Palestine, The Holy Land

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Seneschal of Dol

Alain “Dapifer“ (c.1024-after 1080), Seneschal of Dol. He is now known to have scion of the seneschals of Brittany, but he was traditionally thought to have been a son of Fleance MacAlpin, Thane of Lochaber.

In MacBeth, Shakespeare has the witches tell Banquo that he will be the father of kings. The play was written for James I (VI) of England and Scotland, who as a descendant of Alan Dapifer was thought to have been a descendant of Banquo.  

Source: https://www.geni.com/people/Alain-fitz-Flaald-Seneschal-of-Dol/6000000008927688420?through=6000000002176608911

Flaald, Hereditary Steward of Dol “Flaald or Fleald; living 1080; active on the Welsh border c.1101. [Burke’s Peerage]

FLAALD Dapifer, the second son of ALAN “Dapifer”, occurs as “Float filius Alani dapiferi” at the dedication of Monmouth Priory 1101. He is also mentioned as brother of Alan, the other “Dapifer.”

Children: (1)  Alan Fitz Flaald,  feudal Baron of Oswestry, Shropshire, England

My Maternal 26th. Great Grandfather, Flaald fitz Flaald, Seneschal de Dol en Bretagne, France

Dol-de-Bretagne France

Name: Flaald fitz Flaald, Seneschal de Dol en Bretagne
Gender: Male

Birth: circa 1050
Dol-de-Bretagne, Bretagne, France

Death: about 1080
Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales

Place of Burial: about Dol, Bretagne, France

Immediate Family:
Son of Alain “Dapifer” fitz Flaald, Seneschal of Dol and N.N. (unknown)

Husband of Daughter Of Ava MacAlpin, (domina Norton)

Married: 1075 in Dol-de-Bretagne, Bretagne, France

Father of Alan FitzFlaald, Sheriff of Shropshire and Sibil fitz Flaald, of Dol
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Old House in Dol-de-Bretagne France

 

My Maternal 25th. Great Grandfather, Alan Fitz Flaad, Baron of Oswestry

La Grande Rue (main street), Dol-de-Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France

Dol-de-Bretagne is reputed to be the origin of the royal House of Stewart who became the monarchs of Scotland and later England and Ireland; a plaque in Dol commemorates that origin. The Stewart monarchs descend from Alan the Seneschal of the Bishop of Dol. His son, Flaad Fitzalan and his son Alan, arrived in Britain at the request of Henry I, King of England. Flaad’s grandson, Walter Fitzalan, was appointed the 1st Steward of Scotland by David I of Scotland. Malcolm IV of Scotland later confirmed the honour bestowed by David and made the office of Steward of Scotland hereditary in Walter’s family. In the fourteenth century, Walter Stewart (so named for his family’s hereditary possession of the office of High Steward of Scotland), a descendant of Walter Fitzalan, married Marjorie Bruce, daughter of King Robert I of Scotland. Their son became King Robert II, and their descendants the royal House of Stewart. source: Wikipedia

Oswestry, Shropshire, England

Name: Alan Fitz Flaad, Breton Knight, Baron of Oswestry

Born: 1078 in Dol, St. Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France

Married: Avelina de Hesdin domina Norton in about 1094 in England

Children: (7) Adeline, Flaad, William, Walter, Jordan, Simon, and Sibil 

Died: 11 November 1114 in Dol, St. Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France

Buried: 1114  in Shropshire, England

 Sheriff of Shropshire

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Received the Barony of Swaldestre from William the Conqueror for participation in the Conquest.

Acceded: about 1070, Oswestry, Shropshire, England

Notes: having participated in the Conquest, obtained by the gift of King William the Conqueror, the barony and castle of Oswaldestre, Salop, and Milcham, Norfolk, some of which belonged to Meredith, Prince of Powys ap Bleddyn, King of Powys. He received the shreivalty of Shropshire from King Henry I. While his parentage is more or less obscure, there is evidence to show that Flaald, his father, lived in Brittany and was a brother of Alain, seneschal of Dol, descended from the old Armonican counts of Dol and Dinan.

Alain Fitz Flaald was also the father or grandfather of William Fitzalan, steward to David I, King of Scotland, ancestor of the Stuarts, kings of that country.

Alain Fitz Flaald was also the father of William Fitzalan, to whom Henry II gave in second marriage Isabel De Say, baroness of Clun, the greatest heiress of Shropshire.

He was ancestor of John Fitzalan, who married Isabel, sister and co-heiress of Hugh d’Albigny. Upon a division of Hugh’s property at his death in 1243, the castle of Arundel was assigned to John, son of the aforementioned John and Isabel, who thus became the first Earl of eventually passed to Mary, daughter and heiress of Henry Fitzalan, who carried it, together Arundel of the Fitzalan line. This property with the earldom and the barony of Maltravers, to her husband Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, in which family it still remains. Alain Fitz Flaald and his wife Adeline were benefactors to priory of Castle Acre, early in the reign of Henry I.

source: The Complete Peerage vol.V, pp.391-392. 

aerial photograph of Oswestry Castle, Shropshire UK. First recorded in the Doomsday book of 1086, Oswestry Castle lies near the English – Welsh border and was much fought over , changing hands numerous times during the medieval period. Richard II held parliament here in 1398 and during the English Civil war it was initially held by the Royalists before being captured by the parliamentarians in 1644. Following the war the castle was slighted and has remained in ruins ever since.