GEN-MEDIEVAL-L Archives

Archiver > GEN-MEDIEVAL > 1999-05 > 0925567613


From: William Addams Reitwiesner< >
Subject: Re: John the Scot, Earl of Chester and Huntington
Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 14:06:53 GMT


(Tigers14) wrote:

>I have been trying to figure out the descent of John the Scot, Earl of Chester
>and Huntington. So far, I have found that he is descended from :
>David I of Scotland and thus the Atheling/Wessex royal family of England.
>Robert FitzRoy, Earl of Gloucester and from there the Norman Royal Family.
>Am I correct in this?

Slightly incorrect in one part, and that is your assumption that "Atheling"
has anything to do with a family name. It's more of a description, meaning
(approximately) "prince".

William Addams Reitwiesner


"Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc."

This thread: