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From: DavidBotts< >
Subject: Re: Fergus of Galloway--Perhaps the Final Word
Date: 09 Feb 2000 00:27:02 GMT


RE>Duncan II's wife Ethelreda was of the Earls of Northumberland....their son
William was a slightly older contemporary...

Any paternity for Ethelreda? Am I reading it correctly that Duncan II had a
son William?

Thanks,

Dave

>Finally, in a previous post, I just off the cuff asked about
>Duncan II, and about the north-england naming pattern seen
>in Fergus's sons. Stewart has already posted about
>something I discovered last night, that Duncan's with
>Ethelreda was of the Earls of Northumberland. The
>chronology of this connection is certainly problematic, as
>Duncan was murdered long before Fergus appears, but their
>son William was a slightly older contemporary, and an
>illegitimate daughter (she could not have been legitimate
>ased on the inheritance pattern) could have been of the
>right age to marry Fergus. This is all pie in the sky
>speculation, but it does give Ken his alternative.

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