Hugh de Moravia[a] (died c. 1219), Lord of Duffus, Strathbrock and Sutherland, was a Scottish noble.

Hugh de Moravia
Lord of Duffus, Strathbrock and Sutherland
Diedc. 1219
Noble familyde Moravia family
FatherWilliam, son of Freskin

He was the eldest son of William, the eldest son of Freskin,[1] a Flemish settler who arrived in Scotland in the reign of King David I of Scotland.[2] William had obtained a grant from King William I of Scotland, of the lands of Strathbrock in West Lothian, as well as Duffus, Roseisle, Inchkeil, Machir and Kintrae in Moray, between 1165 and 1171.[3] Hugh inherited these lands upon the death of his father. He was granted a large estate around 1210 and was also known as Lord of Sutherland.

Map of medieval Moray and Sutherland from A History of Moray and Nairn by Charles Rampini, Edinburgh, 1897

Marriage and issue edit

Hugh is known to have had the following issue:[4]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Also known as: Hugh, son of William, son of Freskin and Hugh Freskin

References edit

  1. ^ Sutherland, Malcolm (1996). A Fighting Clan, Sutherland Officers: 1250 – 1850. Avon Books. p. 3. ISBN 1-897960-47-6.
  2. ^ G.W.S. Barrow, "Badenoch and Strathspey, 1130-1312: 1. Secular and Political" in Northern Scotland, 8 (1988), p. 3.
  3. ^ Paul, Sir James (1909). The Scots Peerage. Vol. 8. Edinburgh: David Douglas. p. 319.
  4. ^ Paul, Sir James (1909). The Scots Peerage. Vol. 8. Edinburgh: David Douglas. p. 321.