Mar, Gratney (Gartnet) Earl of

Gratney married Bruce, Christina in 1292 in Of Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Christina (daughter of De Brus, EARL OF CARRICK Robert and Carrick, Margaret Countess of) was born about 1273 in Of, Seton, East Lothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mar, Ellen of was born in in Of, Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died after 1342.
2. Mar, Donald Earl of was born about 1302 in Of Saline, Fifeshire, Scotland; died on 12 Aug 1332 in At Dupplin.

Donald married Llewelyn, COUNTESS OF CHESTER Elen (Helen) Verch about 1269 in Of, Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Elen (daughter of Iorwerth, PRINCE OF WALES Llewelyn Ap and England, PRINCESS OF WALES Joan Princess of) was born about 1206 in Of, Caernarvonshire, Wales; died before 24 Oct 1253 in Of, Chester, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Earl married Comyn, Elizabeth about 1242 in Of, Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Elizabeth (daughter of Comyn, EARL OF BUCHAN William and Buchan, Countess of Margaret Countess of) was born about 1223 in Of, Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland; died in 1267. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Llewelyn married England, PRINCESS OF WALES Joan Princess of after 16 Apr 1205 in England. Joan (daughter of England, John "Lackland" King of and Ferrers, Agatha De) was born about 1188 in Of, London, Middlesex, England; died in Feb 1237 in Aberconwy, Arllechwedd Isaf, Caernarvonshire, Wales; was buried in Llan-faes, Dindaethwy, Anglesey, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Earl married Unknown. Unknown was born in 1207 in Of, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Buchan, Countess of Margaret Countess of in 1214 in Of, Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland. Margaret (daughter of Buchan, Fergus Earl of and Buchan, Mrs-Fergus) was born before 1185 in Of, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died before 1244. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Iorwerth married Madog, Margred Verch about 1163. Margred (daughter of Maredydd, Madog Ap and Gruffydd, Susanna Verch) was born about 1129 in Of, Montgomeryshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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https://www.royal.uk/john-lackland

John was an able administrator interested in law and government but he neither trusted others nor was trusted by them. Heavy taxation, disputes with the Church (John was excommunicated by the Pope in 1209) and unsuccessful attempts to recover his French possessions made him unpopular. Many of his barons rebelled, and in June 1215 they forced King John to sign a peace treaty accepting their reforms.

This treaty, later known as Magna Carta, limited royal powers, defined feudal obligations between the King and the barons, and guaranteed a number of rights. The most influential clauses concerned the freedom of the Church; the redress of grievances of owners and tenants of land; the need to consult the Great Council of the Realm so as to prevent unjust taxation; mercantile and trading relationships; regulation of the machinery of justice so that justice be denied to no one; and the requirement to control the behaviour of royal officials. The most important clauses established the basis of habeas corpus ('you have the body'), i.e. that no one shall be imprisoned except by due process of law, and that 'to no one will we sell, to no one will we refuse or delay right or justice'. The Charter also established a council of barons who were to ensure that the Sovereign observed the Charter, with the right to wage war on him if he did not.

Magna Carta was the first formal document insisting that the Sovereign was as much under the rule of law as his people, and that the rights of individuals were to be upheld even against the wishes of the sovereign. As a source of fundamental constitutional principles, Magna Carta came to be seen as an important definition of aspects of English law, and in later centuries as the basis of the liberties of the English people.

As a peace treaty Magna Carta was a failure and the rebels invited Louis of France to become their king. When John died in 1216 England was in the grip of civil war and his 9 year old son, Henry III, became King.

John married Ferrers, Agatha De. Agatha (daughter of Ferrieres, Seigneur of Ferrieres Walkelin (William) De and Braose, Sybil De) was born about 1168 in Of, Charltey, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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