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(III) ROBERT II, King of Scotland, married Elizabeth Muir.
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(IV) ROBERT III, of Scotland, married Annabelle Drummond.
(V) JAMES I, of Scotland, married Lady Joan Beaufort.
(Hereford B. George: "Genealogical Tables, Illustrative of Modern History," Fifth Ed., Tables X, XI.)
(VI) JOAN, daughter of James I, King of Scotland, married (first) James, Earl of Angus; married (second) James Douglas, Earl of Morton.
(Ibid. Burke: "Peerage and Baronetage," p. 1712.)
(VII) JOHN, son of James Douglas, first Earl of Morton, by Princess Joan, daughter of James I, of Scotland, was second Earl of Morton, and died before September, 1515. He married Janet Crichton, daughter of Patrick Crichton, of Cranstonriddel.
(Burke: "Peerage and Baronetage," p. 1712.)
(VIII) ELIZABETH DOUGLAS, daughter of John, second Earl of Morton and Janet Crichton, married Robert Lord Keith. Robert Lord Keith fell at Flodden 1513.
(Ibid. and p. 1394.)
(IX) ELIZABETH KEITH, daughter of Robert Lord Keith, married George Gordon, fourth Earl of Huntley. (Gordon-Line Two-XV.) (For fuller details see Royal Descent from William the Conqueror XVI.)
(Burke: "Peerage and Baronetage," p. 1394.)
NOTE-Generations X through XX same as Royal Descent from William the Conqueror, Generations XVII through XXVII.)
(The Barclay Line).
Barclay and its variants, Berkeley, Berclay, Bercley, etc., is a surname derived from the locality "of Berkeley." Berkeley is the name of a parish and market town in the County of Gloucester, England. Egiduis de Berkeleye is recorded in the Hundred Rolls of County Oxford in 1273. Maurice de Berclay is also listed in the Hundred Rolls, but as a resident of Somerset County. Robert de Berclay lived in Northumberland County, and Gylles de Berclay resided in Derby County during the reigns of Henry III and Edward I.
(C. W. Bardsley : "Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames.")
(I) ALEXANDER DE BERKELEY, according to records in the possession of the family, was born in 1326, and was one of the descendants of John de Berkeley, of England. Alexander de Berkeley was in possession of lands granted to his ances- tors by William the Lion, King of Scotland, in the shire of Merns. Through his marriage he acquired additional estate, i. e., Mathers. Alexander de Berkeley mar- ried Catherine Keith. They had a son :
I. David, of whom further.
(Rev. Charles Wright Barclay : "A History of the Barclay Family," p. ii. Family data.)
(II) DAVID DE BERKELEY, son of Alexander and Catherine (Keith) de Ber- keley, lived in the year 1379. He married the daughter of Sir William Seaton. Their son was :
I. Alexander, of whom further. (Ibid.)
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(III) ALEXANDER DE BERKELEY, son of David de Berkeley, family records state, was of Merns and Mathers, and was in possession of these estates in 1407. He married Helen Graham. They had a son :
1. David, of whom further.
(Ibid.)
(IV) DAVID DE BERKELEY, son of Alexander and Helen (Graham) de Ber- keley, was in possession of the above estate in 1438. During his life David de Berkeley built a castle called "Keinie of Mathers" for the better protection and security of the family, whither they moved, forsaking their former residence. David de Berkeley married Elizabeth Strachen. They were the parents of :
I. Alexander, of whom further.
(Rev. Charles Wright Barclay : "A History of the Barclay Family," pp. iii, iv. Family data.)
(V) ALEXANDER DE BERKLEY (BARCLAY), son of David and Elizabeth (Strachen) de Berkeley, enjoyed the above-mentioned estates until 1483. He was the first of the family to change the name to Barclay, as it is hereinafter recorded. Alexander de Berkeley (or Barclay) married Catherine Wishart. She bore him a son :
I. David, of whom further. (Ibid.)
(VI) DAVID BARCLAY, son of Alexander and Catherine (Wishart) Barclay, is listed in the family records as "of the Merns only" as his father Alexander Bar- clay continued to possess the lands at Mathers. Following are the verses from Alexander Barclay to his son David when he bestowed the old estate in the Merns on him in the year 1480:
Giff thou desires thy House lang stand, And thou successors bruick they hand, Abive all things love God in fear ; Intermitt naught with wrangour geer, Nor congues naething wrangously ; With thy neighbor keep charity See that thou pass not thy estate; Obey duly thy Magistrate; Oppress not, but support the puir ;
To help the common weal take care; Use nae deceit, mell nae with treason ; And to all men do right and reason ; Both in word and deed be true All kinds of wickedness eschew Slay no man, nor thereto consent ; Be nought cruel, but patient Ally'd aye in some good place With noble, godly, honest race, Hate huirdoome, and all oaths flee; Be humble, and haunt good company ; Help thy friend, and do no wrong And God sall cause thy Hous' stand lang.
David Barclay died during the lifetime of his father. He married Janet Irvine, and their son was:
1. Alexander, of whom further. (Ibid.)
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(VII) ALEXANDER BARCLAY, son of David and Janet (Irvine) Barclay, hav- ing already inherited the estate in the Merns from his father, was put in possession of the lands in Mathers at the death of his grandfather, Alexander Barclay. This Alexander Barclay, with Margery, his wife, sold the lands of Slains and Falsyde to Andrew Moncur, of Knapp, and to whom he granted a charter. This charter is now in the possession of the family. Also a conveyance of these aforesaid lands, written and subscribed to by Alexander Barclay at Edinburgh, March 17, 1497. Alexander Barclay further entered a contract with Sir James Ouchterlony, of Kellie, for a marriage between Margery, daughter of Sir James and Alexander's eldest son and heir, George Barclay, and according to the family the original con- tract of this marriage is still in their possession.
Alexander Barclay married Margery Anchelet, daughter of the Laird of Anche- let, in the shire of Angus. They were the parents of :
I. George, of whom further.
(Ibid.)
(VIII) GEORGE BARCLAY, son of Alexander and Margery (Anchelet) Bar- clay, was placed in possession of the estates of Merns and Mathers in the year 1520. He married, according to the above-mentioned marriage contract, Margery Ouchterlony, daughter of Sir James Ouchterlony, of Kellie. They had issue :.
I. David, of whom further.
(Rev. Charles Wright Barclay : "A History of the Barclay Family," pp. v, vi. Family data. )
(IX) DAVID BARCLAY, son of Alexander and Margery (Ouchterlony) Bar- clay, was placed in possession of the above-mentioned estates of Merns and Math- ers in 1547. He married (first) Mary Rait; (second) Catherine Hume. Issue by first marriage :
1. George, of whom further.
Issue by second marriage :
2. John, for whom David Barclay bought lands of Johnstone in the Merns, from Andrew Stewart of Inchbreck.
(Ibid.)
(X) GEORGE BARCLAY, son of David and Mary (Rait) Barclay, was in pos- session of the aforementioned estates in 1560. He married Mary Erskine, daugh- ter of Sir Thomas Erskine, of Brechin. Among others, they had a son :
I. Thomas, of whom further.
(Ibid.)
(XI) THOMAS BARCLAY, son of George and Mary (Erskine) Barclay, of Merns and Mathers, lived during the reigns of Queen Mary and James VI, of Scotland; and of Elizabeth, of England. Thomas Barclay married Janet Strachan, of Laurenston. They had a son :
I. David, of whom further. (Ibid.)
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(XII) DAVID BARCLAY, son of Thomas and Janet (Strachan) Barclay, accord- ing to the family records, was the last possessor of the estates of Merns and Mathers. He was born in 1580, and died in 1650. He was placed in possession of what remained of these estates, which was inconsiderable, after what had been sold and allotted off to second sons at various times. David Barclay married Eliza- beth Livingstone, daughter of Sir John Livingstone, of Dunnipace. The family records state that this marriage was the ruin of this male branch of the Barclays of Merns and Mathers. David Barclay unfortunately became surety for immense debts of the House of Livingstone of Dunnipace and which obliged him to sell the whole of his estates. These records further state that due to the easiness and simplicity of one man, this branch of the family, after having preserved their estates for many generations, was nearly ruined.
David and Elizabeth (Livingstone) Barclay were the parents of :
I. John Barclay, who died abroad.
2. David, Jr., of whom further.
3. Robert, went to France, where he died. He was rector and afterwards president of the Scotch College in Paris.
4. Captain James, killed at Phillipsburg.
5. A daughter, who married Mr. Douglass, of Gilliewhillie.
(Ibid)
(XIII) COLONEL DAVID BARCLAY, JR., son of David and Elizabeth (Living- stone) Barclay, was born at Kirkentell, in 1610, died in 1686, and was buried near Ury (or Urie), October 12, 1686. He served with distinction for many years in the Swedish Army under Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden. After the death of this monarch, David Barclay continued to serve in Sweden under General Torriston, and was raised to the rank of major. Returning to Scotland, he took part in the civil wars of his own country, and for this service King Charles I commissioned him a colonel. Between his military services in Sweden and Great Britain, Colonel Barclay accumulated a comfortable fortune and in 1647 he pur- chased the estate of Urie (or Ury). In 1666, Colonel Barclay joined the Society of Friends and was subsequently subjected to persecution, imprisonment, and other indignities.
Colonel David Barclay married, January 26, 1648, Katherine Gordon. (Royal Descent from William the Conqueror XIX.) (Gordon-Line One-XVIII.) They had :
I. Robert, born December 23, 1648, died at Urie, October 3, 1690; he was the celebrated Apologist for the Quakers; joined the followers of Fox's doctrines, and at the age of eighteen wrote the celebrated apology in favor of the Quakers, which he pre- sented in person to Charles II, and to whom he dedicated this famous work. It was adjudged one of the finest productions in the English language; the following, written by a Scotch Bard, a contemporary of the Apologist :
But lo! a third appears with serious aid, His Country's darling and his Prince's care See his Religion, which so late before Seemed like a Jumbled Mass of dross and ore Refined by Him, and burnished o'er by art Awakes the spirit, and attracts the heart.
Robert Barclay was appointed Governor of New Jersey, but he never came to America. He married Christina Mollison, of Aberdeen, and had three sons and four daughters, among whom were: Lncy, died in 1686, unmarried. Jean (or
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Jane) ; married Sir Ewan Cameron, of Lockhiel. John, of whom further. David, died at sea, about August, 1684, on his return from East Jersey to Aberdeen on board the ship "Exchange," unmarried.
(Sir Robert Gordon: "A Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland," pp. 540, 541, 546. R. Burnham Moffat: "The Barclays of New York," pp. 1-2. "The Complete Peer- age," Vol. II, p. 239. Whitehead: "East Jersey," p. 44. Rev. Charles Wright Barclay : "A History of the Barclay Family," p. vii. Family data.)
(The Family in America.)
(I) JOHN BARCLAY, son of Colonel David and Katherine (Gordon) Barclay, was born at Urie, County Kincardine, Scotland, in 1659, and died at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, in April, 1731. John Barclay migrated to America and on January 18, 1685-86, he purchased a tract of land consisting of seven hundred acres at Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Papers among the "Archives of New Jersey" show many records of abstracts and deeds, etc., on file at Trenton, New Jersey. In the pos- session of the family are records of Quaker meetings, which show that John Bar- clay was an active member of this society from 1686 to 1689. Sometime between 1689 and 1704, John Barclay seems to have left the Society of Friends and joined the Church of England, as a follower of George Keith, who was disowned by the Friends. Records of St. Peter's Church at Amboy, New Jersey, show him listed as junior warden July 30, 1718, which office he held until 1722. On September 22, 1728, he was chosen clerk of St. Peter's, and on March 31, 1730, he was reelected clerk and vestryman. In the civil life of Perth Amboy, John Barclay is recorded as having held, at one time or another, every important office in the prov- ince ; one of these being Deputy Governor of New Jersey.
John Barclay married, between 1696 and 1699, Katherine, who according to the burial records of St. Mary's Church at Burlington, New Jersey, was buried at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, January 6, 1703. They had a son :
I. John, of whom further.
(R. Burnham Moffat: "The Barclays of New York," pp. 1-11, 53. John Herbert: "Genealogical Account of the Barclays of Urie." "Archives of New Jersey," at Trenton, New Jersey. Rev. Charles Wright Barclay : "A History of the Barclay Family," p. vii. Family data.)
(II) JOHN BARCLAY, only son of John and Katherine Barclay, was born in Middlesex County, New Jersey, in 1702, and died at South Amboy, February 16, 1786. He inherited some of the lands belonging to his father, probably the home- stead and lot of ground which he sold in 1747. In the records of the Old Tennent Church of Monmouth County, New Jersey, frequent reference is made to Captain John Barclay. The title "Captain" seems to be a complimentary one, as no record is found of his holding any military office. His will, dated May 26, 1782, and pro- bated December 24, 1790, says, in part :
IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN :
I, John Barclay, of Perth Amboy in the County of Middlesex, being of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given to Almighty God for the same, and calling to mind the mortality of my body do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament. An as Tutching this worldly estate herewith it hath pleased God to Bless me with in this life, I give and bequeath and dispose of the same in manner and form following,
First, I give to my loving wife Jane, the sum of teen pounds in addityon to a sum of money I did agree to give her by a Contract between my Wife and myselfe before wee were married if I should dye before her which she did agree to execpt of in leu of her Dowry and quitt all my estate both real and personal. . ..
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And whereas I have given a deed to my son John for one half of all my lands lying on Matcheponix Neck, I give and bequeth to my son Robert Barclay and to his heirs and assigns all the other half of my lands lying on said neack in consideration my son Robert delivers a bond which I gave him payable after my decease to my son John. If Robert refuses or neg- Jects to deliver s'd bond. .
And I do nominate constitute and appoint my three sons, John, Charles and Robert my executors to execute this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have sett my hand and seal and declared this to be my last will and testament this twenty-sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred eighty two 1782. I give to my aforesaid granddaughter four sheep to be delivered to her when she is married. JNO. BARCLAY.
In the presence of us witnesses : JOHN FORMAN WILLIAM VANDERIPE DUNCAN CAMPBELL ARCHEBALD GORDON
There is a codicil to this will.
John Barclay married (first), in, or near, Perth Amboy, June II, 1725, Kath- erine Gordon, born June 14, 1705, died October 26, 1757; daughter of Charles and Lydia (Hampton) Gordon, of East New Jersey. He married (second), in 1763, Jane Van Dyke. Children (all by first marriage) :
I. David, born January 1, 1727, died in 1772; married, March 3, 1749, Elizabeth Walker.
2. Anne, born June 15, 1729, died prior to 1761 ; married, November 21, 1749, John Craig.
3. John, born March 17, 1731; in 1804 he went to Breadalbane Township, Montgomery County, New York, to live with his son, who had settled there.
4. Charles, born February 14, 1733, died in September, 1813; married Rebecca Gordon.
5. Peter, born March 3, 1735, died in 1810.
6. Robert, of whom further.
7. Lydia, born December 16, 1739; married Thomas Brown.
8. Katherine, born March 28, 1742; married, November 28, 1760, David Stout.
9. Richard, born September 3, 1745, died in 1757.
(R. Burnham Moffat : "The Barclays of New York," p. 57. John Herbert: "Genealogi- cal Account of the Barclays of Urie." Frank R. Symmes: "History of the Old Tennent Church, New Jersey," p. 424. "Barclay Genealogies," pp. 25, 584.)
(III) ROBERT BARCLAY, son of John and Katherine (Gordon) Barclay, was born June 22 or July 3, 1737, and baptized September 16 of the same year, at Old Tennent Church, Monmouth County, New Jersey, and died August 2, 1818.
In 1774 he was living on a tract of land, near Cranberry, called Mattaponix, Middlesex County, New Jersey. He married (first), November 2, 1760, Alice (or Elsie) Van Kirk, born May 20, 1744, died July 29, 1785; he married (sec- ond), in 1787, Miriam. Children (all by first marriage) :
I. Lewis, born September 8, 1761, died November 13, 1820.
2. Charles, of whom further.
3. Katherine, born October 31, 1765, died before 1802.
4. Robert, born January 25, 1768; married Deborah Barclay.
5. Hannah, born January 2, 1770, died prior to 1802.
6. William, born January 9, 1772; married, before 1805, Martha.
7. John, born March 9, 1774.
8. Lydia, born May 15, 1776, died before 1802.
9. David, born September 19, 1778.
10. Peter, born November 13, 1781.
II. Sarah, born July 26, 1783.
12. Elsie, born July 24, 1785, died March 2, 1788.
(Family Records of Henry C. Allen, Esq., Trenton, New Jersey. Marriage Records, Christ Church, Shrewsbury, New Jersey. Frank R. Symmes: "History of Old Tennent Church, New Jersey," p. 205. R. Burnham Moffat : "The Barclays of New York," p. 57.)
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(IV) CHARLES BARCLAY, son of Robert and Alice (or Elsie) (Van Kirk) Barclay, was born February 16, 1764, and died at Lyons, Wayne County, New York, between February 26 and April 30, 1830. In his will he bequeathed every- thing to his wife, Ann, to be at her disposal. His father had released all right to claim as heir, to the lands of his forefathers at Urie, Scotland, and according to letters and records in the possession of the family, received in exchange a tract of land in Pennsylvania. This land was situated in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, on the west branch of the Susquehanna River. Charles Barclay, in company with his brother, Peter, traveled there and finding the land wild and desolate, returned. Later, he removed on to the upper part of New York State, and settled in Lyons, Wayne County, New York. A deed dated February 17, 1812, for a lot purchased there, was the first record found of him in that part of the country. After that date his name with that of his wife, Anne, appears on numerous deeds, abstracts, conveyances, etc.
Charles Barclay married, in Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey, about 1784, Anne Van Kirk. Children :
I. Robert, probably moved West.
2. John, probably moved West.
3. Mary, of whom further.
4. Jesse, probably married Jessie Beard, and moved West.
(R. Burnham Moffat : "The Barclays of New York," pp. 29-30. Family data.)
(V) MARY BARCLAY, only daughter of Charles and Anne (Van Kirk) Bar- clay, was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, or in Pennsylvania, in 1790, and died before August 31, 1852. Mary Barclay married Alexander Beard. (Beard II.)
(Family data.)
(The Gordon Line-Line One).
Gordon is a surname of locality derived from the parish of Berwickshire. All historians concur on the great antiquity of this family, but opinions vary as to their origin and settlement in Scotland. According to Frank Adam, in his "Clans, Septs and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands," the progenitors of this powerful clan were of Anglo-Norman origin and settled in the south of Scotland in the twelfth century.
It is said that in the reign of King Malcolm Canmore, a valiant knight of the name of Gordon went into Scotland and was kingly received by that prince; and having killed a wild boar which greatly infested the borders, the generous Mal- colm gave him a grant of several lands in Berwickshire, which he called Gordon after his own surname. Here he settled and took the boar's head for his armorial bearing, in memory of his having killed that dangerous animal. He was the pro- genitor of all the Gordons in Scotland, and mention is made of Adam de Gordon, the father, and Adam his son, in the reigns of the said Malcolm and David. It is most certain that the Gordons made a conspicuous figure in Scotland immediately after that era.
(William Playfair, Esq .: "British Family Antiquity," Vol. III, Scottish Peerage.)
(I) RICHARD DE GORDON, said to be the grandson of the knight who killed the boar, or son of the second Adam, was a man of considerable distinction in the reign of King Malcolm IV and King William the Lion, who succeeded him in 1165. He
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was proprietor of the lands and barony of Gordon, and others in Berwickshire, as is proved by a donation he made to St. Mary's Church of Kelso, and the monks serving God there, and to the Church of St. Michael's in the village of Gordon, without a date, but which appears to have been made between the years 1150 and 1160. He died about the year 1200, and was succeeded by his son :
I. Thomas, of whom further.
(II) SIR THOMAS DE GORDON, son of Richard de Gordon, died in the reign of . Alexander II. He was succeeded by his son :
I. Thomas, of whom further.
(III) SIR THOMAS DE GORDON, JR., son of Sir Thomas de Gordon, Knight, who by a charter confirmed to the Monks of Kelso all the donations and conces- sions made to them by Richard de Gordon, his grandfather, and Thomas de Gor- don, his father. He also made a donation to the religious at Coldstream of pas- turage upon the lands of Thorndyke and Gordon. Leaving no male issue, he was succeeded by his daughter :
I. Alicia, of whom further.
(IV) ALICIA DE GORDON, daughter of Sir Thomas de Gordon, married her cousin, Adam De Gordon, who in the beginning of the reign of King Alexander, in a donation to the Monastery of Coldstream, is called Adam, son of Adam de Gordon, and was probably grandson of Adam, proprietor of part of the estate of Gordon above mentioned, by which marriage the whole lordship of Gordon became united in one family. When King Alexander III sent one thousand auxiliaries to King Louis, of France, to attend him in his expedition into the Holy Land in 1270, Adam de Gordon was one of the chief commanders, and lost his life in that crusade. He had a son :
1. Adam, of whom further.
(V) SIR ADAM DE GORDON, son of Adam and Alicia (de Gordon) de Gor- don, is believed to be the same Adam de Gordon, who during the disputes between King Henry III of England and the Barons, sided with the latter, and was some- time governor of Dunster Castle, but after the battle of Evesham, in which most of the principal leaders of the barons were either killed or taken prisoner, he, mak- ing his escape, maintained himself with eight horses in the woods between Alton and Farnham and plundered the counties of Berks and Surry, until he was sur- prised by Prince Edward, when his men were at some distance. Adam was so charmed with the Prince that he entered into his service and continued ever after a faithful friend to the Royal cause. In the disputes between John Baliol and Rob- ert Bruce for the Crown of Scotland, he was always a firm adherent of the former, but he died before King John, as he was then called, resigned the Sovereignty of Scotland to King Edward I. Margery, widow of Sir Adam de Gordon, obtained "safe conduct" from King Edward to go into England in 1296. He had a son :
I. Adam, of whom further.
(VI) SIR ADAM DE GORDON, son of Sir Adam and Margery de Gordon, joined Sir William Wallace in 1297; was one of the wardens of the marches in 1300, and one of the ten commissioners elected at the General Council of the Scottish
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Nation at Perth, invested with full parliamentary powers for the settlement of Scotland, under King Edward I in 1305; that same year he was fined three years' rent of his estates for his former opposition to that monarch. Sir Adam, together with the Earl of Atholl and others, was sent in January, 1311, by King Edward II, to make a truce with the Scots, for which they had ample powers. He after- ward joined the standard of Bruce. In 1320, King Robert I sent him as one of the Ambassadors to Rome, to obtain a repeal of the sentence of excommunication «against him. King Robert afterwards, in reward of his faithful services, granted to him and his heirs the noble lordship of Strathbogie in Aberdeenshire, which had been forfeited by David de Stralbogie, Earl of Atholl. Sir Adam fixed his resi- dence there and gave these lands and lordships the name of Huntley, which has ever since been one of the chief titles of his family. Sir Adam at last lost his life in the service of his King and country, bravely fighting in the vanguard of the Scottish Army at the battle of Hallidon-hill, on July 12, 1333. He had four sons and one daughter, among them being :
1. Alexander, of whom further.
(VII) SIR ALEXANDER GORDON, son of Sir Adam de Gordon, settled in Hunt- ley. He was a great patriot, a firm and steady friend to King David Bruce and behaved gallantly at the battle of Halidon Hill, where his father was killed, he hav- ing the good fortune to escape. He attended King David in his unfortunate expe- dition into England, and was slain in the battle of Nevill's Cross, Durham, where King David was taken prisoner, October 17, 1346, and was succeeded by his son :
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