Freskin the Fleming , Laird of Duffus

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Lysell Family Tree
by Mike Lysell

Freskin the Fleming , Laird of Duffus ¹

Birth:	About 1107 in Flanders ¹
Death:	Before 1172 in Morayshire, Scotland ¹
Sex:	M
Father:
Mother:

Changed: 30 Oct 2004

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Children:
William Freskin of Moray, Laird of Duffus b. Before 1139 in Morayshire, Scotland Andrew de Moravia , Bishop of Moray b. About 1140 in Morayshire, Scotland

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In Duffus Castle

Freskin, allegedly of Flemish origins, granted large estates by David I, including Strabrock, W Lothian and Duffus, Moray; confirmed in these by royal charter 1166-71; died by 1172. [Burke's Peerage]

From Ancient Murray Genealogy : FRISKINUS de MORAVIA:

Friskinus, first recorded ancestor of the Earls of Sutherland, who may be of Flemish origin.He had many vast lands and baronies in different counties, and made a great figure in Scotland in the reign of King David I, who succeeded tot he crown in 1124 and died in 1153.Friskinus had from King David, Strabrock in West Lotian and Duffus in Moray. He is named in a charter to his son William by King William the Lion (1165-1214)

From My Clan: The progenitor of this family was Freskin, who flourished in the twelfth century. While it has been claimed that he may have been a Pict, it is more likely that he was a Flemish knight, one of many of that bellicose and ruthless group of warlords who were employed by the Norman kings to pacify their new realm of England after the Conquest. David I, who had been brought up at the English court, sought to employ such men to help him hold the wilder parts of his kingdom, and he granted lands in West Lothian to Freskin. The ancient Pictish kingdom of Moray, in Gaelic, Moireabh , was also given to Freskin, to put to an end the remnants of the old royal house. In a series of politically astute moves, he and his sons intermarried with the house of Moray to consolidate their power. There seems little doubt that royal Pictish blood flowed in the veins of Freskin s descendants, and the lines descending from Freskin are linked heraldically by their use of three stars and the colours blue and silver in some fashion on their coats of arms. The Earls of Sutherland descend from what is thought to be Freskin s eldest son. In charters, Freskin s other descendants were designated de Moravia , and this, in Lowland Scots, became Murray .

Sources

Type: Web Site
Author: Jim Weber
Title: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk & Staggs Famlies
Date: Nov 16, 2004