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David was born about 1144, the youngest surviving son of Henry, earl of Huntingdon, earl of Northumberland, and Ada de Warenne. On 26 August 1190 David married Maud of Chester, daughter of Hugh Keveliok Le Meschin, 3rd earl of Chester, and Bertred de Montfort. Of their seven children, their daughters Margaret, Isabella and Ada would have progeny.
David died at Jerdelay in Ayrshire, Scotland, on 17 June 1219.
After the extinction of the senior line of the Scottish royal house in 1290 when the legitimate line of William 'the Lion' of Scotland ended, David's descendants were the prime candidates for the throne. The two most notable claimants to the throne, Robert Bruce, 5th lord of Annandale (grandfather of King Robert I of Scotland) and John Baliol, king of Scots, were his descendants through David's daughters Isabella and Margaret, respectively. In the litigation for succession to the crown of Scotland in 1290-1292 Floris V, Graaf van Holland, the great-great-grandson of David's sister Aleida of Scotland and Floris III, Graaf van Holland, claimed that David had renounced his hereditary rights to the throne of Scotland. He therefore declared that his claim to the throne had priority over David's descendants. However, no explanation or firm evidence for the supposed renunciation could be provided.
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Abt 1144 - 1219 (~ 75 years)
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