Name:
Mabel de Belleme
Relationship to James Goldie :
Change 26 x Great Grandmother
Mabel de Belleme -> Sybil de Montgomery -> Mabel FitzHamon -> Maud de Caen -> Hugh Òof KeveliocÓ des Meschines -> Maud of Chester -> Isabel of Huntingdon -> Robert de Brus -> Sir Robert le Brus -> Robert I Bruce, King of Scotland -> Margorie Bruce, Princess of Scotland -> Robert II Stewart, King of Scotland -> King Robert III Stewart (King of Scotland) -> Lady Mary Stewart -> William Douglas (2nd Earl of Angus) -> George Douglas (4th Earl of Angus) -> Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus -> Marion Douglas -> William Cunningham (4th Earl of Glencairn) -> Lady Janet Cunningham -> John Fergusson -> Robert Fergusson -> William Fergusson -> Robert Fergusson -> John Fergusson -> Alexander Fergusson -> Jean Ferguson -> Margaret Riddel -> James Goldie
Remarks:
She was daughter and heiress of William Talvas de Belleme, lord of Belleme and Alencon; he was fifth son of William de Belleme. She was alleged to have poisoned her brother-in-law, Gilbert de Montgomery. She was murdered at Bures by Hugh Bunel, son of Robert de ÒJalgeio,Ó from whom she had taken the Òcastrum quod in rupe Jalgeii situm est.Ó Jalgeuim is possibly Ige, just south of Belleme. Orderic represents her as Òa poisoner and a monster of iniquity. . .her wickedness has become one of the established facts of history. . .a critical examination of his statements suggests that they must be received with reserve.Ó