Individual Details

Joan "Joanna" Menteith

(Abt 1306 - 21 Mar 1367)

== Biography of Joan Menteith==

*Joan Menteith was the daughter of Sir John Menteith.
*She married, firstly, Malise, 7th Earl of Strathearn, son of Malise, 6th Earl of Strathearn and Agnes Comyn, circa 1323.
*She married, secondly, John Campbell, 1st and last Earl of Atholl, son of Sir Neil Campbell of Lochow and Lady Mary Bruce, between 1329 and 1333.
*She married, thirdly, Morice Moray, 1st Earl of Strathearn, son of Sir John Moray, after 11 July 1339, by dispensation.
*She married, fourthly, William de Moravia, 5th Earl of Sutherland, son of Kenneth de Moravia, 4th Earl of Sutherland and Margaret of Mar, before November 1347. She died after 1367.
*As a result of her marriage, Joan Menteith was styled as Countess of Atholl between 1329 and 1333.
*From 11 July 1339, her married name became Moray. Her married name became de Moravia.http://www.thepeerage.com/p10787.htm#i107868

==Sources==
*http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aet-t&id=I50767

*http://www.thepeerage.com/p10787.htm#i107868

*http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4fz/murray01.php





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== Biography of Joan Menteith==
Johanna Menteith was born about 1306 the daughter of [[Stewart-13721|Sir John Menteith]].
She married, firstly, as second wife to [[Strathearn-32|Malise, 7th Earl of Strathearn]], son of Malise, 6th Earl of Strathearn and Agnes Comyn, circa 1323. In 1323, Malise granted Joan the Barony of Cortachy in Angus and also lands at Dalkeith and Strathern. Robertson's Index of Charters p.24 . 7 see [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aI0_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PR6&dq=Idex+1629+Royal+Charters+Robertson&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjH1ZzA2LjqAhWSa8AKHYiYCiEQ6AEwAHoECAAQAg#v=onepage&q=Idex%201629%20Royal%20Charters%20Robertson&f=false] She held the title Countess of Strathearn. There was no surviving issue of this union.
Johanna married, secondly, [[Campbell-5639|John Campbell]], 1st and last Earl of Atholl, son of Sir Neil Campbell of Lochow and Lady Mary Bruce, between 1329 and 1333.
Johanna married, thirdly, [[Moray-50|Maurice Moray]], 1st Earl of Strathearn, son of Sir John Moray of Drumsagaret, after 11 July 1339, by dispensation. She continued to use the title Countess of Strathearn thereafter.
They had a daughter:
* Joanna assumed the title of Drumsagart possibly as liferentrix.
Joanna Countess of Strathearn married, fourthly, [[Sutherland-1243|William de Moravia]], 5th Earl of Sutherland, son of Kenneth de Moravia, 4th Earl of Sutherland and Margaret of Mar, before November 1347. The Scots Peerage Vol.viii p/327, 328 see [https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun08pauluoft#page/326/mode/2up/search/Sutherland]
William and Joanna had two sons:
* Robert heir to his father
* Kenneth
Joanna had a share of property in Dundee for which Robert Erskine of that Ilk and Dun made a bond on 18 Nov 1360. NRS GD1/111/1 see [http://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD1%2f111%2f1&st=1&tc=y&tl=n&tn=n&tp=n&k=Strathearn&ko=a&r=&ro=s&df=1300&dt=1380&di=n]
In 1362 the Countess of Strathearn was paid from the Exchequer for the construction of the mill at Dundee. Exchequer Rolls Vol,ii p.105 see [https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir02grea/page/104/mode/2up]
About 1362 when she confirmed a charter of her daughter, Lady Joanna Moray in favour of Walter Moray of the lands of Arthill in the barony of Cortachy she was designed Countess of Strathearn and lady of the barony of Cortachy. She did this in the free power of her widowhood. Laing Charters 379 item 2 see [https://archive.org/details/calendaroflaingc00edin/page/96/mode/2up] The comment on her widowhood would apply to her titles used there whereas she was at that time the widowed Countess of Sutherland.
Joanna as Countess of Strathearn had an annuity of the fermes of Dundee up to 1367. Exchequer Rolls Vol,ii p.27, 60, ...248, 280. see [https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir02grea/page/280/mode/2up]



She died after 1367.
*As a result of her marriage, Joan Menteith was styled as Countess of Atholl between 1329 and 1333.



==Sources==



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    BirthAbt 1306Stirlingshire, Scotland
    BirthAbt 1314Ruskie, Perthshire, Scotland
    Marriage11 Jul 1339Sir Maurice "3rd of Drumsagard" Moray
    MarriageNov 1347William Sutherland
    Death21 Mar 1367Scotland
    DeathAft 1367Scotland
    MarriageWilliam Sutherland
    MarriageJohn "Earl of Atholl" Campbell
    MarriageMalise "7th Earl of Strathearn" Strathearn III
    Alt nameJoan "Joanna, Countess of Strathern" Menteith
    Alt nameof Moray
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    Reference No60
    Reference No1027921

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