Tour Scotland Travel Video Winter Road Trip Drive To Parish Church Lundie Angus

Tour Scotland travel video Blog of a road trip drive, with Scottish music, to the Parish Church on ancestry visit to Lundie, Angus, Scotland. This rural parish church, close to the suburbs of Dundee, dates to the 12th century, when it was dedicated to St Lawrence The Martyr. It was built on a small rise by the powerful Durward family who owned the surrounding land. Thomas de Lundin, also known as Thomas Durward, Scottish Gaelic: Tomhas Dorsair, was a 13th century Scottish nobleman. He took his name from Lundie in Angus. His father had married a daughter of Gille Críst, Earl of Mar. It was for this reason that, after the death of Gille Críst, Thomas challenged the right of his successor Donnchad. The dispute resulted in a division of the Earldom. Although Donnchad kept the title and most of the territory, Thomas and his family received much of the lowland part of the earldom in compensation. Thomas was the hostarius, meaning warden of the king's door: protecting the king's property, of King Alexander II of Scotland until his own death. It was for this reason that his descendants took the surname " Hostarius " or Durward. He married a daughter of Máel Coluim, Earl of Atholl in Perthshire, and by her he sired at least two sons, Alan and Cailean.

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