Patrick IV, Earl of March

Patrick IV, 8th Earl of Dunbar and Earl of March [1](1242 – 10 October 1308), sometimes called Patrick de Dunbar "8th" Earl of March,[2][3][4][5][6] was the most important magnate in the border regions of Scotland. He was one of the Competitors for the Crown of Scotland.

  1. ^ Scots Peerage, V.3 p.262-264
  2. ^ Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry, Baltimore, 2005, pp. 60 & 209, ISBN 0806317590 where he is given as the 8th Earl of Dunbar or March
  3. ^ Anderson, Wiliam, The Scottish Nation, Edinburgh, 1867, vol. iv, p. 74, where he is given as the 8th Earl of Dunbar and his year of death said to be 1309
  4. ^ Bain (1888) vol. iv
  5. ^ Miller, James, The History of Dunbar, Haddington, 1830, p. 25, where he is given as the 8th Earl of Dunbar and March (called Blackbeard)
  6. ^ Dunbar, Sir Alexander H., Scottish Kings, Edinburgh, 1899, p.282, where he is given as Patric de Dunbar, 8th Earl of March.