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   Agnes Dunbar (born Randolph, Countess of Dunbar and March)<br>Birth names: Agnes RandolphAgnes Randolf<br>Married names: Agnes, Countess of Dunbar and MarchLady Agnes of DunbarLady Agnes DunbarLady Agnes Randolph Dunbar<br>Nick names: Black AgnesBlack Agnes of Dunbar<br>Also known as: Agnes Randolph, Countess of Dunbar and March<br&;gt;Gender: Female<br>Birth: Circa 1312 - Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland<br>Marriage: Aug 18 1320<br>Death: Circa 1369 - Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland<br>Burial: Mordington Mains, Berwickshire, Scotland<br>Parents: Thomas Randolph First Earl of Moray, Isabel Randolph of Bonkyl (born Stewart)</a><br>Husband: Patrik Dunbar 9th Earl of Dunbar, March and Moray<br>Siblings: Thomas Randolph 2nd Earl of Moray, Earl John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray, Lady Isobel Dunbar Of Cockburn (born Randolph), Lady Isabel Randolph<br>  Additional information:
   
   NOTTHESAMEASAGNESDUNBARCMISTRESSOFKINGDAVIDII: Agnes Dunbar born about 1650 was the niece and ward of Lady Agnes (Randolph) Dunbar
   LifeSketch: AGNES RANDOLPH, COUNTESS OF DUNBAR AND MARCH, ALSO KNOWN AS BLACK AGNES Earl of March. ALSO KNOWN AS BLACK AGNES. Born Agnes Randolph, married name Lady Agnes Dunbar.s of Dalkeith; Born Agnes Dunbar, married name Lady Agnes Douglas.1369), known as Black Agnes for her dark olive complexion, was the wife of Patrick, 9th Earl of Dunbar and March. She is buried in the vault near Mordington House.olph, Earl of Moray, nephew and companion-in-arms of Robert the Bruce, and Moray's wife, Isabel Stewart, herself a daughter of John Stewart of Bonkyll. 9th Earl of March, is not to be confused with her sister Isabella Randolph who married Sir Patrick Dunbar (the Earl's cousin) Agnes and her husband had no children and therefore her nephew, son of Isabella, inherited her husbands estates and titles.bury, which began on 13 January 1338 and ended on 10 June the same year during the Second War of Scottish Independence from 1331 to 1341.l, with English backing, attempted to seize the Scottish crown from David II. as subject to a siege by English forces.ly superior force of 20,000 men, and is said to have declared:quot; instances. Salisbury's first attempt at taking the castle centered on catapulting huge rocks and lead shot against the ramparts, but this was met with disdain by Lady Agnes, who had one of her ladies-in-waiting dust off the ramparts with her kerchief.that he should "take good care of his sow, for she would soon cast her pigs [meaning his men] within the fortress." She then ordered that a boulder, which had been heaved on them earlier, be thrown down from the battlements and crushed Salisbury's sow to pieces.mes one of my lady's tire pins; Agnes's love shafts go straight to the heart."rincipal entrance, advising him to leave the gate unlocked or to leave it in such a manner that the English could easily break in. However, the Scotsman, though he took the Englishman's money, reported the stratagem to Agnes, so she was ready for the English when they made entry. Although Salisbury was in the lead, one of his men pushed past him just at the moment when Agnes's men lowered the portcullis, separating him from the others. Agnes, of course, had meant to trap Salisbury, but she moved from stratagem to taunt, hollering at the earl, "Farewell, Montague, I intended that you should have supped with us, and assist us in defending the Castle against the English."ew a rope around his neck and threatened to hang him if Agnes did not surrender the castle. However, she merely responded that his death would only benefit her, as she was his heir. She was not in line for the earldom but was the heir to his lands along with her sister.fort to starve the Countess and her garrison, but Sir Alexander Ramsay of Dalhousie, who had earned a reputation for being a constant thorn in the English king's side, got wind of what the English were trying and moved from Edinburgh to the coast with forty men. Appropriating some boats, Ramsay and his company approached the castle by sea and entered the postern next to the sea. Charging out of the castle, the Scotsmen surprised Salisbury's advance guard and pushed them all the way back to their camp.feat and lifted the siege on 10 June 1338 but the triumph of a Scotswoman over an English army lives on in a ballad, which puts these words in Salisbury's mouth:found Agnes at the gate.", Agnes's defense of Dunbar Castle caught the attention of contemporary chroniclers and Scottish historians due to her bravery and might.assumption that she inherited the earldom when her brother John was killed at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346.[9] However, the earldom actually reverted to the crown.[10] However, in 1371/2, Agnes's nephew, John Dunbar, was created Earl of Moray by Robert II, his father-in-law.[11] Agnes's family was active in Scottish resistance against the English attempts to conquer Scotland in the fourteenth century. Her father, Thomas Randolph, earl of Moray was appointed regent from 1329 to 1332. Agnes's brother became joint regent in 1335, but was captured by the English shortly afterwards.[2] In 1324 Agnes married Patrick, ninth earl of Dunbar and March, governor of Berwick. When Berwick became occupied by English forces in 1333, Patrick decided to join the English, and Edward III granted Agnes and Patrick English lands. Patrick was given permission from Edward to refortify Dunbar Castle. Patrick switched back to the Scottish side. Agnes was deeply angry with her husband for his switching loyalties, but Patrick was also suspicious of her.[2] It seems that there were no surviving children of the marriage between Agnes and the Earl. Their estates were left to children of the marriage between the Earl's cousin John de Dunbar of Derchester and Birkynside and his wife, Isobel Randolph, Agnes's younger sister.r and March

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