Isabella of Fife

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Isabella of Fife was a Scottish noblewoman, Countess of Buchan, best known for defying her family’s allegiance to support Robert the Bruce’s claim to the throne by ceremonially crowning him in 1306.

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Isabella of Fife canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish noblewoman ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
medieval noble ⓘ
activeInPeriod Wars of Scottish Independence ⓘ
early 14th century ⓘ
areaOfInfluence Buchan ⓘ
Fife ⓘ
northeast Scotland ⓘ
associatedWith Earldom of Buchan ⓘ
MacDuff earls of Fife ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Scottish coronation customs ⓘ
capturedBy forces loyal to Edward I of England ⓘ
conflictWith English crown ⓘ
supporters of the Comyn claim ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
date 1306 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scottish ⓘ
familyAllegiance Comyn family ⓘ
givenName Isabella ⓘ
historicalReputation remembered for defying her husband’s political allegiance ⓘ
symbol of female political agency in medieval Scotland ⓘ
languageSpoken Scots ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
mannerOfPunishment public imprisonment in an outdoor cage ⓘ
maritalStatus married ⓘ
memberOfNobleFamily MacDuff family ⓘ
linked to: House of MacDuff
nobleRank countess ⓘ
nobleTitle Countess of Buchan ⓘ
notableFor ceremonially crowning Robert the Bruce in 1306 ⓘ
supporting the claim of Robert the Bruce to the Scottish throne ⓘ
opposed her family’s traditional allegiance to the Comyns ⓘ
participatedIn coronation of Robert the Bruce ⓘ
partOf Scottish nobility ⓘ
placeOfCoronation Scone ⓘ
placeOfImprisonment Berwick-upon-Tweed ⓘ
politicalAlignment Bruce loyalist ⓘ
positionHeld Countess of Buchan ⓘ
punishedBy Edward I of England ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Buchan ⓘ
Fife ⓘ
roleInEvent performed the traditional MacDuff role in the coronation of a Scottish king ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse John Comyn, Earl of Buchan ⓘ
linked to: John Comyn
supported Bruce faction in the Scottish succession crisis ⓘ
Robert I of Scotland ⓘ

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