Ada de Warenne
- Born: 1120, Surrey, England
- Marriage: Henry mac Crínán Earl of Huntington in 1139 141,160,530.,871
- Died: 1178, British Isles at age 58 530
- Buried: Kelso, Roxburgh, Scotland
 Another name for Ada was Edith de Warenne.
General Notes:
~Weis' Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition,, 89:25 - as husband to Ada de Warenne, son of David I, King of Scots and Maud of Huntingdon, as well as the father of William the Lion, King of Scots, 93:25 - as father of David of Scotland, also known as David of Huntingdon, 96:25 - as father of Margaret of Hutingdon married to Conan IV, Duc de Bretagne, 100:25 - as father of Ada of Huntingdon who married Florent II, count of Holland, 170:23 - as Earl of Northumberland and Huntingdon, m. to Ada de Warenne. 160
Noted events in her life were:
• Background Information. 141
Henry of Scotland, younger son of David I, King of Scotland, became the Earl of Huntingdon on the resignation of his father in 1136. He recieved the Earldom of Northumberland once peace was made between England and Scotland in 1139. He became a favorite of King Stephen, of England, and remained with him in England with him for some time. He married Ada, the daughter of William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, by Isabel, daughter of Hugh, comté de Vermandois. He died 12 Jun 1152 and was buried at Kelso. Isabella de Wareene, died in 1178, the year she founded the Nunnery of Hadington.
Henry has been described as handsome in body and virtuous of life, beloved by all, devout towards God and most compassionate to the poor. [Fordun, ut surpa, p. 452] Of Henry's and Ada's three sons, the two oldest, Malcolm and William became successively Kings of Scotland and Earls of Huntindon, and the youngest, David, also carried the title of Earl of Huntindon. His eldest daughter Ada, married Florence, Count of Holland in 1162. His daughter Margaret married Conan IV, Duke of Brittany in 1159, and was mother of Constance of Brittany. His third daughter died unmarried in 1152.
~Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, Vol. VII, (Huntington), pp. 642-643
• Background Information. 530
Ada de Warenne, d. 1178; m. 1139, Henry de Huntingdon, earl of Huntington and Northerland, b. cir. 1114, d. 12 Jun 1152, son of David I, King of the Scots, and his wife, Maude de Northumberland.
~Emperor Charlemgne's Descendants. p. 109
• Web Reference: Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands, Ada de Warenne.
Robert of Torigny refers to the wife of "Henricus filius eius [David rex Scotiæ]" as "filia Willermi comitis de Warenna, sorore uterine Gualeranni comitis Mellenti" [Chronique de Robert de Torigny I, 1153, p. 274]. She is named by Orderic Vitalis, who also names her father [Orderic Vitalis, Vol. VI, Book XIII, p. 52].
Ada married Henry mac Crínán Earl of Huntington, son of David I mac Crínán "the Saint," King of Scotland and Maud Countess of Huntingdon and Northumbria, in 1139 141,160,530.,871 (Henry mac Crínán Earl of Huntington was born in 1114 in Scotland,141,160 died on 12 Jun 1152 in Roxburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland 141,160,871 and was buried in 1152 in Kelso Abbey, Roxburgh, Scotland 871.)
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