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- Aleida (Ada) de Varennes (1120-1178).
Ada de Warenne (or Adeline de Varenne) was the Anglo-Norman wife of Henry of Scotland, Earl of Northumbria and Earl of Huntingdon. She was the daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey by Elizabeth ofVermandois, and a great-granddaughter of Henry I of France. She became mother to two Kings of Scots, Malcolm the Maiden and William the Lion.
Ada and Henry were married in England in 1139. They had seven children: •Ada of Huntingdon, married Count Floris III of Holland.
•Margaret of Huntingdon married 1) Conan IV, Duke of Brittany and 2) Humphrey III de Bohun.
•Malcolm IV, King of Scots.
•William the Lion, King of Scots
•David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon married Mathilda (Maud) of Chester.
•Matilda of Huntingdon, born and died 1152.
•Marjorie of Huntingdon, married Gille Críst, Earl of Angus.
As part of her marriage settlement, the new Countess Ada was granted the privileges of Haddington, amongst others in East Lothian. Previously the seat of a thanage Haddington is said to be the first Royal burgh in Scotland, created by Countess Ada's father-in-law, David I of Scotland, who held it along with the church and a mill.
In close succession both her husband and King David died, in 1152 and 1153 respectively. Following the death of Henry, King David arrangedfor his grandson to succeed him, and at Scone on 27 May 1153, the twelve-year-old was declared Malcolm IV, King of Scots.
On Thursday 9 December 1165 King Malcolm died at the age of 25 without issue. His mother had at that time been attempting to arrange a marriage between him and Constance, daughter of Conan III, Duke of Brittany, but Malcolm died before the wedding could be celebrated. Followinghis brother's death Ada's younger son William became King of Scots atthe age of twenty two. William the Lion was to become the longest serving King of Scots until the Union of the Crowns in 1603.
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1120 - 1178 (58 years)