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{{short description|13th century English noblewoman}}
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| name              = Ada
| title             = Countess of Atholl
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| spouse            = John de Strathbogie
| issue             = [[David Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl]]|
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| father            = [[David de Hastings]]
| mother            = [[Forbhlaith, Countess of Atholl]]
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| death_date        = 25 December 1266
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'''Ada, Countess of Atholl''' (c. 1221–25 December 1266), was the daughter and heir of [[Forbhlaith, Countess of Atholl]] and her husband, [[David de Hastings]]. Ada's mother, Forbhlaith, was herself heir of the [[Scottish Highlands|highland]] [[mormaerdom]] of [[Atholl]], Scotland.<ref>The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant</ref> Ada was Countess of Atholl [[suo jure]], she held the title in her own right, and not through her husband. She inherited the title from her mother, who was also suo jure Countess of Atholl. Upon her death the title went to her son, [[David Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl|David of Strathbogie]]. David was the first of the Earls of Atholl to be named Strathbogie. David's father John was able to use the title of Earl but held it only by right of his wife, Ada, he was [[jure uxoris]] Earl of Atholl, as Ada's father had been.
Ada's husband, John de [[Huntly|Strathbogie]], was the son of David of Strathbogie and grandson of [[Donnchad II of Fife|Duncan II]], [[Earl of Fife]]. Together they were the progenitors of the Strathbogie dynasty of [[Earl of Atholl|Atholl Earl]]s, beginning with their son [[David Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl|David of Strathbogie, 8th Earl of Atholl]].<ref>Burke's Peerage</ref>
She died some time before 25 December 1266.
==See also==
* [[Scotland in the High Middle Ages]]
==References==
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before=[[Forbhlaith of Atholl|Forbhlaith]]<br>with [[David de Hastings]]|
title=[[Earl of Atholl|Countess of Atholl]]|
after=[[David I of Atholl|David de Strathbogie]]|
years=?-1264|
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[[Category:Medieval Gaels from Scotland]]
[[Category:Nobility from Perth and Kinross]]
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[[Category:Mormaers of Atholl]]
[[Category:13th-century Scottish women]]
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