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Mormaer
Mormaer

The title of Mormaer designates a regional or provincial ruler in the medieval Kingdom of the Scots. In theory, although not always in practice, a Mormaer was second only to the Kings of Scots, and the senior of a toisech....
 Donnchad I , 1133 – 1154, anglicized as Duncan or Dunecan, was the first Gaelic magnate to have his territory regranted to him by feudal charter, by David I
David I of Scotland

David I or Dabhidh Mac Maol Chaluim was a 12th-century ruler who was Prince of the Cumbrians and later List of monarchs of Scotland . The youngest son of Maol Chaluim Mac Donnchaidh and Saint Margaret of Scotland, David spent most of his childhood in Scotland, but was exiled to England temporarily in 1093....
 in 1136. Donnchad I, as head of the native Scottish
Gaels

The Gaels are an ethno-linguistic group which originated in Ireland and subsequently spread to Scotland and the Isle of Man. They are speakers of the Goidelic languages languages ? Irish language, Scottish Gaelic and Manx language....
 nobility, had the job of introducing and conducting King Máel Coluim IV
Malcolm IV of Scotland

Malcolm IV , nicknamed Virgo, "the Maiden" , King of Scots, was the eldest son of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon and Ada de Warenne....
 around the Kingdom upon the accession of the latter, who was still young, but died soon after. In 1152, on the death of Scottish King David I
David I of Scotland

David I or Dabhidh Mac Maol Chaluim was a 12th-century ruler who was Prince of the Cumbrians and later List of monarchs of Scotland . The youngest son of Maol Chaluim Mac Donnchaidh and Saint Margaret of Scotland, David spent most of his childhood in Scotland, but was exiled to England temporarily in 1093....
's son Henry of Scotland, Donnchad I
Donnchad I, Earl of Fife

Mormaer Donnchad I , 1133 – 1154, anglicized as Duncan or Dunecan, was the first Gaelic language magnate to have his territory regranted to him by feudal charter, by David I of Scotland in 1136....
 had escorted Máel Coluim IV
Malcolm IV of Scotland

Malcolm IV , nicknamed Virgo, "the Maiden" , King of Scots, was the eldest son of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon and Ada de Warenne....
, introducing him as the royal heir.

He fathered his successor, Mormaer Donnchad II
Donnchad II, Earl of Fife

Mormaer Donnchad II, anglicized as Duncan or Dunecan, succeeded his father Donnchad I, Earl of Fife as a child. As a child of the previous Mormaer, he was entitled to succeed his father through primogeniture, but not to lead his clan, Clan MacDuff....
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Mormaer
Mormaer

The title of Mormaer designates a regional or provincial ruler in the medieval Kingdom of the Scots. In theory, although not always in practice, a Mormaer was second only to the Kings of Scots, and the senior of a toisech....
 Donnchad I , 1133 – 1154, anglicized as Duncan or Dunecan, was the first Gaelic magnate to have his territory regranted to him by feudal charter, by David I
David I of Scotland

David I or Dabhidh Mac Maol Chaluim was a 12th-century ruler who was Prince of the Cumbrians and later List of monarchs of Scotland . The youngest son of Maol Chaluim Mac Donnchaidh and Saint Margaret of Scotland, David spent most of his childhood in Scotland, but was exiled to England temporarily in 1093....
 in 1136. Donnchad I, as head of the native Scottish
Gaels

The Gaels are an ethno-linguistic group which originated in Ireland and subsequently spread to Scotland and the Isle of Man. They are speakers of the Goidelic languages languages ? Irish language, Scottish Gaelic and Manx language....
 nobility, had the job of introducing and conducting King Máel Coluim IV
Malcolm IV of Scotland

Malcolm IV , nicknamed Virgo, "the Maiden" , King of Scots, was the eldest son of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon and Ada de Warenne....
 around the Kingdom upon the accession of the latter, who was still young, but died soon after. In 1152, on the death of Scottish King David I
David I of Scotland

David I or Dabhidh Mac Maol Chaluim was a 12th-century ruler who was Prince of the Cumbrians and later List of monarchs of Scotland . The youngest son of Maol Chaluim Mac Donnchaidh and Saint Margaret of Scotland, David spent most of his childhood in Scotland, but was exiled to England temporarily in 1093....
's son Henry of Scotland, Donnchad I
Donnchad I, Earl of Fife

Mormaer Donnchad I , 1133 – 1154, anglicized as Duncan or Dunecan, was the first Gaelic language magnate to have his territory regranted to him by feudal charter, by David I of Scotland in 1136....
 had escorted Máel Coluim IV
Malcolm IV of Scotland

Malcolm IV , nicknamed Virgo, "the Maiden" , King of Scots, was the eldest son of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon and Ada de Warenne....
, introducing him as the royal heir.

He fathered his successor, Mormaer Donnchad II
Donnchad II, Earl of Fife

Mormaer Donnchad II, anglicized as Duncan or Dunecan, succeeded his father Donnchad I, Earl of Fife as a child. As a child of the previous Mormaer, he was entitled to succeed his father through primogeniture, but not to lead his clan, Clan MacDuff....
.

Bibliography

  • Bannerman, John, "MacDuff of Fife," in A. Grant & K.Stringer (eds.) Medieval Scotland: Crown, Lordship and Community, Essays Presented to G.W.S. Barrow, (Edinburgh, 1993), pp.20-38