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Máel Petair of Mearns is the only known 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....
 of the Mearns. His name means "tonsured one of (Saint) Peter".

One source tells us that Máel Petair was the son of a Máel Coluim, but tells us nothing about this. If this weren't bad enough, other sources say that his father was a man called "Loren", and in fact that he was Mormaer of Mar. His name occurs in so many sources because he was the man who, in 1094, killed King Donnchad II
Duncan II of Scotland

Donnchad mac Ma?l Coluim anglicised as Duncan II was king of Scots. He was son of Malcolm III of Scotland and his first wife Ingibiorg Finnsdottir, widow of Thorfinn Sigurdsson, Earl of Orkney....
, suggesting he was an associate of Domnall Bán
Donald III of Scotland

Domnall mac Donnchada , anglicisation as Donald III, and nicknamed Domnall B?n, "Donald the Fair" , was King of Scots from 1094?1097....
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Máel Petair of Mearns is the only known 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....
 of the Mearns. His name means "tonsured one of (Saint) Peter".

One source tells us that Máel Petair was the son of a Máel Coluim, but tells us nothing about this. If this weren't bad enough, other sources say that his father was a man called "Loren", and in fact that he was Mormaer of Mar. His name occurs in so many sources because he was the man who, in 1094, killed King Donnchad II
Duncan II of Scotland

Donnchad mac Ma?l Coluim anglicised as Duncan II was king of Scots. He was son of Malcolm III of Scotland and his first wife Ingibiorg Finnsdottir, widow of Thorfinn Sigurdsson, Earl of Orkney....
, suggesting he was an associate of Domnall Bán
Donald III of Scotland

Domnall mac Donnchada , anglicisation as Donald III, and nicknamed Domnall B?n, "Donald the Fair" , was King of Scots from 1094?1097....
.

Bibliography

  • Anderson, Alan Orr, Early Sources of Scottish History: AD 500-1286, 2 Vols, (Edinburgh, 1922), Vol. II, pp. 89-91