Donnchad, Earl of Fife (1113–1154), usually known in English as Duncan, was the first Gaelic magnate to have his territory regranted to him by feudal charter...
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Donnchad II (died 1204), anglicized as Duncan II or Dunecan II, succeeded his father Duncan I as Earl of Fife in childhood. As a child of the previous...
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The Earl of Fife or Mormaer of Fife was the ruler of the province of Fife in medieval Scotland, which encompassed the modern counties of Fife and Kinross...
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Earl Fife was a title in the Peerage of Ireland created by letters patent dated 26 April 1759 for William Duff, 1st Baron Braco, after asserting (but...
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St. Mary's Priory (Lothian) (redirect from Nunnery of North Berwick)
Berwick, was a monastery of nuns in medieval East Lothian, Scotland. Founded by Donnchad I, Earl of Fife (owner of much of northern East Lothian) around...
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Duke of Fife is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom that has been created twice, in both cases for the Earl of Fife. In 1889, Lord Fife married...
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famous Crínán of Dunkeld may have performed the role of Mormaer. Royal connections continued with Máel Muire, who was the son of King Donnchad I, and the younger...
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Count of Anjou ("the Fair") (d. 1151) Donnchad I, Earl of Fife (Duncan), Scottish nobleman (d. 1154) Frederick of Hallum, Frisian priest and abbot (d....
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Duke of Fife Earl of Northesk Carnegie (disambiguation) The Relief of Sir James Carnegie from the effect of the attainder of James, fifth Earl of Southesk...
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between 1140 and 1149. Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1887). Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant,...
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thirdly Adam of Fife, brother of Duncan II, Earl of Fife. His daughter Alesta of Mar was married to Alan Fitzwalter, 2nd High Steward of Scotland and...
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succeeded Donnchad I under a Celtic system, but as feudal rules of primogeniture came into force during the reign of Donnchad I, it was Donnchad's son, and...
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between 1130 and 1139. Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1887). Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant,...
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between 1150 and 1159. Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1887). Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant,...
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magnates like Earl Donnchadh II of Fife, the latter's son Máel Coluim, Gille Brigte, Earl of Strathearn, as well as probable members of Donnchadh's retinue...
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Donnchadh IV, Earl of Fife [Duncan IV] (1289–1353) was a Scottish nobleman who was Guardian of Scotland and the last native Scottish Mormaer of Fife from 1289...
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styles both Óengus, Earl of Moray and Donnchad I, Earl of Fife as comites, which seems to be indicate that Fergus was regarded to be of a higher status to...
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Count of Anjou ("the Fair") (d. 1151) Donnchad I, Earl of Fife (Duncan), Scottish nobleman (d. 1154) Frederick of Hallum, Frisian priest and abbot (d....
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Causantín or Constantine of Fife (floruit 1095–1128) is the first man known for certain to have been Mormaer of Fife. Very little is known about Causantín's...
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a daughter of Donnchad II, Mormaer or Earl of Fife and the most important native lord in Scotland. The introduction of the name Donnchad (or Duncan)...
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by his grandfather on a circuit of the kingdom, accompanied by Donnchad, Mormaer of Fife, and a large army. Donnchad had been styled rector, perhaps indicating...
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Earl of Northesk is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1662 for John Carnegie, who notably served as Sheriff of Forfarshire. He was...
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his heir. Malcolm II's grandson Duncan (Donnchad mac Crínáin), later King Duncan I, was acclaimed as king of Alba on 30 November 1034, apparently without...
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daughter of Gille Críst, Earl of Mar. It was for this reason that, after the death of Gille Críst, Thomas challenged the right of his successor Donnchad. The...
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and for his younger grandson William to be made Earl of Northumberland. Donnchad I, Mormaer of Fife, the senior magnate in Scotland-proper, was appointed...
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Ben Macdui (category Marilyns of Scotland)
Fear Liath Mòr (Big Grey Man). After the defeat of Domnall mac Uilliam in 1187, Donnchad II, Earl of Fife, acquired Stratha'an, a territory stretching from...
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between 1180 and 1189. Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1887). Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant,...
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between 1190 and 1199. Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1887). Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant,...
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1200 and 1209. The Earl of Warwick's death date cannot be defined with precision. See Earl of Warwick. The transfer of the Earldom of Leicester was confirmed...
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