- (chieftain).
Mormaers were
equivalent to
English earls or
Continental counts, and the term is
often translated into
English as 'earl'.
Mormaer (pl. mormaír)...
- Earl Fife, was made Earl of Fife in 1885 and Duke of Fife in 1889. The
mormaers of Fife, by the 12th century, had
established themselves as the highest...
- was the eldest.
Despite this, the
mormaers of
Angus are
among the most
obscure of all.
After the
death of
Mormaer Maol Chaluim, in
probably about 1240...
- Stout,
against the
princes or
mormaers of Moray, Sutherland, Ross, and Argyll, and that, in fine,
Malcolm and Karl were
mormaers of one of
these four provinces...
- Máel
Coluim III mac Donnchada.
Matad was
perhaps the most
famous of the
Mormaers,
fathering Harald Maddadsson, a
notorious rebel of the
Scottish King and...
- The Earl or
Mormaer of Ross was the
ruler of the
province of Ross in
northern Scotland, as well as
chief of Clan Ross. In the
early Middle Ages, Ross...
-
Mormaer of
Strathearn is a
title of
Scottish nobility,
referring to the
region of
Strathearn in
southern Perthshire. Of
unknown origin, the
mormaers are...
-
those ones
being Fothriff and Gowrie. It is
probable that by the time
Mormaers begin to be
consistently attested, i.e.
roughly between 1150 and 1250,...
- The Earl or
Mormaer of
Lennox was the
ruler of the
region of the
Lennox in
western Scotland. It was
first created in the 12th
century for
David of Scotland...
- Moray's
rulers was
ambiguous and they were
described in some
sources as "
mormaers" (the
Gaelic term for "Earl"), in
others as "Kings of Moray", and in others...
