- (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...
- 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...
- 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...
-
Mormaer of
Strathearn is a
title of
Scottish nobility,
referring to the
region of
Strathearn in
southern Perthshire. Of
unknown origin, the
mormaers are...
- crown's
influence so far
north at the time,
beyond the
lands of the
powerful Mormaers of Moray, is questionable. The
Norse saga
which mentions Donnchad does...
- The
Mormaer (/mɔːrˈmɛər/) or Earl of
Buchan (/ˈbʌxən/) was
originally the
provincial ruler of the
medieval province of Buchan.
Buchan was the
first Mormaerdom...
-
status of its
rulers was ambiguous:
being described in some
sources as
mormaers, in
others as
Kings of Moray, and in
others as
Kings of Alba. The ruling...
