Donnchadh, Earl of Mar

Scottish noble
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroScottish noble
PlacesUnited Kingdom Scotland
wasNoble
Work fieldRoyals
Gender
Male
Birth1 January 1203
Death1 January 1244 (aged 41 years)
The details

Biography

Donnchadh of Mar (Anglicized as Duncan is the fifth known Mormaer of Mar or Earl of Mar, 1203–1244.
Donnchadh was the son of Morggán and Agnes. Donnchadh benefited from the introduction of feudal primogeniture as a custom, as it enabled him and his kin to exclude the descendants of Gille Críst, whose contemporary leader was Thomas de Lundin, from the succession. Perhaps in gratitude, he named his oldest son William after King William I, the probable source of the innovation in Mar's inheritance custom. He married Orabillis of Nessius, by whom he fathered William, and died in 1244.

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