Earl of Strathearn
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The title of Earl of Strathearn or Stratherne was created several times in Scotland. The first line of earls had arisen as early as 1115, being one of the original sets of earldoms in the kingdom, but was attainted in 1332. There followed then a creation in 1344 which rapidly became extinct, a creation in 1357 which merged in the crown in 1371, a creation in 1371 of which the holder had been deprived around 1427, and a final creation in that year which was forfeit in 1437.
Strathearn has since been used as a peerage title for James Stewart, an illegitimate son of King James V of Scotland, who was created Lord Abernethy and Strathearn and Earl of Moray in 1562. It has also been granted to members of the Royal Family in the titles of Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (created 1766, extinct 1790), Duke of Kent and Strathearn (created 1799, extinct 1820) and Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (created 1874, extinct 1942).
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[edit] Ancient Earls of Strathearn
- Máel Ísu I, Earl of Strathearn (fl. 1138)
- Ferchar, Earl of Strathearn (fl. 1160)
- Gille Brigte, Earl of Strathearn (1171-1223)
- Robert, Earl of Strathearn (1223-1245)
- Maol Íosa II, Earl of Strathearn (1245-1271)
- Maol Íosa III, Earl of Strathearn (1271-1317)
- Maol Íosa IV, Earl of Strathearn (1317-1329)
- Maol Íosa V, Earl of Strathearn (1330-1334) (d. 1350 as Earl of Orkney)
- forfeit to Gilbert de Moravia
[edit] Earls of Strathearn, 2nd Creation (1344)
- Maurice Moray, 1st Earl of Strathearn (d.1346)
[edit] Earls of Strathearn, 3rd Creation (1357)
- Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Strathearn (1316-1390) (merged in crown 1371)
[edit] Earls of Strathearn, 4th Creation (1371)
- David Stewart, 1st Earl of Strathearn (1355-1390)
- Eupheme Graham, 2nd Countess of Strathearn (d.1415)
- Malise Graham, 3rd Earl of Strathearn (1410-after 1427), deprived of the peerage before 1427
