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The Mormaer or Mormaerdom of Angus was the third Mormaerdom in the High Medieval Kingdom of the Scots to pass into the hands of a foreign family. Angus is one of the oldest attested Mormaerdoms, with the earliest attested Mormaer's floruit being the early 10th century, recorded in the Chronicle of the Kings of Alba (See Dubacan of Angus). Despite this, the Mormaers of Angus are among the most obscure of all, and the Mormaerdom of Angus was, by the High Middle Ages, the smallest mormaerdom in Scotland. Maol Chaluim was the last Mormaer, and he died in probably about 1240. Through his daughter, the Mormaerdom passed to Gilbert de Umfraville.
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- Roberts, John L., Lost Kingdoms: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages, (Edinburgh, 1997), pp. 53-4
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