Mormaer of Buchan

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The Mormaer or Mormaerdom of Buchan was the first Mormaerdom in the High Medieval Kingdom of the Scots to pass into the hands of a foreign family. The first Mormaer is usually regarded as Gartnait, whose patronage is noted in the Gaelic Notes on the Book of Deer, the only significant source for the Mormaerdom. After the death of Fergus, before 1214, Buchan became the first native mormaerdom to pass into the hands of a foreign family, the Comyns, marking a turning point in the history of Medieval Scotland. Comparatively little extensive work has been done on the pre-Comyn Mormaerdom, except through studies of the Book of Deer.

Mormaers of Buchan ?Cainnech fl. early 12th century Gartnait fl. after 1131 Colbán fl. 1174 Fergus d. before 1214 Marjory of Buchan m. William Comyn

[edit] See also

• Earl of Buchan

[edit] Bibliography

• Anderson, Alan Orr, Early Sources of Scottish History: AD 500-1286, 2 Vols (Edinburgh, 1922), Vol. II, p. 180, n. 3
• Jackson, Kenneth (ed), The Gaelic Notes in the Book of Deer (The Osborn Bergin Memorial Lecture 1970), (Cambridge (1972)
• Roberts, John L., Lost Kingdoms: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages, (Edinburgh, 1997), pp. 55-6
• Young, Alan, "Buchan in the 13th century" in Alexander Grant & Keith J. Stringer (eds.) Medieval Scotland: Crown, Lordship and Community Essays Presented to G.W.S Barrow, (Edinburgh, 1993)

[edit] External links

• Gaelic Notes on the Book of Deer

	Mormaerdoms Angus | Atholl | Buchan | Caithness | Carrick | Dunbar | Fife | Lennox | Mar | Mearns | Menteith | Moray | Ross | Strathearn | Sutherland