Colbán, Earl of Fife

Mormaer Colbán of Fife ruled Fife, 1266 – 1270/2. He was probably the son of Maol Choluim II. Not much is known about his life and reign. Colbán's death is disputed, and depends on what evidence one interprets. G.W.S. Barrow gives 1272, but Bannerman gives 1270. He married Anna, the daughter of Alan Durward, with whom he fathered Donnchadh III of Fife. The latter succeeded him upon his death.

Bibliography

Bannerman, John, "MacDuff of Fife," in A. Grant & K.Stringer (eds.) Medieval Scotland: Crown, Lordship and Community, Essays Presented to G.W.S. Barrow, (Edinburgh, 1993), pp. 20–38
Barrow, G. W. S., The Kingdom of the Scots: Government, Church and Society from the Eleventh to the Fourteenth Century, (Edinburgh, 2003)

Preceded by Maol Choluim II	Mormaer of Fife 1266 – 1270/2	Succeeded by Donnchadh III

Mormaers or Earls of Fife

Causantín · Gille Míchéil · Donnchadh I · Donnchadh II · Máel Coluim I · Máel Coluim II · Colbán · Donnchadh III · Donnchadh IV · Isabella · Robert Stewart · Murdoch Stewart

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