Máel Muire, Earl of Atholl

Máel Muire of Atholl was Mormaer of Atholl at the beginning of the 12th century, until sometime perhaps in the 1130s. According to the Orkneyinga Saga, Máel Muire was a son of king Donnchad I and a younger brother of King Máel Coluim III. A Malmori d' Athótla is mentioned in a charter relating to a year after 1130, contained within the Book of Deer. If the first part is true, and the second part refers to the same Máel Muire, then this Máel Muire lived for more than 90 years, between the death of King Donnchad I in 1040 and the 1130s. It seems likely that his paternal grandfather Crínán was also Mormaer of Atholl. Máel Muire then probably inherited the Mormaerdom in compensation for not inheriting the Kingship.

Bibliography

Anderson, Alan Orr, Early Sources of Scottish History: AD 500-1286, 2 Vols, (Edinburgh, 1922
Roberts, John L., Lost Kingdoms: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages, (Edinburgh, 1997

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Gaelic Notitiae to the Book of Deer

Preceded by ?Crínán	Mormaer of Atholl -1130s	Succeeded by Matad

Mormaers or Earls of Atholl

[Known] 10th-century mormaers	Dubdon

[Known] Mormaers from the Atholl line	Máel Muire of Atholl Matad of Atholl Máel Coluim of Atholl Henry of Atholl Isabella of Atholl (with 1. Tomás Mac Uchtraigh; 2. Alan Durward) Padraig of Atholl Forbhlaith of Atholl (with David de Hastings) Ada de Hastings (with John of Strathbogie) David I of Strathbogie John of Strathbogie David II of Strathbogie

Appointed between Robert I and James I	John Campbell William Douglas, Lord of Liddesdale Robert Stewart David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany Walter Stewart

Stewart of Balveny	John Stewart, 1st Earl John Stewart, 2nd Earl John Stewart, 3rd Earl John Stewart, 4th Earl John Stewart, 5th Earl

Stewart of Innermeath	John Stewart, 1st Earl James Stewart, 2nd Earl

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