Duff MacEth 2nd Earl of Fife 
Duff MacEth 2nd Earl of was born about 1078 in Methil, Fifeshire, Scotland. Duff MacEth 2nd Earl of's father was Heth Aethelred 1st Earl of Fife and his mother was Tul Princess of Scotland. His paternal grandparents were Malcolm III Canmore King of Scotland and Ingibiorg Finnsdottir; his maternal grandparents were Lulach "The Fool" King of Scotland and Fimmghuala of Angus. He had a brother named Malcolm II MacHeth 1st Earl of. He was the older of the two children.General Notes
This person is not mentioned in Burke's Peerage, which has Gillemichael a son of "Edelrad, apparently Earl of Fife, who flourished in the early 12th century and was also Abbot of Dunkeld; possibly the same person as Eth who fathered Gillemichael". Heth Aethelred is probably the Edelrad and Eth mentioned by Burke's Peerage. However several internet lines have Duffagan or Duff between Eth and Gillemichael and would explain the "MacDuff" name of subsequent generations.
Justin Swanstrom writes that "Several of Moncrieffe's books on Scottish clans call him Duff MacEth, Earl of Fife." Sounds good to me.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0949 in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland d.> 0990 in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.0978 in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland d.1045 in Killed in Battle against Macbeth, who (1040) slew his son Duncan
- b.1001 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.14 Aug 1040 in Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland (killed by Macbeth)
- b.0954 in Scotland d.25 Nov 1034 in Glamis, Angus, Scotland (murdered)
- b.~ 0984 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.1045 in Scotland
- b.~ 0962 in Scotland
- b.1031 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.13 Nov 1093 in Alnwick Castle, Northumbria, England (slain besieging)
- b.~ 0970 in Denmark d.1049 in Murdered in Bosham
- b.~ 0990 in Denmark d.1055 in York, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1014 in Northumbria, England d.1040
- b.~ 0981 in Northumbria, England d.1038
- b.~ 0998 in Bernicia, Northumbria, England
- b.~ 1062 in Morayshire, Scotland d.< 1098 in Methil, Fifeshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1001 in Yriar, Austratt, Norway d.1062 in Halland
- b.~ 1023 in Yriar, Austratt, Norway d.< 1069 in Scotland
- b.0958 in Kvam, Nord Fron, Norway d.FEB 1017/18 in Bonsnes, Ringerike, Norway
- b.0995 in Stein, Norway
- b.~ 0970 in Uplands, Vestfold, Norway d.1045
- b.~ 1006 in Norway
- b.~ 1078 in Methil, Fifeshire, Scotland
- b.1000 in Morayshire, Scotland d.~ 1031 in Scotland
- b.~ 1031 in Morayshire, Scotland d.17 MAR 1057/58 in Killed in Battle at Strathbogie, Scotland
- b.~ 1015 in Scotland
- b.< 1058 in Morayshire, Scotland
- b.1000 in Angusshire, Scotland
- b.1030 in Angusshire, Scotland
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He had a biological son named Gillimichael MacDuff 3rd Earl of.
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Children
Gillimichael MacDuff 3rd Earl of Fife
Gillimichael MacDuff 3rd Earl of was born about 1103 in Methil, Fifeshire, Scotland. He died before July 1136 in Methil, Fifeshire, Scotland.
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