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4th Ear of Mar Duncan of Mar

Duncan was born about 1153 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.¹ Duncan's father was Morgund mac Gylocher 2nd Earl of Mar and his mother was Countess of Mar Agnes. His paternal grandparents were Earl Gillocher of Mar and <Unknown>. He had six brothers and a sister, named Malcolm, James, Donald, David, John, Gilchrist and Alestra. He died before February 7th, 1244. His burial was in Aberdeen Cathedral, Scotland.²¹

General Notes
- Donnchadh, Earl of Mar
  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  Donnchadh of Mar, (Anglicized as Duncan), is the fifth known Mormaer of Mar, 1203-1244.
  
  Donnchadh was the son of Morggán and Agnes. Donnchadh benefited from the introduction of feudal primogeniture as a custom, as it enabled him and his kin to exclude the descendants of Gille Críst, whose contemporary leader was Thomas de Lundin, from the succession. Perhaps in gratitude, he named his oldest son William after King Willian I, the probable source of the innovation in Mar's inheritance custom. He married Orabillis of Nessius, by whom he fathered William, and died in 1244.
  
  Bibliography
  Anderson, Alan Orr, Early Sources of Scottish History: AD 500-1286, 2 Vols (Edinburgh, 1922), p. 493, n. 1
  Oram, Richard D., "The Earls and Earldom of Mar, c1150-1300," Steve Boardman and Alasdair Ross (eds.) The Exercise of Power in Medieval Scotland, c.1200-1500, (Dublin/Portland, 2003), pp. 46-66
  Roberts, John L., Lost Kingdoms: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages, (Edinburgh, 1997), pp. 55-6

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Gille Chlerig ^*
  - b.~  0985 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  
  Ruadrí of Mar
  - b.~  1020 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  
  Morgaan of Mar
  - b.~  1050 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.30 Mar 1083
  
  Ada de Warenne
  - b.~  1060 in Warenne, Normandy, France
  
  Earl Gillocher of Mar
  - b.~  1082 in Dumfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
  
  Hugh Of Normandy ^*
  - b.0968 in Normandy
  
  Rudolph Warren I
  - b.0998 in France d.<  1059
  
  Gunmora
  
  Ada de Warrene
  
  Tesselin Rouen ^*
  - b.~  0970 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
  
  Beatrice De Vascoeuil
  - b.~  1004 in Vascoeuil, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.<  1059
  
  Beatrice De Bolbec ^*
  - b.~  0985 in Longueville-sur-Scie, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
  
  Morgund mac Gylocher 2nd Earl of Mar
  - b.~  1115 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland d.30 Mar 1183
  
  - b.~  1089 in Scotland
  
  4th Ear of Mar Duncan of Mar
  - b.~  1153 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.<07 Feb 1244
  
  Countess of Mar Agnes
  - b.~  1120 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

Personal Timeline

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² http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bevangenealogy&id=I21131