Madach (Madadd) 1st Earl of Atholl 
Madach (Madadd) 1st Earl of was born about 1085 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland. Madach (Madadd) 1st Earl of's father was Mael Muire (Melmar) Mormaer of Atholl. His paternal grandparents were Duncan I MacCrinan King of Scotland and Sibyl Sywardsdottir , of Northumbria. He was an only child. He died about 1152 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland.General Notes
Madach, 1st Earl of Atholl/Athole, so created by 1115, at a time when the earlier Mormaers of Scotland were beginning to be recognised as Earls, the territory under that of Atholl having comprised the northeast section of what later became Perthshire; married (probably 2nd) c1133 Margaret (married 2nd Erlend "Ugni", Jarl of Orkney), daughter of Ha(a)kon, Jt Earl of Orkney and apparently Jt Earl of Caithness, and died c1152, having had issue by his 2nd wife and specifically, apparently by his 1st wife [Malcolm]. [Burke's Peerage]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- 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.~ 1038 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
- 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.~ 1085 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.~ 1152 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
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Madach (Madadd) 1st Earl of and Margaret Hakonsdottir of were married in a religious ceremony about 1133 in 1st husband 2nd wife. They had a son named Harald II Maddadson Earl of.
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Children
Harald II Maddadson Earl of Caithness
Harald II Maddadson Earl of was born in 1130 in Caithness-shire, Scotland. He died at the age of 76 in 1206 in Orkney Islands, Scotland.
Madach (Madadd) 1st Earl of and Unknown First were married in a religious ceremony in 1st wife. They had a son named Malcolm 2nd Earl of.
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Children
Malcolm 2nd Earl of Atholl
Malcolm 2nd Earl of was born about 1126 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland. He died before August 1198.
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