Earl Duncan de Mar V 
Duncan was born about 1153 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Duncan's father was Earl Morgund mac Gylocher II of Mar and his mother is Agnes de Mar. His paternal grandfather is Mormaer Rothri de Mar I. He had a sister named Alesta. He died in 1242.General Notes
Acceded: 1224 About the year 1224 he was succeeded by Duncan, fifth Earl of Mar. Earl Duncan granted St Andrew’s Church, in Braemar, to the Priory of Monymusk, with an acre of land on the other side of the Water of Clunie. He also confirmed some of the grants made by his father, Earl Morgund. Duncan, Earl of Mar, was one of the witnesses to a charter by Alexander II. to Ness, his physician, of the lands of Banff, in the fief of Alyth, which was dated at Aberdeen on the 9th of October, 1232. Earl Duncan was succeeded by his son, William, sixth Earl of Mar. He is mentioned among the great barons of Scotland in the letter of fealty granted by Alexander II. to Henry III. of England in 1244.
They had a son named William.
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Children
Earl William de Mar VI
William was born in 1222 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He died at the age of 51 in 1273.
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